Spot & Stain Removal
Water Based Stains
- Alcohol
- Baby formula
- Beer
- Blood
- Candy
- Chocolate milk
- Clay
- Cologne
- Felt tip marker
- Food stains
- Jelly
- Ketchup
- Ice Cream
- Syrum
- Fruit juice
- Graphite
- Latex paint
- Liquor
- Milk
- Soft drinks
- Soil spots
- Vomit
- Water colors
Special Water Based Stains
- Coffee
- Tea
- Urine
Greasy Oil Based Stains
- Butter
- Chocolate
- Cooking oil
- Cosmetics
- Crayon
- Furniture dye & polish
- Glue*
- Gravy
- Gum*
- Hand cream
- Ink
- Lipstick
- Margarine
- Mascara
- Mayonnaise
- Nail polish
- Ointment
- Peanut butter
- Salad dressing
- Varnish
- Wax*
Freeze and remove solid materials before applying cleaning solution.
- Use a spoon or dull knife to remove solid materials.
- For these stains, use a citrus solvent applied directly to a white cloth. Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth. Avoid saturating the carpet.
Stain Removal
Step One
- For stain removal of large stains, work from the outside of the stain to the center to prevent spreading.
- Blot up liquid spills with a white towel or paper towel.
- Mix a solution of 1/4 teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water. Stir gently.
- Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth. Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth. Avoid saturating the carpet.
- Wipe gently. Turn cloth frequently. Never rub, scrub, or use a brush. This may damage carpet fibers.
- If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
- Wet the stained carpet fibers with lukewarm water to rinse.
- Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel and apply pressure to blot.
- Repeat the rinsing and blotting procedures until you are sure all traces of the detergent have been removed.
- If the stain is gone, place an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, colorfast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
- Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
- If stain remains, proceed to Step Two.
Step Two
Do NOT use on coffee, tea, or urine stains!
- Mix 2 tablespoons of non-bleaching, non-susdsing household ammonia with 1 cup of lukewarm water.
