Rug Stain Removal Guide

Rug Stains

Home Rug Stain Removal Guide

Reliable Carpet & Upholstery Care has been cleaning area rugs in the GTA for nearly two decades and we have seen and
treated area rug stains of all varieties. We have compiled this guide to help you to treat some of the most common rug stains at home. Simply select and ‘click’ on a type from the table below. Before trying any of the remedies in this guide, please consider the following:

  • Treat stains as soon as possible after staining. The older the stain, the more difficult it will be to remove. Some older stains cannot be removed.
  • Before attempting any home stain removal, always test on a small, hidden part of the rug, to make sure the dyes in the fibres will not run.
  • Once you are certain that you will not damage your beautiful area rugs by spot cleaning, proceed carefully.
  • If you are not 100% sure, or if it appears that the solutions may damage your rug, it’s time to call a professional. Call Reliable Carpet & Upholstery Care and rely on their expertise.
Stain Removal Chart
Acne Medication

Alcoholic Beverages

Apples

Asphalt

Baby Food

Baby Formula

Bananas

Bath Lotion

Beer

Bleach

Blood

Blueberries

Body Lotion

Calamine Lotion

Candle Wax

Candy

Catsup

Chalk

Charcoal

Cheese | Cheese Sauce

Chewing Gum

Chili Sauce

Chocolate | Cocoa

Coffee (No Cream)

Coffee (With Cream)

Cola

Cologne | Perfume

Correction Fluid (White Out)

Cough Syrup

Cranberry

Crayon

Drain Cleaner

Egg White

Egg Yolk

Fabric Dye (Except Red)

Fabric Dye (Red)

Feces

Food Colouring (Except Red)

Food Colouring (Red)

Fruit | Berries

Fruit | Fruit Juice

Fruit Punch

Fungicide

Furniture Polish/Wax

Furniture Stains

Gasoline

Graphite

Grass

Gravy

Grease

Hair Dye (Blk/Brn)

Hair Gel

Hand Lotion

Honey

Ice Cream

Ink (Ballpoint)

Ink (Fountain)

Insecticide

Iodine

Jams | Jellies

Ketchup

Kool-Aid

Lacquer

Latex Paint

Linseed Oil

Lipstick | Lip Balm

Lotions

Machine/Mineral Oil

Makeup

Maple Syrup

Marker (Felt Tip)

Mascara

Mayonnaise

Medicine (Alcohol Based)

Medicine (Oil Based)

Methiolate

Mildew | Mold

Milk

Mineral Oil

Mixed Drinks

Mold

Mud

Mustard

Nail Polish

Nail Polish Remover

Oil

Onion

Paint (Oil Based)

Paint (Solvent/Water-Based)

Paste Wax

Peaches

Peanut Butter | Oil

Pears

Perfume

Petroleum Jelly

Pine Resin

Plant Food

Play Dough

Pollen

Pudding

Raspberries

Red Dyes

Relish

Resin

Rubber Cement

Rust

Salsa

Sap

Shaving Cream | Toothpaste

Shellac

Shoe Dye/Polish

Shortening

Soft Drinks

Solder

Soot

Soy Sauce

Spaghetti Sauce

Starch

Steak Sauce

Strawberries

Sunscreen (Creams/Lotions)

Syrup

Tar

Tea

Toilet Cleaner

Toner

Toothpaste

Tree Sap

Urine

Vaseline

Washable Ink

Wax

Whiskey

White Out

Wine

Worcestershire Sauce