Stain fighting ingredients you can find at home

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Monday, May 11, 2015
VIDEO: Stain fighting ingredients in your own home
Stainmaster Charlie Pasquale from the King of Prussia Laundromat is showing us some secret techniques to get rid if tough stains.

Kids? Pets? Just a little clumsy? Stainmaster Charlie Pasquale from the King of Prussia Laundromat is showing us some secret techniques to get rid if tough stains.

And we're tackling the toughest ones with household items you probably already have.

A really popular stain in many households is spaghetti sauce.

Pasquale says the stain-fighting savior is right under your bathroom sink.

Shaving cream! Let it dry overnight and go and wash it - it's kind of like carpet cleaner.

The next time you face an olive oil foe - its opponent is sitting in the sugar caddy.

"You need to be quick about it - you need to get the Sweet N Low or any other material that would soak up the oil," says Pasquale.

When a pen or marker makes a mark on your clothing, just hit it up with some hairspray. The hairspray will sloely break down the ink stains.

Ring around the collar? Shampoo to the rescue! Just rub it in and wash as usual. Shampoo helps break down the stain ahead of time

Sometimes it's not about the stains but the smells - like fishy salmon.

Just soak the stain in cola and wash it. It will smell perfectly clean and you won't smell any fish whatsoever.

When all else fails, the mother of all stain fighters is a mix of equal parts bleack, detergent, borax and Cascade dishwashing detergent.

It's a miracle mixture that can combat stains of any kind.