Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get hot chips and chili powder out
Spicy rolled chips and chili-lime powder: red dye, chili oil and salt.
Do this first
Shake off powder outside
Fresh stain
- Shake off powder outside
- Dish soap
- Rinse cold
- Oxygen-bleach soak
- Wash
Dried or old
- Overnight oxygen soak
- Sun-dry
- Fabric care
- Don't rub the dust in.
- Time
- 1 h
- How to tell
- Look: red-orange dust and fingerprints; Feel: greasy; Smell: chili
Where this fix comes from
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Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.