Saturday, Nov 22

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Dear Dot,

I saw your post about using shaving cream on tomato stains. Does it work for most stains? My grandson threw up on my shirt. I rinsed it out right away, but I was traveling and wasn’t able to wash it for a few days. When I washed it, the stain remained. I would like to find something that is Earth-friendly and non-toxic that I can take with me anywhere and use to effectively pre-treat stains. Do you have ideas? 

– Julie

Dear Julie, 

Let’s save your clothes from future sticky situations, whether it’s grandchild vomit, chocolate sauce, pomegranate juice, or spilled coffee. As we shared in the Climate Quick Tip you’re referring to, shaving cream is an affordable and Earth-friendly stain fighter — travel friendly too, since it’s probably already in your toiletry bag. It works not only on tomato stains, but also on coffee, mustard, and makeup stains. You might have benefited from shaving cream on your latest travel fiasco, because it can actually help remove vomit stains, too! However, when Better Homes and Gardens tested it, they found it to be less effective on some other stains, such as ink and nail polish. In addition, they found that while it did work somewhat on coffee and oil stains, it didn’t completely disappear them. Your best bet with shaving cream is getting it on the stain right away. (Sidenote: make sure you use the foam kind of shaving cream, which has the active ingredients that fight stains. Gel and cream shaving solutions do not.) And incidentally, shaving cream works really well on carpets!

If shaving cream isn’t right for the stain you’ve got, there are plenty of other Earth-friendly and non-toxic alternatives. What are they? Read on.

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