• Carpet - Use nail polish remover to blot the nail polish out.  Using too much will eat through the backing.  Wash the spot with a mild detergent and warm water after that.
• Clothing - Determine the type of material and then use the appropriate nail polish remover.
• Upholstery - Use nail polish remover and warm water.

Hydrogen peroxide works as well for removing nail polish and blood.

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1.  Hydrogen peroxide – Good for getting out blood, juice, and other red stains.  I’ve used this product many times to get blood out of clothing.  You may want to do a small test spot before using.  After you’ve opened the bottle, you may want to replace it every few months because I’ve heard it starts turning to water.  Someone also told me that they add some peroxide to their load of whites.

2.  Amodex (ink zapper) – This product was featured on Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show.  Place it on the ink stain and work it in or follow the directions on the bottle.  You can get it at stationery stores or the Amodex website.

3.  OxiClean (sodium percarbonate) – Good for stains of all colors.  Follow manufacturer’s instructions and soak stains for several hours before washing.

4.  Fels-naptha (grease buster) – Good for getting out oily stains such as salad dressing, gravy, grease, and pasta sauce.  I checked out their site and this product has many uses.  Some wrote in to say that they make their own laundry detergent using Fels-naptha.   I definitely need some of this soap since grease is so hard to get out of clothes.

Do you have a product that works great on stains?  Please tell us about it.  We’d love to know.

Picture from thefabricofourlives.com.

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I walked into the living room and found chocolate all over the carpet.  Apparently he had been trying to get the chocolate off his hands and couldn’t.  He didn’t stop there either.  He wiped chocolate all over my off-white couch.  It’s a wonder I didn’t lose it.

I sprayed the couch with Woolite Upholstery Cleaner and began wiping and things weren’t looking so good.  I let it set for a few minutes and began wiping again.  Not such good results.  I sprayed the Woolite again and also used my Tide Spin Brush on it too.  That was yielding better results, but the stains were still there.  I then began to search online for tips.  You can be assured if you’re looking for information about something, you can find it on the internet. 

I came across Pioneer Thinking, which has tips for stain removal.  I found out that I was doing most things right, but needed to keep blotting and I also needed to use ammonia.  I’m guessing the ammonia was to help release the grease.

I am happy to tell you that the chocolate stains are gone from my couch.  I’m happy of that because it really looked like someone had rubbed poo all over my couch.  Nasty!  Anyway, here’s the recipe for chocolate removal.  I hope you’ll stop by Pioneer Thinking for more stain removal tips.

Chocolate- Stain Removal on Carpet and Upholstery

1. Mix one teaspoon of a neutral detergent (a mild detergent containing no alkalies or bleaches) with a cup of luke-warm water. Blot.

2. Mix one tablespoon of household ammonia with a half-cup of water. Blot.

3. Repeat step one.

4. Sponge with clean water. Blot.

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