Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get tomato sauce out
Tomato (carotene and tannin) plus oil. Turns orange and stubborn on plastic-like synthetics.
Do this first
Scrape
Fresh stain
- Scrape
- Flush cold from the back
- Dish soap
- Detergent
- Dab white vinegar
- Wash and sun-dry
Dried or old
- Oxygen soak
- Sun
- Fabric care
- Persil: rinse, rub in detergent, wait 5 minutes.
- Time
- 20 min
- How to tell
- Look: red-orange; Feel: slightly oily; Smell: tomato
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.