Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get ice cream out
Milk protein, fat, sugar and sometimes dye or chocolate.
Do this first
Scrape
Fresh stain
- Scrape
- Rinse cold
- Gently work in enzyme detergent and a drop of dish soap
- Wash warm
Dried or old
- Enzyme soak, then oxygen bleach for colour
- Fabric care
- Cold first.
- Time
- 15 min
- How to tell
- Look: pale or coloured drips; Feel: sticky then stiff; Smell: sweet
Where this fix comes from
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.