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"  Now that it&amp;#039;s time to start dismantling your tree and taking down your holiday decorations, handling fresh evergreens often leaves hands and even any fabrics you may touch sticky with sap. Here&amp;#039;s the quickest way to zap sap, my third stain of Christmas, from washable fabrics. Start by sponging the stain with acetone (provided the fabric isn&amp;#039;t made of acetate or triacetate or the acetone will dissolve it) or a solvent-type spot remover, working it in with your fingers, if necessary, to better penetrate and dissolve the stain. As for candle wax, we recommend Guardsman&amp;#039;s Dry-Cleaning Fluid. Allow the area to air dry, then soak the stain for 30 minutes in one cup of warm water with a little laundry detergent and a few drops of ammonia added. After soaking, launder it as usual. If any stain remains after laundering, soak it for 15 to 30 minutes in the full-strength dry cleaning solvent, rinse, rewash and rinse it thoroughly again. Never put the fabric in the dryer until you are certain the stain (and any odor from the cleaning fluid) is completely removed. Just in case you missed my previous two blogs, here are my tips for removing the first two stains of Christmas, eggnog and candle wax. For on-the-spot help removing any stain from fabric, carpeting, and upholstery any time of year, visit our Good Housekeeping Research Institute&amp;#039;s online stain-buster tool or download our new, free Good Housekeeping@Home iPhone app! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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