Cleaning up after the Holidays
Christmas has come around fast again this year and if you are entertaining at home, now is the time to make sure you do not have any spills, or mess left on your precious rugs.
The most important thing to do when you have a spill, is to react immediately and not to leave it till later. The more you can do straight away, the less the problem will be.
Wine, food or whatever !!! clean it fast, below is a list of what could happen and our suggestions to clean the problem.
If you have a question email us, we will try and help.
A Happy and Healthy New Year to all our clients. We appreciate you and your business and look forward to us all having another successful year.
Below are a few tips for Rug Care and Cleaning
| Stain | Cleaning Method |
| Acids | Detergent/white vinegar |
| Alcoholic beverages | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Ammonia or Alkali | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Ball-point pen ink | Methylated spirits or turpentine |
| Beer | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Bleach | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Blood | Detergent/White vinegar or Starch Paste |
| Burning cigarette | Brush off with a hard edge |
| Butter | Cleaning fluid |
| Candy | Detergent/White vinegar or scrape and vacuum |
| Cellulose paint | Acetone |
| Chewing gum | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Chocolate | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Coffee | Glycerine |
| Cosmetics | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Crayon | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum |
| Egg | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Fat and Oil | Tissue and iron, then cleaning fluid (Do not use iron after solvent) |
| Fruit and juices | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Furniture polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Glue | Alcohol |
| Grass | Methylated spirits |
| Gravy | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Grease | Cleaning fluid or scrape & vacuum |
| Household cement | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Ice cream | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Ink | Water only |
| Iodine | Alcohol |
| Jam | Lukewarm water |
| Lipstick | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Medicine | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Metal polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Mildew | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Milk | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Mud | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Mustard | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Nail polish | Polish Remover* |
| Oils | Cleaning fluid |
| Paint | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Perfume | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Permanent ink | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Rust | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Salad dressing | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Sauces | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid* |
| Shoe polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum |
| Soot | Vacuum, then cleaning fluid |
| Tar | Cleaning fluid |
| Tea | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Vomit | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Wax | Cleaning fluid or scrape & vacuum |
| Wine | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| If recommended procedure is not effective call a reputable cleaner. Some stains are so complex that they should be treated by someone with a knowledge of textile chemistry. Don’t wait for annual cleaning. It may be too late to remove the stain. | ||
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