Learn how to remove hair spray from your clothes, carpets, and more.

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How to Remove Hairspray Stains

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Colored hair sprays may leave dye stains on fabrics.

If that fails, use oxygen bleach on the stain per the package’s directions.

When that’s not enough, use adry cleaning solventon the stain.

Materials needed to remove hairspray stains from clothing

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Hairspray: Stain Solutions/Washable Fabrics.University of Illinois Extension.

Treating a hairspray stain on a blouse

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Checking the hairspray stain is removed

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Soaking the garment in an oxygen bleach solution

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