Protein family: cold water first
How to get snot and boogers out
Mucus is protein. Sleeves and shoulders get the worst of it.
Do this first
Scrape dried crust
Fresh stain
- Scrape dried crust
- Rinse cold
- Enzyme pretreat 15 minutes
- Wash
Dried or old
- Overnight enzyme soak
- Fabric care
- Wool sweater: cool water and wool wash, no enzymes.
- Time
- 15 min
- How to tell
- Look: shiny, crusty streaks; Feel: stiff; Smell: none
Where this fix comes from
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
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.