Those Stubborn Spaghetti Stains

Calling all moms (or wives with messy husbands)(or messy women)(or people who like spaghetti)...

Have you ever had to throw away a good shirt because those stubborn spaghetti stains would not come out? I ALMOST did!

My friends I have to share with you a solution I found to getting those stains out. I wish for goodness sake I would have taken a before and after picture to prove it but you'll just have to trust me on this one.

My son ate spaghetti the other day and got it ALL over his white shirt and khaki pants. Let's pause for just a second. I know what you are thinking...why did you feed him spaghetti while wearing that? To prove that I'm not a total Mommy Fruit-Loop, it was Wednesday night supper at church and I forgot the menu items for that night. So there!

Okay, back to the great phenomenon. After I rushed home I...

Step One: Stripped him down to his skin.
Step Two: Soaked the stained spots in Shout.
Step Three: Rubbed the stains with the edge of a spoon to really break up those fibers. (Much easier than your fingernail).
Step Four: I washed it in the hottest water

And Wa-La! The stain was still there! Granite, faded a bit, but still there!

Darn, I then repeated Steps Two-Four again, and again, and again. In other words, I washed the clothes four times WITHOUT drying in between. (This is an important side note) After about all that, the stain was faded but still very noticeable and never to be worn in public. I was so discouraged because the outfit was a good "church" outfit and I couldn't bare to throw it out. So I resulted to searching on the Internet for alternate solutions. (Remember, the garments are still wet, never have been dried by this point). I searched and searched and found an idea that couldn't hurt to try. Besides, there's nothing else I could have done but use them as play clothes. I tried this idea and what do you know, IT TOOK THE WHOLE STAINS OUT! I could NOT believe it! It didn't fade the stains, IT REMOVED ALL OF THEM!

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What?
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Why do you keep reading this post?
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That's the end of the story.
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No more to be written.
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The stain was completely removed. That's it.
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It's time for me to go.
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What's that you say?
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You want to know the answer to this wonderful discovery?
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Well, why didn't you say so in the first place.
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The most wonderful solution to getting those stubborn spaghetti stains removed after washing them four times, scraping a spoon with Shout between each cycle is to HANG THEM UP WHILE THEY ARE STILL WET TO DRY IN THE SUN! Yes, my frustrated Mommy-Friends. The SUN removed those stains. I could not believe it. No more, Bye-Bye, vanished. I just had to share my "Ray of Sunshine" discovery.

Disclaimer: I do not promote dumping spaghetti sauce on a nice white shirt to experiment with this idea. Nor am I promoting this works on two and a half year old stains. Please re-cloth your child/children after stripping them down for the sake of modesty purposes, please. And Thank You.