Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get chocolate out
Cocoa (tannin), milk (protein) and fat. Treat with cold water and enzymes, then grease, then colour.
Do this first
Scrape off
Fresh stain
- Scrape off
- Rinse cold from the back
- Gently work in enzyme detergent
- Dish soap for the greasy part
- Wash warm
Dried or old
- Oxygen-bleach soak overnight
- Wash
- Fabric care
- No hot water before treating.
- Time
- 20 min
- How to tell
- Look: brown smears, fingerprints; Feel: slightly greasy; Smell: chocolate
Where this fix comes from
- Persil Stain Advisor, Food
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
- Cornell Cooperative Extension, Stain removal guide
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.