Most people have experienced an occasional tea or coffee spill, but what if your clothes have not? Just like with other stains, the most important thing is to act quickly and not waste time worrying about how you will remove that tea or coffee stain from your white shirt. Check out our step-by-step guide on how to tackle a tea or coffee stain emergency with help from Ariel, and your clothes will thank you.
6 steps to remove tea and coffee stains
1
Prepare a soaking solution
Fill up a bucket or your sink with warm water, and mix in a half a scoop of Ariel Washing Powder. Use your hand to stir the pre-treatment solution until the detergent is completely dissolved.
2
Soak
Submerge your tea and coffee-stained garments in the solution, and let them sit for an hour. Use a white towel on top of them to weigh them down if they keep floating to the top.
3
Preparing for wash
Without using too much force, wring out the excess water, and add your garments to your wash with similar items.
4
Dose
Follow the instructions on the detergent package and add the correct amount of detergent to your wash.
5
Wash
Load your garments into the washing machine, and wash on your usual cycle, at the highest temperature shown on the care label.
6
Unload
When the wash cycle is over, unload your items immediately, and if the stains are gone, hang them out to dry.
How Ariel Matic Liquid Laundry Detergent cleans tea and coffee stains
If you’re using Ariel Matic Front Load Liquid Detergent or Ariel Matic Top Load Liquid Detergent, and you have a coffee or tea stain at hand, we have you covered. Instead of soaking your stained garments in a soaking solution, pour some of the liquid detergent directly onto the stain, and let it sit. Then, without washing the liquid detergent off, put the stained garments into your washer along with similar items, and wash them as usual.
Extra tips for removing tea and coffee stains from white clothes and shirts
A dark tea or coffee stain on your white clothes or your favourite white shirt can be scary at first, but it’s nothing you can’t handle with the help of Ariel. You can either try the soaking method with the washing powder solution, or if you have liquid laundry detergent at home, just pour some directly onto the stain before you wash your garments in the washer.
How to remove old tea and coffee stains from clothes
Luckily, removing old tea and coffee stains from your clothes is not too different from dealing with fresh stains. You can try mixing washing powder with water to create a soaking solution for your clothes, and then let them sit in it for 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can pour liquid detergent onto the stains, and let them sit for a while before tossing them into the washer with similar items.
How to remove stains similar to coffee and tea stains
Tea and coffee time sometimes goes hand in hand with other stains. Chocolate from your favourite biscuits can easily end up on your saree, or your jam may wander from your morning toast onto your jeans. Fortunately, you don’t have to worry about these mishaps ruining your clothes, because Ariel has you covered. For whiter whites and tough stain removal, wash with Ariel Matic Front Load Liquid Detergent, if you have front-load, fully automatic washing machine, or Ariel Matic Top Load if you have top-load, fully automatic machine. If you own a semi-automatic washing machine, then choose Ariel Complete powder detergent. We know it’s not quite the same as that first coffee, but clothes that are clean, fresh, and stain-free are another great way to start the day.
FAQs on how to remove tea and coffee stains
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