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How to Clean Curtains at Home

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Curtains beyond a certain age - or those that have completed a tour of duty in the bathroom - that are now riddled with stains or worse, there is good news. curtains, remove curtain stains, remove odors, bathroom stains

You'll actually save money and usually get a better result washing them at home rather than sending them to the cleaners.

This is especially true if they're cotton, which can easily be laundered and can withstand high-temperature washes.

That's necessary is there's to be any hope of removing longtime stains from gas heat, cigarette smoke or worse.

Though you may have to wash them several times to get results.

Laundry stain pretreaters - the kind you get at the grocery store - have worked some small wonders for me on fabric and carpet mishaps.

Spray it on the stains first, and allow it to penetrate the fabric for at least five- to 10 minutes, then launder as usual in warm to hot water with bleach and your usual detergent.

If this doesn't completely remove the stain, wash again (and again) as needed.

Finally, to keep cotton window coverings from being half their former size, let them air dry. Cotton shrinks fast in a hot dryer.

Or, tumble dry on a very low or cool setting, keeping a close watch.

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