Dye family: alcohol or a long oxygen soak
How to get popsicle out
Sugar water with strong food dye. Drips run down the front.
Do this first
Flush cold
Fresh stain
- Flush cold
- Gently work in detergent
- Oxygen-bleach soak for an hour
- Wash
Dried or old
- Overnight oxygen soak
- Fabric care
- Same as fruit punch.
- Time
- 1 h
- How to tell
- Look: bright pink, blue or red drips; Feel: sticky; 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.