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We host guests in our home and we live there. We provide all sorts of lovely toiletries and provide make-up remover cloths for people to use in hopes of keeping our expensive towels/wash cloths from being damaged. Our last guest removed her make-up on a wash cloth and it took me several hours to get the stains out.
How are other hosts preventing this from happening? I would appreciate your suggestions on how to prevent this from happening and some tried and true methods for getting out the stains on towels and linens.
Donāt put it in the washer, I use a 70% alcohol, soak the stain, itās the only thing I have found that works. If you wash in hot water it will set the stain forever.
I provide quality make-up removal pads, and then when I replaced my towels and face clothes, I purchased dark colors. I really donāt have the time for extensive stain removal.
Good luck
I have inexpensive gray and black washcloths to go with my white sheets and towels. I can replace them for about a buck each so I wouldnāt spend hours getting the stain out. Iād soak and treat and toss in the wash. If it didnāt come clean it would become a household rag and Iād replace it with a new washcloth. I now have excess pillowcases so same with them. Good quality sheets are the only thing worth expending some effort to get stains out. Iāve had so few mascara stains Iām not sure what I used. It was probably Genesis 950 which is an all around cleaner I buy in bulk.
I provide Neutrogena* makeup wipes. I leave the container on the vanity next to the washcloths, with a message:
MAKEUP REMOVER : In order to keep the white sheets as clean as possible, we ask that you use the makeup remover wipes as needed.
I have been purchasing a large box at Costco, when they have a sale. Costco is now selling its own Kirkland brand version.
It has either been very effective or Iāve been lucky as Iāve only had a couple of instances where I had makeup on the washcloths; in those instances Iāve sprayed the cloth with āShoutā and theyāve come clean.
I stopped providing makeup remover wipes after a major drain blockage from people flushing them down the loo. Dark face cloths, Shout and oxyclean do the job for me.
We have a similar issue, as in the only thing you can put down our loos is paper - weāre in the āold townā and the sewage infrastructure here can just about deal with paper, hence a bin in every loo. And a plunger in the cupboard!
My OH uses Vanish, which I think is the european equivalent to Oxyclean. Soak them for 15mins and if that doesnāt work a mild solution of bleach. No idea about a hot or cold wash, I must ask her!!!
I get Costco sheets with 4 pillowcases and I keep the pillowcases when I have to dump the rest of the set. So over the last 4+ years Iāve accumulated an extra supply. I do have some that are printed from when I used printed sheets but Iām not afraid to pair pillowcases with sheets that donāt match.
Deterrent. For the most part I donāt charge the damage fees I warn about. I do if you sneak in a dog or smoke but thatās the only time Iāve charged.
