the best stain remover of all time ever holy crap it's magic!

while wasting my time acquiring invaluable domestic skills on pinterest the other day, i noticed my friend jacquelynn had pinned a stain removing pic.  it promised to be a magic solution for getting out yellow armpit stains on old t-shirts, but also many other types of stains.  of course i thought, eww, i'm not going to pin that, and went about looking for something more applicable to my daily life, like high end runway shows.

then, this morning, finn busted his lip open.  real good.  for the first time ever.  i was making coffee and he was crawling around on the kitchen floor with his toys, and the next thing i knew he got an arm tangled and face planted.  i actually heard a crunch.  i thought for sure he had broken his nose.  he did one of those breath holding cries where he didn't make any noise for like 30 seconds because he was so freaked out.  i picked him up and all i saw was a mouthful of blood.  i immediately thought "oh crap, he's going to need stitches." and then the next thing i thought, as he buried his little bloody drooly tear covered face into my shoulder, was "oh crap, i'm never going to get this stain out of my sweater."  yep. mother of the year award over here, people.

i mentally chalked the sweater up for lost, and moved on to first aid.  turns out lips just bleed a lot, and finn did not need stitches.  i got the bleeding to stop really quickly with a cold wash cloth and then he calmed down.  he sported a fat lip for the rest of the day, but he survived.

my sweet little tough guy.

then this afternoon a little light bulb went off in my head, and i thought... pinterest stain remover!  i'm going to try it in real life!

i am semi new to pinterest and have not tried too many things in real life, but my sister-in-law jen is like the queen of pinterest and uses everything in real life (yeah she totally made that paint chip calendar and it's adorable).  she is my pinterest hero so i thought i would pick up the torch and try to carry on the murphy pinterest phenomenon.

so, here's how it all went down.

first up, here's the original link i used.  she breaks it down nicely.

here's my abbreviated version:
1 part dawn original dish liquid (the blue kind)
2 parts hydrogen peroxide
a little shake of baking soda for good measure

having high hopes, i made a big batch in an old spray bottle and sprayed the magic stain remover on my sweater and finn's little superhero t-shirt.  

it pretty much came out of finn's t-shirt right before my eyes. *gasp!* but my sweater seemed a little bit more troublesome, so i took some pictures for before and afters.  here they are now!

before

immediately after spraying stain remover

i waited a few minutes (i'm very impatient, maybe two minutes)
and then scrubbed it in a bit with a sponge. 
the outcome looked dismal.

i laundered it in cold water with a load of towels that was
already going.  then i took it out and SHAZAM!
no more bloody boo boo stain.

i don't know about you guys, but this is basically a really lame domestic blog post that confirms my membership in the frumpy mom club changing my life.

i will probably spend the entire day tomorrow trying to get old stains out of everything possible.  like old grease stains out of cute yoga pants that could be sexy but the grease stain just makes them look tired? YES! billy's white v necks that he refuses to throw out and i sometimes use to dust the furniture? YES! that questionable spot on the carpet upstairs that came out of one end of tucker but i'm not sure which? YES!!! YES!!! YESSS!!!!!!!

*spins around the kitchen clutching magic stain removing spray and laughs uncontrollably*

there will be no survivors!

all stains will be destroyed!

*wipes tears from face and attempts to appear composed*

seriously though.
you're welcome.
(jen! high five!)