Pillowcase

What pillowcase can and cannot take

• Heat Use with care
• Water and soaking Tolerates it
• Acids, including vinegar Use with care
• Strong alkalis Use with care
• Solvents Use with care
• Chlorine bleach Use with care
• Abrasives Use with care

Always test on a hidden area first and let it dry before you treat the visible mark.

General rules for pillowcase

Identify the exact fibre and care label before treatment. Start with a dry lift or blot, then use minimal moisture only where the recorded water sensitivity permits it. Stop if colour, gloss, texture, shape or adhesion changes.

Stains on pillowcase

• Blood Blot first, then use cold water and a tiny amount of compatible detergent. Work from the edge, rinse or blot...
• Body oil Blot pillowcase, pretreat a permitted washable patch with liquid detergent, rinse and use a cool labelled was...
• Breast milk Blot and cold-rinse a label-approved washable item. Use your compatible biological liquid detergent and a per...
• Bronzer Lift loose bronzer from pillowcase before it is rubbed in. Blot cream bronzer, follow the material or care la...
• Coffee Blot first. If the label permits, gently rinse cool water through the back of the mark, supporting the fabric...
• Concealer Lift the concealer, flush Pillowcase from the back with cool water, pre-treat the oily residue with one drop...
• Cooking grease Lift and blot cooking grease from Pillowcase, absorb the oil, pretreat both sides with washing-up liquid for...
• Deodorant Rub a fresh white deodorant mark off pillowcase while it is dry. For residue that remains, follow the care la...
• Hair dye Blot Pillowcase, flush cool water through the back, pretreat with liquid detergent, wash to the care label an...
• Lipstick Lift lipstick from Pillowcase, work from the reverse with a drop of washing-up liquid, rinse cool, wash to th...
• Motor oil Blot motor oil from Pillowcase, absorb the residue, pretreat both sides with a little washing-up liquid, wash...
• Nail polish Lift free polish without rubbing. A small mark on plain washable compatible cloth may respond to the linked l...
• Period blood Lift any tissue with a spoon edge, then blot. Use cold water and a tiny amount of compatible detergent for th...
• Pet urine Blot until nearly dry, then use only the cool-water quantity pillowcase can tolerate. Use a labelled pet urin...
• Sweat Rinse fresh sweat from the back of Pillowcase with cool water, pretreat retained residue, wash to the care la...
• Tomato sauce Lift tomato sauce from Pillowcase, flush from the reverse with cool water, pretreat the remaining film, wash...