Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get barbecue sauce out
Tomato, molasses, smoke and oil: tannin plus dye plus grease.
Do this first
Scrape
Fresh stain
- Scrape
- Flush cold
- Dish soap
- Detergent
- Oxygen soak
- Wash
Dried or old
- Overnight oxygen soak, repeat
- Fabric care
- Treat fast.
- Time
- 1 h
- How to tell
- Look: dark red-brown; Feel: sticky; Smell: smoky
Where this fix comes from
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.