Upholstery Stain Removal Guide

 

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Reliable Carpet & Upholstery Care has been cleaning upholstery in the GTA for nearly two decades and we have seen and
treated upholstery stains of all varieties. We have compiled this guide to help you to treat some of the most common upholstery 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 fabric, to make sure the dyes in the fibres will not run.
  • Once you are certain that you will not damage your beautiful upholstery by spot cleaning, proceed carefully.
  • If you are not 100% sure, or if it appears that the solutions may damage your upholstery, it’s time to call a professional. Call Reliable Carpet & Upholstery Care and rely on their expertise.
Stain Removal Chart
Adhesive Tape

Alcoholic Beverages

Antiperspirant

Apples

Ashes

Asphalt | Tar

Baby food

Baby formula

Baby Oil

Bananas

Barbeque Sauce

Bath Lotion

Beer

Beets

Bird Droppings

Bleach

Blood

Blueberries

Body Lotion

Butter

Candle Wax

Catsup

Chalk

Charcoal

Cheese | Cheese Sauce

Chewing Gum

Chili Sauce

Chocolate | Cocoa

Coffee (No Cream)

Coffee (With Cream)

Cola

Cologne | Perfume

Contact Glue

Cooking Oil

Cottage Cheese

Cough Syrup

Cranberry Juice/Sauce

Crayon

Cream

Curry

Deodorant

Dirt

Egg White

Egg Yolk

Eye Makeup Stains

Fabric Dyes (Not Red)

Fabric Dyes (Red)

Feces

Food Colouring (Not Red)

Food Colouring (Red)

Fruit | Berries

Fruit | Fruit Juice (Citrus)

Fruit | Fruit Juice (Non-citrus)

Fruit Punch

Furniture Polish | Wax

Gasoline

Glue (Instant)

Glue (Water-based)

Grape Juice

Graphite

Grass

Gravy

Grease

Hair Conditioner

Hair Dye (Blk/Brn)

Hair Dye (Red)

Hair Gel

Hair Spray

Hand Lotion

Honey

Ice Cream

Ink (Fountain)

Instant Glue

Iodine

Jams | Jellies

Ketchup

Kool-aid

Lemon Juice

Lighter Fluid

Lime Juice

Lipstick | Lip Balm

Lotions

Mango

Mascara

Melon

Mixed Drinks

Mud

Mustard

Nail Polish

Nail Polish Remover

Olive Oil

Orange Juice

Paint (Oil-based)

Paint (Water-based)

Peaches

Peanut Butter | Oil

Pears

Perfume

Perspiration

Pine Resin

Pollen

Raspberries

Red dye

Relish

Resin

Rubber Cement

Salad Dressing

Salsa

Sap

Shaving Cream | Toothpaste

Shoe Dye/Polish

Smoke

Soft Drinks

Soot

Sour Cream

Soy Sauce

Spaghetti Sauce

Steak Sauce

Strawberries

Suntan Lotions

Super Glue

Tape Residue

Tar

Tea

Tobacco

Toner

Toothpaste

Tree Sap

Urine

Vinegar (coloured)

Vomit

Washable Ink

Water Spots

Wax

Whiskey

Wine

Worcestershire Sauce

Yoghurt