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Homemade recipe: Stain remover

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This is a wonderful old concoction to keep on hand for removing stains from fabric.

  • ½ cup methylated spirits

  • ½ cup hydrogen peroxide

  • Juice of two lemons

  • ¼ cup cloudy ammonia

  • ¼ cup glycerine

1 Mix all the ingredients together, then strain and keep in a glass bottle.

2 Apply the mixture to the stain and allow to stand for a while, then wash as usual.

You can get hydrogen peroxide and glycerine from most chemists. Most hardware stores will stock cloudy ammonia and methylated spirits.

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