Various ointments and solutions are used to treat different conditions in our bodies. For example, for people with congested and clogged pores on their skins, the ordinary peeling solution is used to fix the skin. However, when using the solution, it can splatter on clothes and leave you worried about removing the stain.
To remove ordinary peeling solution stains from your clothes, soak the stained clothes with oxygen-based bleach or treat the stain with a solution of vinegar and dish soap before washing the clothes in the washer. You can wash the clothes with dish soap or laundry detergent for fresh stains that are yet to be set in your clothes.
This article discusses whether the ordinary peeling solution stains clothes and the different methods you can use to remove the solution from your clothes.
What Is Ordinary Peeling Solution?
An ordinary peelings solution treats different skin conditions such as acne, dull skin, and even lifeless skin.
The solution is also known as chemical peels and mainly comprises glycolic acid (AHA) and salicylic acid (BHA). The chemical peels can be applied on the face and body in small spots or large skin areas that a person wants to target.
The glycolic acid exfoliates the outer layers of skins, while salicylic acid exfoliates inside the pores to minimize congestion. For chemical peels with lactic acid, the peel exfoliates the outer layers of the skin.
Does Ordinary Peeling Solution Ruin Clothes
Ordinary peeling solution is made from different chemicals. Specifically, the chemicals in the solution comprise glycolic acid, trichloroacetic acid, salicylic acid, lactic acid, or carbolic acid (phenol).
The chemicals in the ordinary peeling solution cause a measured injury, specifically piercing through to a specific skin depth and then peeling away to expose a new layer of skin.
As you apply peeling solution, the solution can mistakenly be transferred to your clothes, and the different chemicals can ruin your clothes. Since the ordinary peeling solution comprises different acids, the solution can damage clothes.
The most damage that ordinary peeling solution does to clothes is either bleach or discolor them. In addition, the solution can lift the dye from the fabric and stain your clothes with stains that are orange or reddish.
The scope of the damage caused by the ordinary peeling solution to your clothes will to a great extent, be determined by concentration of the peeling solution and nature of the fabrics used to make the garment.
The higher the concentration of the solution, the more extensive the damage. Natural fibers such as cotton and linen will be vulnerable to damage by ordinary peeling solution. In contrast, synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon are less likely to be damaged by the solution.
Nevertheless, the concentration in a standard peeling solution should be adequate to damage the fibers of many fabrics.
Fortunately, after the ordinary peeling solution has ruined your clothes, you might be able to remove stains from the ordinary peeling solution on your clothes by using proper stain treatment procedures, as explained below.
Can Ordinary Peeling Solution Stains Be Removed From Clothes?
If your clothes are bleached by ordinary peeling solution, it is impossible to remove the bleaching effect on your clothes. Nevertheless, the stains caused by the solution can be treated and removed from clothes. Take note that the sooner you remove the stains from the clothes, the easier it is to remove them.
Since different manufacturers of peeling solutions use different concentrations to make the solution, not every peeling solution will stain and bleach your garments.
Indeed, peeling solutions with low concentrations are less likely to damage your clothes, implying that even when the solution spill on your clothes, you might not see the stains. However, you will see the stains for peeling solutions with high concentrations shortly after the solution spills on your garment.
Even if the ordinary peeling solution might not bleach clothes, the solution will leave stains visible on your clothes. After your clothes have been stained by peeling solution, soak the clothes in cold water and treat the stain immediately so that you can effectively remove the stain.
How To Get Ordinary Peeling Solution Stains Out Of Clothes
To get rid of ordinary peeling solution stains on your clothes, you can use dish soap and vinegar or oxygen-based bleach. Before using any of the methods discussed below, make sure that any remaining peeling solution is removed from the fabric by scraping it off.
Dish Soap And Vinegar
Dish soap is uniquely made to break down any oil, grease, and stuck-on particles on plates and other utensils to effectively clean dishes.
On the other hand, due to the acidic nature of vinegar, it will dissolve in the stain and make it possible for dish soap to lift the stain from the fabric.
Here is the process to remove the ordinary peeling solution with a dish soap and vinegar mixture.
What You’ll Require
Soft bristle brush or toothbrush
Mixing bowl
White vinegar
Dish soap
Coldwater
Sponge
Procedure
Step 1: Mix dish soap, water, and white vinegar
In the mixing bowl, mix one teaspoon of dish soap with a quarter cup of white vinegar and a cup of water.
Step 2: Apply the mixture onto the stain
Apply the mixture of dish soap, water, and white vinegar onto the stain using the sponge to blot the stain. Make sure that the stain is soaked with the mixture.
Step 3: Rub the solution into the stain
Using a soft-bristle brush or a spare toothbrush, gently scrub the stain to ensure that the solution is pushed into the fibers of the clothing.
Step 4: Allow the solution to sit in for 10 minutes
After rubbing the solution into the stain, leave the solution to sit in the stain for a minimum of ten minutes. 10 minutes must end since, during that time, white vinegar and soap dish will work on the stains and remove them from the garment.
Step 5: Rinse with running water
Rinse the solution with running water and check whether the stain has been completely removed. If not, repeat the process.
Step 6: Wash the clothes in a regular wash
After removing the stain, you should wash the clothes in a normal wash cycle. Before drying your clothes in the dryer, ensure that the stain has been removed since if you dry the clothes in the dryer while stains are still present on the clothes, the stains will become permanent.
Oxygen-Based Bleach
What You’ll Require
Washbasin
Oxygen-based bleach
Coldwater
Procedure
Step 1: Pour water into washbasin and mix with bleach
Mix beach with cold water in a washbasin. To ensure you mix the correct ratio of water and bleach, comply with the mixing ratio specified on the packaging of the oxygen-based bleach.
Step 2: Soak the stained garments in the solution for at least 4 hours
Soak your stained clothing in the water and bleach solution for at least four hours. Ensure that the clothes are fully submerged in the solution during the four hours.
Step 3: After 4 hours, check to confirm that stains are removed
After the garment has soaked for four hours, remove it from the solution and check whether the stain is entirely removed. If the stain is not fully removed, repeat the process in a fresh bleach solution.
Handwash the stained part with a soap dish if you don’t want to soak the clothes again.
Step 4: Wash the garment
After removing the stain, you can wash the garment in a normal wash cycle with your washing machine.
You should only wash the clothes in the washer after you have confirmed that the stains have been removed so that you prevent the stain from sitting in and becoming permanent.
How To Avoid Ordinary Peeling Solution Stains
Due to the acids and other chemicals present in ordinary peeling solution, the solution can stain and bleach clothes easily. Thus, the best way to fix the stains and bleach is to avoid them at all costs.
Specifically, since ordinary peeling solutions can ruin fibers of natural fabrics such as leather, silk, and wool, you should always avoid the solution coming into contact with your clothes.
The ordinary peeling solution moves from the skin to clothes very quickly. Indeed, oils from your skin, sweat, and any other moisture on the skin can help the solution to soak on your clothing swiftly.
Thus, to avoid such a scenario, you should do your best to ensure that treated skin does not come into contact with the clothes you happen to be wearing.
When using ordinary peeling solution, allow the solution to completely dry before the skin treated can come into contact with any clothing. Take note that even when applied to your face, any traces of the solution that comes into contact with your clothes as you get dressed can ruin your clothes.
One of the common ways through which ordinary peeling solution ruins clothes is by sweating. Specifically, if you sweat after you have treated your skin or face and the sweat with the solution comes into contact with your clothes, the clothes might be damaged.
To avoid ordinary peeling solution staining your clothes, you should always be mindful of your clothes whenever you have applied the solution. In addition, you can also use the solution only at night so that once it has dried, you can wear white pajamas and use a white bed sheet.
By using white sheets and wearing white pajamas, you can effectively remove any peeling solution stains that you might have by bleaching the white fabrics.
Does Ordinary Peeling Solution Bleach Towels And Sheets
As with other fabrics, towels and sheets are susceptible to ordinary peeling solution bleaching and staining. Specifically, like other materials, towel and sheet fibers can absorb the solution, causing bleaching and staining.
The good news is that if you swiftly wash off the ordinary peeling solution once the solution comes into contact with your fabrics, you might be able to avoid staining and bleaching of your fabric since the solution will not have advanced ‘deeper’ into the fibers.
Nevertheless, due to the high absorbent nature of towels, you will most likely be unable to prevent ordinary peeling solution staining and bleaching your towel since, by the time you notice the solution’s spill and embark on washing it off, the solution will have been absorbed by the highly absorbent towel’s fibers.
If it’s inevitable that towels will come into contact with the ordinary peeling solution, it is essential that you use white towels whenever you are using the ordinary peeling solution.
The reason for that is that when a white towel is bleached or stained by the solution, you can remove the stains by bleaching the towel.
Conclusion
Despite the ordinary solution being effective in treating skin conditions, the solution can ruin clothes due to the acids and other chemicals used to make it. Thus, it is essential that you always do your best to ensure that your clothes do not come into contact with the solution.
However, accidents happen even when we have put measures to avoid them. If an ordinary peeling solution has stained your clothes, you can use a solution of dish soap and white vinegar or oxygen-based bleach to remove the stains.
