Avoid products with 1,1,1-trichloroethane on Fabrics (TCA) or naphthalene.
Blood: Immediately clean stain with club soda or sponge with cold water; "bleach" with 1/4 cup borax in 2 cups water. Sponge with cold water and rinse. Or, saturate with hydrogen peroxide. Let sit a couple of minutes and wash. May bleach out color, so test first.
Chocolate and coffee: Soak in cold water, rub with soap and a borax solution, rinse, then launder. If necessary, rub with a borax/water paste.
Fruit stains:
Soak in cold water 30 minutes; rub soap into remaining stain; then wash; "bleach" with lemon juice and sunlight, if needed.
Or, soak in vinegar.
Grease:
Apply paste of cornstarch and water. Brush off when dry.
Or, cover spot with baking soda or cornmeal. Let absorb the grease and brush off
Or, scrub spot with toothpaste.
Or, sponge grease spot on suede with a cloth dipped in white vinegar; dry, brush off.
Ink:
Tough to get out. Try saturating stain with milk.
Or, sponge stain with alcohol.
Or, apply cream of tartar and lemon juice paste. Set for 1 hour.
Lipstick: Rub with cold cream or shortening to dissolve color; rinse area with solution of washing soda and warm water to remove grease; wash in soapy water.
Oil:
Rub white chalk into stain before laundering.
Or, scrub spot with toothpaste.
Stains Perspiration: Pretty tough, but try sponging stain with a weak solution of white vinegar or lemon juice, and water.
Rust stains from clothing:
Moisten spot with lemon juice, sprinkle with salt, and leave in the sun for a couple of days.
Or, try a "waterless" auto mechanic's hand cleaner.
Tea: Stretch fabric over a basin and pour boiling water over the stain; wash as usual.
Wine: Blot with paper towels to absorb wine. Then apply either club soda, rubbing alcohol, borax or white wine to blot out the stain.
Rub with moist baking soda, cornstarch on Porcelain or salt.
Tougher stains: Make a paste using 3 tablespoons borax and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice; scrub with nylon scouring pad and rinse with water.