[header] How to remove spots from linen [title] Act quickly to clean the stain. [step] The longer a stain is allowed to sit on your nice tablecloth or summer dress, the harder it will be to get out. Whether a stain is from food or ink or anything else, drawing it out from linens will work best when it hasn't yet dried. 
[substeps] Some older stains require dry cleaning to be removed. Dry cleaning can ruin linens so it's imperative that you try and treat stains quickly so that you don't have to resort to harsher methods to remove the stain.