Honey Stain Removal Guide

Honey stain removal tips and techniques can become important when you accidentally drip your honey on your morning toast on the carpet, chair or your own shirt.

Below are stain removal tips and techniques for removing stains caused by honey from fabric, upholstery and carpeting.

For all methods listed below it is best to get to the stain as quickly as possible.

Honey, as it dries out, tends to get gummy and sticky, which makes stain removal more difficult.

It can also make it physically more difficult to remove the excess honey from the fabric or fibers, especially from carpet because of the individual fibers that stick up.

Removing Stains From Honey From Fabric

Step 1: Scrape off any excess honey from the fabric.

Step 2: Run the fabric, inside out, under the cold water to flush out as much of the honey as possible.

Step 3: Pretreat the stain with a laundry prewash stain remover.

Step 4: Launder in the hottest water the fabric will allow to get out the stain, and either chlorine bleach if the fabric will allow it, or color bleach if not.

Hint: Make sure the stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

Upholstery Stain Removal For Honey

Step 1: Scrape off any excess honey from the upholstery.

Step 2: Mix a solution of two cups cool water and one tablespoon dishwashing liquid.

Step 3: Using this solution, sponge the stain from the honey with a clean white cloth.

Step 4: Next, blot at the stain until the liquid is absorbed.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 until the honey stain is removed from the upholstery.

Step 6: Now that the stain is removed you should get plain cold water and a new white cloth and sponge the area to remove the cleaning solution, and then blot dry.

Hint: Be sure to get the upholstery only as wet as necessary to remove the stain from the honey.

You can get more information on how to clean upholstery here.

How To Remove Honey From Carpet

The instructions for removal of stains caused by honey from carpet is the same as for upholstery.

However, if you don't have luck with this stain removal method above you can also do something additional with the carpet stain, which is to mix a solution of one tablespoon of ammonia with two cups warm water, and use this as a stain removal solution.

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CAUTION: This website is provided for informational purposes only. It is provided as is, without warranties or guarantees. Some stains and messes just won't come out, and are permanent. Further, some cleaning methods can harm your item, so if what you want to clean or launder is sentimental or expensive call a professional. See disclaimer of liability for more information.