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Okay first to let you know I DO NOT ALLOW Silly Putty in the bed. So Sweet Peanut ‘says’ she doesn’t remember having it in the bed. She does keep it on her night stand but we haven’t been good about slipping it back in it’s case. She tends to sleep a little wild…All this to say I’m giving her an out as to how the silly putty got all over the bedding.

So how does one get that pink slick melted in stuff off?

Well I went to the Crayola website and followed their directions.

This is on cotton bedding. (as opposed to silk? hmmm)

1. First I scraped off what I could. It was mostly already melted into the fabric so
2. I happened to have a mini can of WD-40 lying around so I sprayed that on the spots (all of them) next per directions.
3. Then I waited a few minutes and wiped at the stain with a white terry cloth. Now it was just a light pink stain on the fabric.
4. Next I poured…yes poured some rubbing alcohol on it and wiped that with the cloth. The stain was mostly gone.
5. I poured a little laundry detergent in each spot, rubbed it in and washed everything on a regular load.

Voila!

Stain gone.

You can use something like Goo Gone too but I found that to have a high odor value and didn’t do as well as the WD-40.

We all know how difficult stains are to remove. The stains baby’s acquire can be some of the most challenging. From baby formula to pureed foods. Well my sweet baby had a juice fest with her father and got some nice deep purple grape juice stains on her once lovely white onsie and a cute pink top . I was so disgusted I dumped the tops in the laundry hamper and didn’t think about them for about 2 days. Well okay I thought about them but with great disgust.

I didn’t even bother to research my stain removing guides or the numerous laundry tips I have around. In my state of continuing disgust I just picked up my new tub of OxiClean Versatile – The Original! and followed the directions for treating a stain on clothing.

Making a paste with 16 oz of water and 1/4 cup of OxiClean Versatile. I let both of the tops sit in the sink with the paste on them for a about an hour while I did other things and then I dumped them in the wash with a load of laundry (toddler clothes). Again, to make sure I really got the stains, to the laundry I added a scoop of OxiClean Versatile and then filled the washer with hot water. I soaked her complete load of laundry (minus a blanket that likes to color everything) overnight and then completed the laundry this morning.

Boy was I surprised! I truly expected to find a least some trace of the stain because as we know grape juice can be a bear to get out. They were all gone!!! Both tops are like new! The OxiClean Versatile got all of the grape juice out and of course the rest of the laundry is wonderfully clean.

I was and am still very happy.