Product recommendation? Getting tomato out of clothes

[gemma4d]

DD2 is the worst. 7 months old and baby led weaning. And now there is no sun for bleaching out the stains. I use Fairy non-bio and wash at 40 and most stains go except tomato based food. I hated my old vanish soap bar (made my hands go rough) so I bought the Vanish spray (you know - trust pink, forget stains). Didn't work. It was a while ago.. maybe they have improved it? What do you use that works?

a bit of washing up liquid rubbed in helps as does De-solv-it spray. I would also use bio products if there are no skin issues.

"(made my hands go rough)"

Rubber gloves maybe?

Sunlight's the thing for stains made by natural colours. I realise it's in short supply at the moment but even now a stint on the kind on a sunny day will help.

Works for lily pollen and turmeric too.

many food stains are fat soluble, what works is rubbing the stain with butter or oil and adding half a cup or so of soda crystals directly into the drum of the mashine.

in the 13 years I've done of parenting so far and 6 children I've never found a way to get out tomato stains. I'd love to know though.

butter? seriously? How do I convince my husband I am sane while rubbing butter onto clothes? ("but mumsnet made me do it..")

PigletJohn ... very practical. possibly too practical? Will consider it!

Sunny windowsill for tomato stains. Sometimes it can take 2 or 3 days.

Sun, definitely. Doesn't matter if it's actually sunny weather or not. Leave it outside for a couple of days in this weather, then wash again, since it will probably be soaking by then!