Mascara stains on face rest covers

[nani poo]

How do you get mascara stains off face rest covers? I bleach my linens but still can't get them off. Aside from getting black covers, what can I do? It drives me nuts. Thanks!

 

[Pompal 09.]

My clients wear mascara regularly and I have never had a problem. I always use both oxiclean and dawn dishsoap in all my loads. HTH!

 

[Latise J]

When I yank the sheets off the table if I notice any make up stains, I'll spray the stain with, well honestly, the spray I use to clean/disinfect the table with. I did this one day out of desperation as we were starting to run low on face cradle covers that didn't have make up stains, and a client left me with a cover that looked like Avon had thrown up on it :shock: . The spray apparently cut through the oiliness and waxiness of the mascara, blush, and base the woman had been wearing, and came back clean.

Mind you, the health club I work at has industrial washers and dryers (that darn near washes the cotton out of the cotton sheets) so I wasn't concerned with residue from the spray staying with the covers. Where we would get stains before, with the spray, we get none now. I suppose any type of pre-treating spray applied before the make up is allowed to set for very long would probably do the same.

 

[Tizzy]

I use flannel face cradle covers and just spray each and every one with Oxyclean Spray (Shout does NOT work as good, nor does the "green" bottled one... don't recall the name).

Next, I wash my loads as hot as possible, with a little bleach, a small drop of dawn dish soap (when I am feeling saucy!), a half cap of Oxyclean (the non-spray one that comes in a laundry detergent type bottle) and half the amount suggested on the bottle of All Free & Clear/Clean (?). All loads come out without spots or stains.

I have a Fisher & Paykel Washer which uses water differently than a regular washer. It's Eco Friendly or something... and it has a soak and extra rinse mode on it. So, for each wash, I also use these two things to get the wash extra clean.

I am saying this, because that may be the reason why the mascara comes out and not because of my laundry concoction itself.

Hope this helps.

 

[Clo !]

I'm another one who pretreats the stain directly. I just put a little of my normal laundry soap on it, give it a little scrub, and throw it in the wash. I have noticed that flannel releases the stain easily, whereas smooth cotton or cotton-poly is tougher to get the stain out. (Not impossible, but it can require more scrubbing.)

 

[cassandras_evil_sister3]

I have only used the flannel covers, and I have never had a stain left from mascara. I just take it off with the sheets and wash with the sheets...nothing special done. Maybe it is the material that holds mascara? The first few times I saw it on the face rest covers I was worried, but it has always come right out.