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| DIFFICULTY
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Blood
| Difficult
| Mop up with a mild detergent
Rinse further with cloudy ammonia.
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Black Sauce
| Easy
| Mop up with detergent
Ammonia solution can also help.
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Dyes
| Extremely Difficult
| Dry cleaning fluid can assist if attended to quickly; if allowed to dry, it is best to ring a professional carpet cleaner
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Cordial
| Can be difficult
| If you are to get it out, you must attend to it instantly by diluting it with cold water. Pour on, soak up and repeat until the stain is out.
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Coffee
| Medium
| Apply a solution of ammonia and soak up, then a solution of white vinegar. Repeat.
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Beer
| Easy
| Apply a solution of dishwashing liquid, then rinse out. Stain should disappear.
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Gentian Violet
Mercurochrome
Iodine
| Extremely Hard
| you can't do anything,call a professional carpet cleaner
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Fanta
| Extremely Hard
| Has a very potent food colouring. call a professional carpet cleaner unless diluted and soaked up quickly.
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Lipstick
| Hard
| Get it out quickly before it sets by using dry cleaning fluid, you should get most of it out.
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Makeup
| Some Easy, Some Hard
| Dry cleaning fluid can get out many makeup stains when fresh. call a professional carpet cleaner |
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Soft Drink
| Medium
| Dilute and soak up. If it prevails, use vinegar first then ammonia, and alternate until gone or until there is no more improvement.
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Soiling
| Easy
| The build up from dirty feet and footwear. It means your carpets need a clean.
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Nail Polish
| Hard
| Nail Polish Remove should be liberally applied and rinsed out. Repeat while effective.
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Soup
| Easy
| Attend to immediately and use a solution of dishwashing liquid or good soap; rinse out.
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Grease or Oil
| Easy
| Dry cleaning fluid applied and then rinsed out with the procedure carried out several times.
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Ink or Biro
| Extremely Hard
| Methylated spirits should remove entirely if attended to before it dries.
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Tea
| Easy
| Ammonia solution. Soak up then a white vinegar solution. Repeat until removed.
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Paint
(oil based)
| Medium to Hard
| Mineral turps should be used to dilute; soak up and re-apply until paint is all gone. (Too much turps will damage the carpet backing)
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Rust
| Extremely Hard
| Lemon juice can remove fresh rust marks.
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Pot Plant Stains
| Easy if Fresh, Hard if old
| White vinegar rinse can remove many pot plant stains. If it is an old one, the mildew may have started to rot the carpet.
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Red Wine
| Medium
| Apply salt and allow to dry, use a white vinegar solution. Rinse then use an ammonia solution. Repeat while effective.
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Urine
| Hard
| When fresh use an ammonia solution. Rinse, then a white vinegar solution.
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Vomit
| Medium
| Depends on the food. Most human vomit will clean up with a detergent mix. Animal vomit of regurgitated worm pills or heavily coloured food can be extremely difficult. Dilute and use dry cleaning fluid.
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Wood Stains
| The Worst
| Prevention is the key. Put plastic or some other safe material under all the wooden legs, such as tables and bookshelves, etc. Once this stain is there, there is nothing you can do, except ring a professional carpet cleaner |
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Tomato Sauce
| Easy
| Rinse with dishwashing liquid or strong soap. If it remains use ammonia, rinse, then use white vinegar. Repeat if necessary.
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Shoe Polish
| Medium
| Methylated spirits or dry cleaning fluid are your best allies. Treat it while fresh. If allowed to remain, can become very difficult.
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Fat
| Easy
| Hot water and a good cloth or sponge for soaking it up. If you don’t have “GO” some Sard soap or diluted dishwashing liquid will help.
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Wax
| Hard
| Coloured wax has highly concentrated dye in it. It is best to refer to a professional carpet cleaner if you have a wax problem.
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Crayon
| Hard
| Crayon and Textas should be banned from carpeted areas. Methylated spirits or dry cleaning fluid may work.
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Jam or Jelly
| Easy
| “GO” does a brilliant job on these stains, otherwise some dishwashing liquid or Sard soap can be used to rinse them out.
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Chocolate
| Easy
| Dishwashing liquid or a good soap should rinse the chocolate away.
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Mildew
| Extremely Hard
| Even You'll Say WOW are tested with mildew! You'll Say WOW have some remedies that often save the day.
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