DIY Homemade Stain Remover (That Actually Works)

The Best Homemade Stain Remover

This homemade stain remover can remove almost ANY stain, and I’m not over-exaggerating. Plus, it will cost you pennies on the dime to make it!

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I’m seriously so excited to share this easy DIY stain remover concoction, it requires only 3 common household ingredients and it really packs a punch! This stain remover even removed stains that I couldn’t remove with store-bought cleaners and other methods.

Try this spot remover on pen marks, chocolate stains, yellow underarm stains, blood stains, grease stains, poop stains, baby food stains, cutting board stains, and much more!

DIY Stain Remover Ingredients

Making this concoction is incredibly easy and fast! Just mix the 3 ingredients together in a small bowl. Rather than make a big batch of this stain remover, just mix up a small amount each time because the hydrogen peroxide may become less effective when exposed to light.

The Test Stain

I have a “hand wash only” shirt (who even makes shirts like this for 3-year-olds?!) that had some new chocolate milk stains on it, and some old pen mark stains on it. I decided this would be a great shirt to test out this homemade stain remover on. This is a close up of just ONE section of her shirt…

We have a place in my laundry room where the kids place those yucky stained shirts that we are worried won’t make it out alive just going through the wash unassisted. Then when the pile is getting a bit large, I’ll whip up a batch of this easy homemade stain remover and get to work!

How to Use the Homemade Stain Remover

Gently agitate fabric with an old toothbrush with the homemade stain remover. For extra tough stains, you can let the mixture sit on the garment for an hour or so, then launder as usual. Or, treat the area a few times before laundering. This often even works on old stains that have even already been set!

You can see her entire shirt had PLENTY of stains on it! She’s three… what do you expect! Tackling these stains only took me a few minutes, and then the mixture set on the shirt for just a few minutes while I worked on some other clothes. I didn’t even rinse the stain remover off. Just tossed it in the wash!

The Result

After laundering as normal, the stain is completely gone! See that? The OLD pen marks are completely wiped away! Woohoo!

Test Stain #2 – Coconut Oil

I love the grease and stain fighting power of this homemade stain remover! My daughter had another shirt that had coconut oil on it… SAME RESULTS!! WOOT! This DIY stain remover will get coconut oil out with ease!

Final Thoughts

There isn’t much more to say other than… I LOVE this homemade stain remover! It’s tackled every stain so far that I’ve thrown at it, and it’s so simple to make. It really doesn’t get much better.

One thing that some people may not like is that this DIY stain remover doesn’t go into a spray bottle. You could probably try putting it into a spray bottle for storage but as I said above, it may become less effective over time. That’s why I mix up a small batch only when I need it.

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