The next time spaghetti strikes, you’ll be ready with these tips for removing tomato sauce stains.

If the tomato sauce contains meat, protein might be in the stain.

3 Ways to Remove a Fresh Tomato Sauce Stain

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Blue shirt with tomato sauce stain

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The first is to use readily available hand sanitizer as a stain remover.

These can be used to treat a tomato stain that has dried on clothing.

Additionally, rubbing alcohol is an effective stain remover for brightly colored, tannin-based tomato sauce stains.

Laundry instructions

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Oxygen bleach should not be used on wool, silk, or leather.

For deeply set-in stain removal, use oxygen bleach as a soaking agent.

In informal testing, Shout is especially effective at eliminating tomato sauce stains on clothes.

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Gel formulas are best, but any hand sanitizer that includes alcohol in its formula will work.

It is a top-notch oxygen bleach formula that effectively removes deeply set-in stains.

Cleaning tomato stain on shirt with hand sanitizer

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Cleaning tomato stain on shirt with shout stain remover wipe

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Cleaning tomato stain on shirt with toothbrush

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Stained shirt submerged in stain remover solution

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Tide laundry detergent

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Shout stain remover

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Lestoil cleaner for laundry

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Shout stain remover wipes

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hand sanitizer for tomato stains

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Oxi-clean stain remover on shelf

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