This stain removal guide, which is a collection of individual instruction pages organized in alphabetical order, is your one-stop source for removing stains of all types and varieties.
Just look at the alphabetical list below for help on how to remove spots and spills from all types of sources, from avocado to zucchini and everything in between.
You cannot remove all stains with the same technique. That is why it is of the utmost importance to identify the source of the spots and stains, if at all possible, prior to attempting to remove it.
If you cannot figure out what it is, then try these techniques for how to remove stains of unknown origin.
Also, there are different stain removal techniques for washable fabrics, upholstery and carpet. This stain removal guide gives you step by step instructions for each type of surface.
Please note that all of the instructions in this guide make some assumptions as follows:
In addition, the instructions contained herein suggest using the same type of basic stain removal equipment over and over, as well as assume you've got these basic supplies pulled together in a stain removal kit. You can check the links for more information about the types of equipment and supplies I think all households should stock for removing stains.
You may want to bookmark this guide as a quick and handy reference.
This is a pretty long page, so you can jump between various alphabetical groupings here:
Alcohol |
Antiperspirant |
Apple |
Ashes |
Avocado |
Baby Food |
Baby Oil |
Baked Beans |
Ballpoint Ink |
Banana |
Barbecue Sauce |
Beer |
Beet Juice |
Bird Droppings |
Blackberry |
Blood |
Blueberry |
Butter |
Candle Wax |
Canola Oil |
Carrot |
Celery |
Chalk |
Chapstick |
Charcoal |
Cherry |
Chocolate |
Coffee |
Cranberry |
Crayon |
Cream |
Curry |
Deodorant |
Dirt |
Eggs |
Eye Liner |
Fabric Softener |
Feces |
Formula |
Gasoline |
Glue |
Grapefruit |
Grape Juice |
Grass |
Gravy |
Grease |
Gum |
Hair Dye |
Honey |
Hot Sauce |
Ice Cream |
Iodine |
Jam |
Jelly |
Juice |
Ketchup |
Kiwi |
Kool-Aid |
Lemon |
Lime |
Lipstick |
Mango |
Margarine |
Mascara |
Mashed Potatoes |
Mayonnaise |
Medicine |
Mildew |
Milk |
Mud |
Mustard |
Nail Polish |
Oil |
Olive Oil |
Onion |
Orange Juice |
Peach |
Peanut Butter |
Pear |
Pencil Marks |
Perfume |
Perspiration |
Pets |
Pickles |
Pineapple |
Pollen |
Pomegranate |
Prune Juice |
Pudding |
Pumpkin |
Raspberry |
Red Wine |
Salad Dressing |
Salsa |
Shoe Polish |
Soda |
Soot |
Soy Sauce |
Spaghetti |
Strawberry |
Sunscreen |
Sweat |
Sweet Potato |
Tabasco Sauce |
Tea |
Tomato |
Toothpaste |
Tree Sap |
Urine |
Vaseline |
Vegetable Oil |
Vinegar |
Vomit |
Worcestershire Sauce |
Yogurt |
Zucchini |
I hope you have found this stain removal guide useful. Please explore the rest of the site for more stain removal tips and techniques.
If you don't see what you need to help you, you can also ask me for help here.
Hi, I'm Taylor, a busy mom with 3 kids, so I have lots of hands on experience with house cleaning, laundry and my fair share of spots, spills and other messy catastrophes. Thanks for visiting my site.
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