Clear adhesive Hold an absorbent pad over the stain and from the back, dab with a pad containing non-oily nail remover. On acetate or triacetate fabric use amyl acetate but check first for dye running. Cocoa On cotton and linen, rinse thoroughly in warm water, soak in an enzyme or borax mixture and launder in warm water with detergent. On wool, mop up any surplus with absorbent paper, flush with soda water rinse with warm water. Repeat glycerine treatment if needed.
Final resort is to soak in hydrogen peroxide mixture, as above.
On wool cloths, wet stains, mop up as quickly as possible and rinse well with soda water, blot dry. If milk or cream in coffee you may have to treat that stain with enzyme or borax mixture. Dry stains need repeated soda water rinses and to be allowed to dry between treatments. For cotton and linen see cocoa . Hold an absorbent pad over stain on the right side from the wrong side dab with a pad containing non-oily nail remover or lighter fuel.