1.Cocoa stains fall in the protein category (along with blood, I might add). Presoak in cold water and then wash; if you wash something with a protein stain straight off in warm or hot water, you’ll basically cook the stain right into the fabric.
2.On the other hand, soaking dirt-stained items in cold water won’t do a bit of good. Instead, wash them in the hottest water the item can handle. (Always check care labels!)
As it turned out, Paige’s sweater got dirty when she was helping Billy move some things around. Paige and Billy are doing just fine in New York, and ask me to tell Paradisites one and all “hello.” And Billy says to let everyone know he’s still a Cut-N-Suck distributor, just in case anyone has home hair-cutting needs.
Until next month, may your whites never yellow and your colors never fade. But if they do, stop in and see me at Toadfern’s Laundromat—Always a Leap Ahead of Dirt!
Want to be in the next Josie Toadfern Mystery Novel?
Josie knows a lot about stains—but she’s always willing to learn more! Send your best stain-fighting tip to Sharon Short, at www.sharonshort.com. She’ll select her favorite and use it in the next Josie Toadfern mystery novel, and give you a hearty thank you in the acknowledgments. Deadline: August 15, 2003.
About the Author
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SHARON SHORT’s humor column, “Sanity Check,” appears every Monday in the Dayton Daily News. Her fiction credits include several short mysteries published in Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine and Orchard Press Online Mystery Magazine. In addition, Ms. Short is a principal of her own marketing communications firm and has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English. She lives in Miamisburg, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
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