Pretreat

I encourage my clients to pretreat their bags with stain-resistant sprays to extend their average life expectancy. ❋ Phillip Bloch (2010)

With the chance of snow forecast for this weekend, and considering last winter's record snowfall, the SHA decided this was a good opportunity to test new plans to pretreat the entire Maryland Beltway instead of focusing primarily on bridges and overpasses. ❋ Ashley Halsey III (2010)

If you are prone to herpes, fever blisters, or any kind of infection on your face even acne, pretreat and posttreat it with the proper medication before and after your procedure. ❋ Ellen Marmur (2009)

During Phase I detox at least 120 members of the enzyme family known as cytochrome P450s pretreat the hundreds of thousands of toxins that your body encounters every day. ❋ Woodson Merrell (2008)

Treat the stain with a prewash spray or pretreat with a product containing enzymes. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

Treat with prewash spray or pretreat with a product containing enzymes. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

And if you are going to sort, pretreat, and do a few handwashables yourself, you are not going to save much time by having someone else do the rest, which, after all, does not take much time. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

To conquer the oil-stain and odor problems, wash frequently, pretreat the problem areas, use a presoaking period, use plenty of detergent, and use warm or hot rather than cold water. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

To get synthetic fibers clean, you will usually need to pretreat problem areas and give a long presoak in detergent and water as hot as the fiber can bear which is often hotter than the care label indicates. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

In general, when fabrics are prone to staining or just to be sure, you should pretreat spots. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

Otherwise, pretreat or soak in a product containing enzyme or an oxygen bleach using hottest water safe for fabric, then launder. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

For light stains, pretreat with a paste of dry detergent and water, liquid detergent, or a liquid detergent booster; launder. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

Launder frequently, pretreat especially with solvent-containing pretreatment products and presoak, and use plenty of detergent and the hottest water that the fabric can bear. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

To pretreat, rub a little liquid detergent or spray or rub a pretreatment product or stick on the soiled area. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)