Dye family: alcohol or a long oxygen soak
How to get energy drinks out
Sugar, acids and strong dyes (often yellow, green or blue).
Do this first
Flush cold
Fresh stain
- Flush cold
- Gently work in detergent
- Oxygen-bleach soak 1 hour
- Wash
Dried or old
- Overnight oxygen soak
- Fabric care
- Like fruit punch.
- Time
- 1 h
- How to tell
- Look: bright coloured patch; Feel: sticky; Smell: sweet-medicinal
Where this fix comes from
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
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.