Acetone is good for removing some glues, nail polish, ink stains, rubber cement, and grease.
If you put oil, detergent, and water together and shake them up, then you get a mixture that can help to remove stains.
Lemon juice, containing citric acid which is the active bleaching agent, can effectively remove stains.
Oxalic acid converts insoluble iron compounds into a soluble complex ion.
It is because of this property that oxalic acid is one of the primary components in commercial solutions used to remove scale from automobile radiators.
High enough concentrations, as in industrial cleaners, and/or significant exposure time without adequate protection of the exposed area will cause serious chemical burns.
Such solvents can include laundry detergent, bleach, peroxide, vinegar, or a cleaning product with enzymes.
Soaking in the water-solvent mixture allows for the stain to be loosened from the fabric, thus making it easier to remove with scrubbing or washing.
Dye users are not universally affected, most likely due to the variations in lipid or natural oil composition on the skin surface from one person to the next.
Placing a rim of petroleum jelly around the hairline creates a physical barrier to prevent the dye from running down onto the skin of the forehead and neck, and fills the pits and recesses within the epidermal layer.
Unfortunately, like hair, human skin is made of keratin and contains sites with a negative charge, and therefore, it also attracts the dye.
Skin also has pores and other pits and recesses which allow dye to get physically trapped in the epidermal layer.
While many home remedies exist to attempt to remove the stains from skin, there are many products distributed in traditional drugstore or discount channels for this purpose.
Some of the more common home remedies include: bleach, ammonia, acetone, and rubbing alcohol.