Drink Stains

Coffee

We've all bean there

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02/25/16 • 21332

How to Remove Red Wine Stains

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09/10/19 • 386361

Tea

See a spot of tea?

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02/25/16 • 58812

Removing coffee stains

What is the best way to remove coffee stains? Hopefully your coffee-stained item is white and made of a fabric that you can safely bleach–you should always avoid bleaching fabrics that are made with wool, silk, mohair, leather, and spandex.  If...

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10/12/12 • 5134

Juice

Ready for the squeeze?

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02/25/16 • 18064

Red Soda on Carpet

How do I remove a red soda stain on my carpet that has been there for a month? Ideally a beverage spill can be immediately blotted and then rinsed with water to reduce the amount of stain needing to be removed.  However, that’s much more difficult t...

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04/11/12 • 9625

Removing a red wine stain

I spilled red wine all over my favorite shirt! What can I do to get it out? Unfortunately for red wine lovers, although the tannins help make great red wines, they also really add difficulty to the removal of wine stains. The first step for you is to...

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09/28/12 • 3240

Coffee Stains on White Clothing

I spilt coffee on my white clothes.  How can I remove these stains? Hopefully your white item is bleachable.  You should avoid bleaching fabrics that are made with wool, silk, mohair, leather, and spandex.  If bleachable, proceed as follows: For lo...

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08/08/11 • 3914

Removing hot chocolate stains

It is officially fall! With the change of seasons come a change of weathers, and a cool weather favorite has always been hot chocolate! Chocolate has fine particles and milk proteins that can make this a difficult stain to remove Soak fabric in col...

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09/26/12 • 788

Clorox 2® Stain

How do I remove a stain caused by Clorox 2® Stain Fighter and Color Booster?  It’s a ring around what used to be a coffee stain. What you describe sounds like liquid Clorox2® was applied directly to the coffee stain (which is good for improved...

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02/27/12 • 2701