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Stain busting throughout the house
2014-05-19
When you are trying to maintain a sense of clean and calm throughout your home, the presence of a stain can be really bothersome. No matter how small or out of the way it is, it will be there as a blot on the fresh landscape that you want your home to be, which is the last thing that any proud home owner wants! Fortunately, there are plenty of stain removal tips and tricks that can be employed to ensure that you are not at risk of leaving these stains in place and allowing them to ruin your clean home goals. Whilst many people have various techniques that they swear by, the following ideas come from a few different sources, so that you are getting a niece ross section of different ideas.
For a start, liquid stains like red wine, vinegar and juice should be treated as soon as possible. You will find that there are plenty of stain removal products on the market, and these will be great for many stains, including this type. If you do not have the right stain removal items to hand, then be sure to simultaneously remove as much excess spill as possible to prevent the stain form spreading, whilst also keeping the core of the stain wet, to prevent the pigments in the stain setting in to the fibers of the carpet or clothing that you are cleaning. If you don’t have a stain removal product, then you can make your own from equal parts baking soda and salt, with a little water added. The paste should be spread across the affected area and left for half an hour until it is pretty dried out. The baking soda will fizz away at the stain, drawing the liquid form the fibers, and the salt will soak the color up, keeping it from setting. If the first round has not worked, then you should try a second application, which should do the trick.
Thicker liquid stains like marmite and tar should be treated similarly, but a little more carefully, as they are rather more sticky. You will likely need a scraping tool of some sort to lift the residue off the carpet, which will mean that you can then get right to the core of the stain, ensuring that you are cleaning the issue, rather than spreading the rest of the spillage around! If the past method does not work because the stain is too thick, you may need to look into a little detergent and water, scrubbing the mixture in thoroughly, but minding not to ruin the carpet or clothing by damaging the fibers. If this does not seem to do the trick, then you may have to use rubbing alcohol, but test it out on a less conspicuous area of the material first, to ensure that it does not remove the color.
With hardened stains like wax or chewing gum, use ice in a bag to ensure that it is solid, and then peele the top layer away. You will usually be able to get the rest out with the rubbing alcohol or even WD-40, but again, test the alcohol solvent out on a different area of the carpet, or you may discover too late, that there is a much more significant mark left in place of the one that you were trying to get rid of, which will make for an even worse mess!
For a start, liquid stains like red wine, vinegar and juice should be treated as soon as possible. You will find that there are plenty of stain removal products on the market, and these will be great for many stains, including this type. If you do not have the right stain removal items to hand, then be sure to simultaneously remove as much excess spill as possible to prevent the stain form spreading, whilst also keeping the core of the stain wet, to prevent the pigments in the stain setting in to the fibers of the carpet or clothing that you are cleaning. If you don’t have a stain removal product, then you can make your own from equal parts baking soda and salt, with a little water added. The paste should be spread across the affected area and left for half an hour until it is pretty dried out. The baking soda will fizz away at the stain, drawing the liquid form the fibers, and the salt will soak the color up, keeping it from setting. If the first round has not worked, then you should try a second application, which should do the trick.
Thicker liquid stains like marmite and tar should be treated similarly, but a little more carefully, as they are rather more sticky. You will likely need a scraping tool of some sort to lift the residue off the carpet, which will mean that you can then get right to the core of the stain, ensuring that you are cleaning the issue, rather than spreading the rest of the spillage around! If the past method does not work because the stain is too thick, you may need to look into a little detergent and water, scrubbing the mixture in thoroughly, but minding not to ruin the carpet or clothing by damaging the fibers. If this does not seem to do the trick, then you may have to use rubbing alcohol, but test it out on a less conspicuous area of the material first, to ensure that it does not remove the color.
With hardened stains like wax or chewing gum, use ice in a bag to ensure that it is solid, and then peele the top layer away. You will usually be able to get the rest out with the rubbing alcohol or even WD-40, but again, test the alcohol solvent out on a different area of the carpet, or you may discover too late, that there is a much more significant mark left in place of the one that you were trying to get rid of, which will make for an even worse mess!
