This is extremely good for baby clothes, but really, any clothes with food or grease stains. I've used this recipe for set in stained clothes for years( ahem decades). Set in meaning they were accidently dried, and therefore permanent.
1 cup of liquid Cascade dishwashing soap- just your normal cascade liquid; doesn't need to be fancy. 1 cup of Clorox color safe bleach. Mix these in a gallon bucket with Very Hot but not boiling water. Fill the bucket about 2/3 full of hot water. Then add the clothes that need stains removed. I like to set aside clothes until I've gathered enough to make this worth while. Once added just let them sit over night or at least 12 hours. Then dump the whole thing, clothes and all, in your washer and wash as usual. You won't need to add more soap though. Double check each item as you place them in the dryer to make sure they're clean. Some really tough stains may need a second go.
This won't remove red mud stains, rust, bleach stains, or ink(especially black marker).
Tip for removing stains in general: treat them before they're dried. Once dried these stains can be set in and hard to remove
Ink stains can be removed by spraying with hair spray before they have been dried in the dryer
Blood stains can be removed by soaking in peroxide; again before they have been dried
Grease stains can be removed with dish soap ground into the stain before washing.
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