Common Household Spills

Absorbency (water) Ring:

mist with water, lightly wipe away in all directions

Beer:

TSP, blot

Berries:

rubbing alcohol, blot, TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Blood:

flush with cold water, TSP, blot

Candy:

TSP, blot

Cheese:

scrape up

Chewing gum:

freeze with ice, solvent, pinch off

Chili sauce:

scrape up, TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Chocolate:

TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Chocolate milk:

TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Coffee:

vinegar/water

Cough syrup:

blot, TSP, blot, rubbing alcohol, blot

Crayon:

solvent

Frosting:

remove excess, TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Fruit juice:

rubbing alcohol, blot, TSP, blot, vinegar/water, blot

Grease:

solvent, blot

Ketchup:

scrape up, TSP, blot

Kool-Aid:

TSP, blot

Lipstick:

pick off as much as possible, solvent, blot

Makeup:

place strip of masking tape over stain and lift off as much as possible, solvent, blot

Mayonnaise:

blot, solvent, blot

Medications:

blot, TSP, blot

Mildew:

vacuum, rubbing alcohol, TSP, blot

Milk:

TSP, rinse with water

Mud:

let dry, vacuum, TSP, blot

Nail polish:

test non-acetate polish remover in small area, blot

Paint (oil):

call Fiber Services

Paint (water):

blot, lukewarm water, TSP, blot

Pencil:

use eraser, rub lightly

Pet stains:

water, blot, vinegar/water, blot, water, blot

Powders:

vacuum, TSP, blot

Shoe polish:

solvent, blot, repeat if necessary

Soft drinks:

TSP, rinse with water

Soot / ashes:

vacuum, damp dust with solvent

Tar:

solvent, blot

Tea:

vinegar/water

Tomato juice:

TSP, blot

Tomato sauce:

TSP, blot, solvent, blot

Wax:

scrape up as much as possible, solvent, blot

Wine:

rubbing alcohol, blot, TSP, vinegar/water, blot