Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get lipstick on a collar out
Wax and pigment pressed into a starched collar.
Do this first
Scrape
Fresh stain
- Scrape
- Solvent or rubbing alcohol from the back
- Dish soap
- Wash
- Oxygen for colour
Dried or old
- Repeat
- oxygen soak
- Fabric care
- Don't iron over it.
- Time
- 20 min
- How to tell
- Look: pink or red print; Feel: waxy; Smell: cosmetic
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.