Okay have any of you out there tried this homemade Miracle Fabric Cleaner?! It really is what it says! I don’t where I have been all of my life, but this stuff is wonderful!! :)
I have tried it on stains and they came right out. I have even tried it on old stains that have already been laundered and dried and the stains still came out! My husband has a white dress shirt that had some kind of black grease or tar on the sleeve (where do you get these kind of stains in a white dress shirt??) anyway, this shirt got washed before I knew that it was there and so I decided to try this miracle stuff on it and guess what…it came out. I did have to apply the cleaner twice to get it completely out, but it all came out! I am totally sold on this! It is so easy and inexpensive to make and it really does work wonders.
The recipe for homemade Miracle Fabric Cleaner
1 part blue Dawn dishwashing liquid
2 parts hydrogen peroxide
Mix and pour or spray directly on stain, launder as usual and watch it miraculously disappear.
I am always getting grease spots right down the front of me and before discovering this Miracle Spray, I would have had to use the shirt for a paint or cleaning shirt or ban it to the rags drawer! Now my shirts look like new again! It works great on set in grease, yellow arm pit stains, chocolate, blood and tire grease!
If you are worried about a really tough stain, you can use an old toothbrush and scrub the stain remover into the fabric. You can also sprinkle with a little baking soda to make a paste for a little extra scrubbing power, let it sit about an hour before washing.
As with any stain removers, you will want to do a spot test, but if it’s an garment that’s already ruined because of the stain, what do you have to loose?
I also tried this on a tough stain in my tile grout and it lightened it up quite a bit! I need to apply it again, but I have heard that others have used this Miracle Cleaner on carpet, upholstery, and many other places around the house with great success!
Have any of you used this Miracle cleaner? What have the results been? I would love to hear what ways you have used it and what your results have been!
If you like the miracle cleaner you might also want to try this DIY Fabric Softener.
It is another inexpensive solution for your laundry needs.
Now, if someone would just come up with a way so that we did not need to do any laundry…think of how much more time you would have in your day!
But until they do…here are a couple of DIY things for you to try to make your laundry day easier!
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Don’t you just LOVE this! Thanks for your comment, I am so glad that you tried it and that it worked for you!
the “recipe” says one part Dawn and 2 parts hydrogen peroxide.
It does not say anything about adding water. Is it just the two items? If I use 1/2 cup dawn and 1 cup peroxide, is that it? thank you for sharing.
Norma Jane, Yes. There is no water added.
No you do not add water and yes 1/2 cup dawn to 1 cup peroxide is correct.
Does this work on rust stains.
Linda, I don’t know…I’ve never tried it on rust stains. Let me know if you try it! Thanks.
You are so kind to share this recipe with us. I am looking forward to trying it on all of the grease stains that don’t show up until after the item has been laundered. I lose a lot of shirts that way!
Thanks again.
I know, me too, I hope that you will have as much success with it as I have had! Have a great day!
You just keep on inspiring me….I certainly will try these products….they seem to always work better than the store bought ones…Thanks again for sharing your finds….you are the best!
Roswitha, I hope that you will like this cleaner as much as I have. I keep trying it out on different things and it still continues to amaze me! Thanks for your kind comment, I always love hearing from you!
Thanks for sharing both of these recipes. I am hoping the miracle
stain remover works on the arm of my sofa. I have sort of a dingey
area and think it might be from body oils, and have even thought of trying a lil teeny bit of the blue dawn,
but was a lil afraid to do it,. Supposedly the fabric is dry clean only,
but just now thought about the fact, that once we spilled a whole cup of coffee on it, and just poured clear water on it and sucked it up with the shop vac and it worked great and never
hurt the fabric in any way, so might just do the same after trying this, I can clean it and then spray some clear water to rinse it and then suck the water out with the shop vac again.
Excited to try this……..
Blessings, Nellie
Nellie, I would love to hear how this works. You might want to try it out in an inconspicuous place first. Good luck!
Can u use it on a couch?
Chesney, Test spot it first in an inconspicuous place! But it is safe on most fabrics!
Can I use this on dark upholstery ? Without it lightning do I let it sit and the. What
Liz, I always tell everyone to test spot it some where inconspicuous first.
I tried this before and it worked really good…although my 16 yo bought green dawn today..Would that be a total fail?
I have never tried that, so I do not know what the difference would be. If you try it, let us know how it works!
Thanks for the diy Rita! After seeing your post I had to give this a try! I also mentioned your blog on my site :-)
Danielle, thanks for the shout out. I hope this works great for you. I use it on more than just laundry and it always seems to do a great job!
How much of each ingredients do I mix
Reese, You mix one part blue Dawn to 2 parts peroxide. So you could do 1 cup Dawn and 2 cups peroxide, or any amount…You just have to keep the proportions right.
Can I use this on white pants with pin stripes
Nikki, I don’t know what fabric your pants are made out of. You will need to do a test spot somewhere inconspicuous first to be sure.
I want to try this so bad on my couch it’s driving me crazy with its stains but I’m not understanding how much of blue dawn and peroxide I use ?
Zuly, It is one part blue Dawn to 2 parts peroxide. So you can use one cup of Dawn and two cups of peroxide. Or you can use 1/2 cup dawn and 1 cup peroxide, or any other measurements that equal one part dawn to two parts peroxide. Make sure you test it first on an inconspicuous place before doing all the stains on the couch!
I just purchased two tshirts that fit perfectly (what are the chance of that happening?) and wouldn’t you know it? Yep, got those pesky grease stains right down the front of each. I was going to pick up some of that ridiculously expensive stain remover, but I know my mom was always a big believer in using dish soap to remove stains on clothing. The peroxide would, I imagine, work as a “booster”. I already have the Dawn and peroxide, so I’m going to go play chemist and mix up a batch. Thanks for your post!
Trudy, I hope it works as well for you as it does for me! Good luck on your experiment!
OMG really does work
so no water is required?
Elizabeth,
Nope, no water! It is easy peasy and it works like a charm!
Does it have to be dawn?
Allison, that is the only kind that I have used and I have had so much success with it that I have not tried anything else! So, I don’t know if anything else works as good or not.
I found that if you mix in a dark spray bottle or keep it out of the sunlight the effectiveness last longer. Peroxide comes in a dark bottle for a reason so it made sense to me to keep it dark no matter what it’s mixed with. I’ve also found a sprayer that would fit on my partially used bottle of peroxide so I just added the dawn and it’s awesome. It actually worked on getting some polyurethane off my favorite shirt. I was tapping the lid down, when splat, shirt got speckled. I immediately soaked it down with the miracle spray and it worked.
Krista, Thanks for that great tip!! I loved that it got the polyurethane out! I love this stuff!
Wow! It Cleaned my white lace clogs. Thank you for saving my clogs from the trash.
Carmen, Great to know! I love this stuff and all the things that it will clean!! Thanks for sharing!
I want to try it and I would like to know how many ounces of each I should use
Betsy, It a ratio of 2 to 1. So if you use 1 cup of Dawn dish soap, you would use 2 cups of peroxide. Hope this helps.
Do you think green dawn dish soap would be the same?
Bailey, I have never tried the green, so I could not tell you. The blue dawn has a grease cutting ingredient. I have only tried the blue Dawn…it does such a good job that I have not tried anything else!
Wondering if this would work on our cream coloured 100% polyester couches? Would the blue soap stain ?
Emily, You would need to do a test spot in an inconspicuous place. I am pretty sure the dawn soap would not stain, but you need to test it first.
When I use this I always let the mixture rest until it turns clear. It will look like water. That way the blue won’t stain!!
I made it and at first didn’t think it worked. I tried it on s small spot. When it dried completely, I saw that it had worked great. Made a bigger bottle this time for the rest of the couch.
Andrea, So glad that it worked for you. I love this stuff and always keep a bottle of it on hand!
Why does the gallon jug in the picture show rubbing alcohol instead of peroxide.
Linda, I am not sure what picture you are looking at. All of the pictures in this post do not have a bottle of rubbing alcohol. I have noticed that on Pinterest, there is a different picture with the title miracle Fabric cleaner. But it is not my picture. Just follow the directions in this post.
I got the same post. Running alcohol / peroxide mix-up written on a gallon jug with add water to fill. No wonder there are a few people confused about the water. The link brought me to this site though. Lucky for me :) Your solution works great. Have a great day and thanks.
Hi! I know that if you get Peroxide on colored fabric, that it will leave a white spot, so does it do that when mixed with Dawn dish soap?
Tina, I have never had a problem with that. You might want to do a test spot in an inconspicuous place first however.
I’m in south Africa and we don’t have blue dawn. What else can I use instead. Would like to try the recipe
Jadene, I am not sure. It needs to be a good degreaser soap. Maybe you could order some online. Let me know if you find something else that works!
I just used this on my couch and so far it looks like it’s working great! I didn’t have any blue Dawn soap but I had some Pink Dawn soap and it looks like it still works!
Can this be used on red suede tennis shoes?
Joy, I really have no idea what it would do with the suede material. If you could try it in an inconspicuous spot first, then you would know.
Do you know how to get yellow bleach stains out of white uniform pants made out of polyester? Player thought it would take out stain, new pants are now yellow.
Betty, I do not know what would take yellow bleach stains out. Sorry. If you find something, I would love to know about it!
Try washing in borax (like mule teem borax) it whitens while Clorox yellows. I always wanted our karate uniforms in borax for white uniforms. When we’re are lined up you could tell which we’re washed in which. Good luck.
Will this work in color clothes or just white? Thanks, I can’t wait to try it.
Kathy, I have used it on colored clothes, but you might want to try it on an inconspicuous place first, if you are worried about it.
Thank you for the information. I use peroxide to remove blood stains.
It works very well and next time I will use with dawn. I’m sure it works even better
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I have found peroxide in a spray container at Walmart. I just poured out the peroxide into a measuring cup, added the right amount of Dawn and poured back into the spray bottle. Voila! My own “spray-n-wash”.🙂 (I saved the extra in a jar but I guess it was thrown away.) I just bought more today to replenish. I love this stuff!
Will this work on car upholstery?
Jennifer, You need to do a test spot first! I have used it on carpet and upholstery, but you need to test the colorfastness first in an inconspicuous place.
Hi I made a bunch of this to give as gifts to my family. It was blue the day i made it, but now it looks clear. Is that normal or does it stay blue. I put it in dark bottles.
Carolyn, Mine always turn clear after a day or two, but it still works the same.
This worked amazing! We bought our daughter a used car that runs great but was FILTHY. We quadrupled the recipe and used scrub brushes and it looks a thousand times better. Thank you!
Cynthia, Glad you liked it as much as I do!! Thanks for sharing!
Can I say your my hero, my most favorite person in the world. So I have 3 special needs children and they have accidents every now and then, it’s been hard to remove the stains. Well not today I was so amazed how cleaned it got and I’m so excited to do the other mattress. Thank you thank you again thank you.
Aida, Thank you for your comment. I know I love this stuff too! I use it all the time on different fabric stains and I am amazed every time at how well it works. Glad it worked for you too!
I have been using this for a few years now and love it. Wonderful on whites but works great on anything. I have not found anything that it has not done a great job of cleaning, just need to rinse out well since leaving a residue of soap will attract dirt quicker. I always have a bottle upstairs and one downstairs.
Dale, Well said!! I love this stuff too. Thanks for your comment. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Hi dale! Quick question for you, do you know when using it on stains on the couch do you spray water on it after to get the soap off?
I just pulled my son’s laundry out of the dryer and he had a Football eyeblack stick go through the wash. It put spots all over everything. Wondering if I could soak for an extended period of time in this solution and then wash, or do I need to “treat” each spot?
Jen, I would do a test spot first to make sure everything is colorfast. I have never tried soaking anything, so I really do not know if that would work or not. Let me know if you try that!
I used this miracle fabric cleaner to clean mattress stains, blood stains on white upholstery, and coffee stains on kitchen chair upholstery. I added baking soda to stubborn spots and scrubbed with a fingernail brush and the Dawn-Peroxide mixture, let it set an hour, and then soaked a towel in hot water, wrung it out and used it to remove the baking soda-dawn-peroxide residue. Worked like a charm. Just need to let the treated areas dry overnight. Thank you.
To use plain white vinegar will only soften for so long on its own. The reason being, is that it draws out excess soap and fabric softener out of clothes. That softens the clothes in itself. But once those excess products have been drawn out of the clothes, the vinegar on its own will not soften.
I don’t understand what 1 part or two parts are in your recipe for the miracle fabric cleaner. Too me it would be one cup of Dawn to two cups of peroxide? Is there actual cup measurements? And can you make and keep and bigger spray bottle of this on hand? I really want to try this. I have heard great things about this.
Patricia, You can make as big a batch or as small as you would like. You are exactly right, it would mean one cup of Dawn to 2 cups of peroxide. Or you could 1/2 cup Dawn to one cup of peroxide. The ratio just needs to be one part Dawn to two parts peroxide.
I have been reading all the comments and not really seeing much about “rinsing” (if used on upholstery/car interiors and other items that can not go thru the washing machine). Can you please give some advice on how this is best done? Thanks…
Pamela, Yes you need to rinse it off. It will leave a spot if you don’t wipe it out.
OOOOOOOO!!!! I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT GIVING THIS A TRY !!!! I LOVE HOMEMADE HOME REMEDIES/ HACKS THAT WILL SAVE TIME AND MONEY!!! EVEN MORE SO IF ITS 100% NATURAL !! THIS RECIPE WILL DEFINITELY GET WRITTEN IN MY REMEDY HACK JOURNAL! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
does it have to be BLUE damn specifically?
Shannon, I think that you could probably use the other Dawn dish soaps, but I have never tried any of them because I know the blue one works so wonderfully.
im excited to try this on my car seats and see what happens…and as a side note…i can tell you where those grease stains come from after laundering clothes. The fabric sheets we use contain animal fat as a ingredient,,,which end up appearing on your clothing as phantom grease spots. I remedied this by soaking a sponge in hair conditioner, slightly rung out of course and throw it in my dryer.
ty for the diy.:}
Do you know how to get dye runs out of clothes. I have this yellow top that got pink dye runs from another item
A friend gave me a bag of very ripe plums. I placed the bag in my favorite rocking chair. It got buried under a pile of other items. When I found it again, it had a huge dark purple stain on the off white/floral print. I wasn’t able to get the stain out and it ended up in storage for four years. When I found this formula, I tried it. After rinsing it out, I was shocked to discover that my Gotta chalk a rocking chair looked like new.
Carol, I am so glad that it worked for you!
My 5 yr old thruw up on the couch. It stained. You said you have tried this mirarle cleaner on old stains. Would it remove vomit stains. Considering bodily fluids have some form of greese.
You show on the starter picture: Alcohol, Dawn and water in a gallon jug. What does that clean?
Your directions say to machine wash after Applying. I have an upholstered chair, that needs cleaning. If I use this soulation on my chair, how do I rinse the dawn out?
Used this solution on cleaning pink velvet that I thought for sure I’d have to replace. Low and behold, dabbed a paper towel in the solution instead of making a big batch and dabbed it, rubbed it and used an old toothbrush to scrub it. Didn’t look like it worked, but. The next day when it had dried, it was almost as good as new. I was impressed!
can you clean a microfiber couch with this?
Gary, You will need to try it first in an inconspicuous place to see if it changes the appearance of your fabric.
Hello! I am confused, the photo on Pinterest mentions vinegar, water, alcohol and Dawn, clicking on it leads me to your page which recommends just Dawn and peroxide? Really wanting to try something like this, but wondering which one works better? Thanks! 😊
Annie, I am sorry about the confusion. I have had others tell me the same thing. Not sure where the Pinterest photo came from. It is just Dawn and peroxide. It works like a charm! Hope this clears things up. Have a great day!
POLYESTER is made from a liquid filament that gets extruded into a polyester thread. Each batch gets it color added to the liquid polyester before it becomes a thread. This is why polyester clothing doesn’t bleed its colors. Then cloth is made from the different colors of polyester threads. It is my understanding that using any color of Dawn soap should be fine, because the soap color cannot penetrate the polyester threads in the clothing. Also, if Dawn doesn’t harm different colors of cotton fabric, it will not harm the polyester fabric,
Dawn company donates their product to volunteers during oil spills in the ocean, so they can remove the oil more efficiently and safely (my assumption, from ducks and ducklings whom have been covered with the oil. The ducklings seem very happy after that bath. This means that Dawn is very mild, or I am sure they would not use it for the animals.
I only buy Blue Dawn, (haven’t tried the other colors) just because the Blue really does cut the grease in my dish water. I’ve used it in a pinch on laundry spots, all colors of clothing and it will get a lot of the oil spots out, or lighten them. However, I’ve had a few spots remain after washing and drying, because hubby decided to help me and put that load of blouses into the dryer for me. 😍. I just couldn’t tell him and they are still awaiting my second try to clean those pieces again. Then today, I ran across this Pinterest article at Pinkpolkadotcreations about this “Miracle Cleaner❣️”. SO, I am excited to try this recipe on my spots that didn’t come out. I will return with an update soon, to let you know the outcome 😍. I feel very good about this. Thank you for this Miracle Cleaning recipe.
Sincerely, Barbara S.
It’s so amazing. I’ve been using it for years. It saved my white lace tablecloth when a lovely friend spilled an entire glass of red wine on it (it happens frequently around my house). I saved a blouse I bought in Croatia that had a stain I could not BUDGE. I figured what do I have to lose? It tool every bit of the stain out in no time and did not leave a bleachy spot on the coral-colored fabric. Love.❤️
Lynny, I know…I love this stuff! Glad you do too. Hope you have a great day, thanks for taking the time to write your kind words!