Thursday, December 19, 2013

Chalk to the Rescue!

Life As Always
 
For this week's Live & Learn Link-Up, I was pretty stumped for a topic. I have been racking my brain trying to think of something that wouldn't disappoint or put people to sleep. But then it dawned on me while I was doing laundry last night, I knew just what to post.

Chalk to the Rescue!
 
So, I might be a messy eater. Scratch that, I am a messy eater. I always seem to get something on my clothes and if you toss in a bit of alcohol, then I am guaranteed to get something on my clothes. So it really shouldn't have been a big surprise when unpacking from my recent trip to Leavenworth, that I found small, orange spots on my brand new, cream colored Lululemon sweatshirt. I wanted to cry. Don't judge me - it isn't every day that I treat myself to a $108.00 sweatshirt, it is more like never. To be honest, it was my carrot-on-a-string reward for finishing my first half marathon without walking one step. So I was heartbroken to see that I had been so careless.
 
So how was I going to get greasy microwave popcorn stains out of my beautiful sweatshirt?
Easy, with chalk!
 
This was early in the night and my sweatshirt was still pristine.
Within hours, I will be dropping microwave popcorn all over this adorable sweatshirt with careless abandonment.
 
That's right. The white stuff that you used to doodle on the sidewalk or write on a chalkboard with, is amazing for getting grease out of your clothes. Just scribble with a piece of white chalk on top of the grease stain until you can't see anything but white chalk. I'm not sure you need to use that much chalk, but I figure the more the better, right? Then just toss the garment in the washer and wash like normal. Ta-Dah! Grease stains gone.
 
 
I have even used this trick on grease stains that have been through the dryer and are stubborn as ever. It seems to work on any type of fabric. So I now keep a small box of white chalk in my laundry room and I scribble away at the sign of any grease stain.
 
There you have it. My not so exciting, but still useful Live & Learn lesson! Be sure to stop by the link up and check out the great posts! So much learning to be done!
 
Life As Always

5 comments:

  1. Oh snap!! I have never heard of this and I am the Queen of household tips and tricks (in fact, I've got a half ton of them posted on my blog if you look around). I can't wait to try this and I'm grateful that you shared it-- thank you so much because it will come in handy with my lovely cooking skills and those in my life that love them!!

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  2. No way!!! Except you know how I feel about chalk. So the next time my clothing needs chalk treatment, I'll be bringing them to you, mmmmkay? :-) Thanks for linking up!

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  3. What?!! Mazing! Thanks for the tip! I love stuff like this!

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  4. SHUT UP!!!! Seriously?! I wish I knew this a long time ago! And more importantly, You ran a half marathon without walking a single step?!?!?! You deserve a whole lululemon store! Consider me impressed!

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  5. What no way! How have i never heard of this? Chalk is now on my grocery list. Thank you!!!

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