Has your carpet, couch, or other fabric experienced a horrible stain? Once a stain invades your space, it can be nerve wracking trying to figure out how to remove it. Entertaining guests can be a pain if a stain has made an appearance during your special event. If it is a stain that is common, taking the time out to remove it may be time consuming, but the ways to remove it can be helpful.
Remove the Deep Red Wine
If your dinner party was ruined after you spilled red wine on your fabric, then the annoyance of cleaning it can ruin your day, but no matter what you think, it will come out. By dabbing the excess wine with a paper towel and pouring cool water on it along with table salt will turn it pink. While letting the cool water and salt set in, boil water and pour it onto the stain from 6 – 7 inches high and then wait for the stain to lift.
Cleaning Up a Blood Stain
If an unfortunate incident has happened where blood was spilled on your fabric, the best way to clean it up is to clean it before it dries up. Applying cold water to the stain and rubbing it with a bar of soap will help with getting it cleaned. Using a stain removal solution and following it up with a little diluted ammonia with a cotton swab will help with continuing to clean the blood stain up. Once you have applied the clean products, machine wash the fabric using an enzyme based detergent and don’t tumble dry it until the stain is removed or the stain may continue to set in.
Get the Toothpaste Out
Rushing around the house to get ready for work or school can be quite the task. Making sure you are nice and clean in order to start your day is what you hope will make your day go smoothly, but what if you accidentally end up getting toothpaste on your shirt? While this may be the ultimate annoyance of your day, it is not the end. If you act quickly, you must first remove the toothpaste if it is a goop and then blot the stain with a wet cloth and warm water. Use a little laundry detergent with the warm water and continue to blot the area. After blotting the area, use warm water to thoroughly blot out the soap by using warm water as a rinse to clean the area and let it air dry.
Remove that Nasty Grease Stain
There is nothing worse than encountering a grease stain right before friends and family come for a visit. However, more than likely you will have a good stain remover in your kitchen to get the grease out. With the help of a petroleum-based dish detergent designed to cut down grease, removing the stain from your fabric will be easy enough. First, saturate the greased stain with dish detergent and let it set for a few minutes. Afterwards, toss the fabric in the washer for cleaning.
Save the Day by Removing the Paint
Has paint stained your favorite fabric? There is a way to remove it, depending on the type of paint it is. You can remove as much of the paint as possible with a paper towel, but if the paint is dry, scrape it off with a dull knife or spoon. If the paint is water-based, then rinse the paint out with warm water and then machine wash. If oil-based paint has gotten on your fabric, then you will need to treat it with turpentine and then rinse and wash it.
Don’t Let Permanent Marker Be a Permanent Mark on Your Fabric
Having a permanent marker stain on your fabric does not make it a permanent problem. Remove the ugly stain by making it damp first and then spray it with a non-oily hairspray. Keep blotting at the stain until you see it removed. You can also use rubbing alcohol using the same method for a permanent marker stain.
Get That Red Fruit Juice Off of Your Fabric
Did your child just spill a cup of red fruit juice on your fabric? If so, do not use liquid detergent to clean it up because it will only set in. Instead, use white vinegar to clean the stain and then rinse it with cool water. If that doesn’t work then use a digestant enzyme paste and let it dry for 30 minutes and follow it up with a rinse. Using a digestant enzyme paste will not work on silk or wool.
