No carpet is stain proof, but since many are stain resistant, you have time to act. Look below to see if the specific spill you're trying to remove is listed. If so, you'll see instructions to help. If not, use the following general guidelines. Remove as much of food spills as possible by scraping the carpet gently with a spoon or a dull knife. Absorb wet spills as quickly as possible by blotting repeatedly with white paper or white cloth towels. Always blot; never rub or scrub abrasively, as a fuzzy area may result. When blotting, work from the outer edge in toward the center of the spot to avoid spreading the spill. Remove the stain using one of the cleaning items from the checklist below. Rinse the cleaned carpet area with water to remove detergent residue that may become sticky and cause rapid re-soiling. Absorb any remaining moisture by placing several layers of white towels over the spot and weighing them down with a heavy object. This step is necessary even when the carpet doesn't seem particularly damp. For Water-Based Stains For Greasy, Oil-Based Stains Click here for removal instructions Click here for removal instructions Alcohol Grape Juice Butter Margarine Baby Formula Graphite Chocolate Mascara Beer Ice Cream Cooking Oil Mayonnaise Blood Jelly Cosmetics Nail Polish Candy Latex Paint Crayon Oil Catsup Liquor Furniture Dye Oil Paint Chocolate Milk Milk Furniture Polish(oil-based) Ointment ClaySoil Spots Glue* Peanut Butter Cola Soft Drinks Gravy Rouge Cologne Syrup Grease (black) Salad Dressing Cranberry Juice Tomato Juice Gum* Spaghetti Felt Tip Marker Water Colors Hand Cream Wax* Food Stains (general) Watermelon Ink Varnish Fruit Juice Whiskey Lipstick Fruit Punch Wine *Freeze and remove solid materials before using cleaning fluid. Furniture Polish(water-based) Vomit For Special Water-Based Stains Click here for removal instructions Coffee Tea Urine (Back to Carpet Care main page)
No carpet is stain proof, but since many are stain resistant, you have time to act. Look below to see if the specific spill you're trying to remove is listed. If so, you'll see instructions to help. If not, use the following general guidelines.
Remove as much of food spills as possible by scraping the carpet gently with a spoon or a dull knife.
Absorb wet spills as quickly as possible by blotting repeatedly with white paper or white cloth towels. Always blot; never rub or scrub abrasively, as a fuzzy area may result. When blotting, work from the outer edge in toward the center of the spot to avoid spreading the spill.
Remove the stain using one of the cleaning items from the checklist below.
Rinse the cleaned carpet area with water to remove detergent residue that may become sticky and cause rapid re-soiling.
Absorb any remaining moisture by placing several layers of white towels over the spot and weighing them down with a heavy object. This step is necessary even when the carpet doesn't seem particularly damp.
For Water-Based Stains
For Greasy, Oil-Based Stains
Click here for removal instructions
Alcohol
Grape Juice
Butter
Margarine
Baby Formula
Graphite
Chocolate
Mascara
Beer
Ice Cream
Cooking Oil
Mayonnaise
Blood
Jelly
Cosmetics
Nail Polish
Candy
Latex Paint
Crayon
Oil
Catsup
Liquor
Furniture Dye
Oil Paint
Chocolate Milk
Milk
Furniture Polish(oil-based)
Ointment
Clay
Soil Spots
Glue*
Peanut Butter
Cola
Soft Drinks
Gravy
Rouge
Cologne
Syrup
Grease (black)
Salad Dressing
Cranberry Juice
Tomato Juice
Gum*
Spaghetti
Felt Tip Marker
Water Colors
Hand Cream
Wax*
Food Stains (general)
Watermelon
Ink
Varnish
Fruit Juice
Whiskey
Lipstick
Fruit Punch
Wine
*Freeze and remove solid materials before using cleaning fluid.
Furniture Polish(water-based)
Vomit
For Special Water-Based Stains
Coffee
Tea
Urine
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