Get Rid of Embarrassing Tomato Sauce Stains Quickly and Easily
When you've got a collar shirt with a tomato sauce stain, you want it gone quickly and easily. Fortunately, with a few supplies and some simple steps, you can clean an annoying tomato sauce stain from your collar shirt without having to run to the dry cleaners! Read on to find out more.
Updated 28 Feb 2023
By Noemi Denker
Remove Fresh Tomato Sauce Stains from Collar Shirt
- Blot the stain by placing a cloth or paper towel on top of the stain.
- Using a clean cloth or paper towel, apply a pre-treatment solution to stain.
- Allow the pre-treatment solution to sit for 5 minutes and then rinse the area with cold water.
- Put the collar shirt in the washing machine with a laundry detergent and run a normal cycle.
- Once the cycle is complete, check the collar shirt for any remaining stains. If the stains remain, repeat the previous steps.
- Hang the collar shirt and allow it to air dry.
Remove Dried Tomato Sauce Stains from Collar Shirt
- Soak the collar shirt in warm soapy water for 30 minutes.
- Apply a pre-treatment solution to the stain and allow it to sit for 5 minutes.
- Using a blunt knife or spoon, gently work the solution into the stain.
- Rinse the area with cold water.
- Put the collar shirt in the washing machine with a laundry detergent and run a normal cycle.
- Once the cycle is complete, check collar shirt for any remaining stains. If the stains remain, repeat previous steps.
- Hang collar shirt and allow it to air dry.
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