Stain removal of fabrics.

My family like any family has spills and messes. Almost daily I'm left trying to get various stains out of clothes, furniture and carpet.

How to clean fabrics:
These chairs are from World Market. They have a rough fabric that stains easily and is subject to daily cleanings. They are not scotch guarded though I highly recommend doing so if you have chairs like these. I'm getting to the point I swear. 

Here's what I use:
Regular Heinz white vinegar, Lemon essential oil, you don't have to. I just think it smells better. dish soap, Dawn and Gain have worked best. Use one to two drops of soap and oil, one part vinegar, three parts warm water. Using an old rag drip the solution over the stains. Scrub hard. Once clean I use a dry towel and press into the chair to soak up any excess water. And leave to dry.

So far the list of stains this solution has removed:
Red wine, sweet tea/cool aid when done immediately, spaghetti sauce, cake icing, water color, ranch dressing, chocolate, hair dye and Cheetos.

The list it hasn't removed:
Tea and cool aid once it had been left for a couple of days, some sort of oil based product, school paints, and nail polish.

I have also used this product on brown microfiber couches with much success.

My husband was a medic. While in training he would come home on weekends and I would wash his uniforms. I found a few tricks to getting all of the stains of you can guess what being a medic out.

Normal spray and wash doesn't really work on these uniforms. For what ever reason the ACU (army combat uniform) retains stains like nothing else. I have found that this solution works amazingly well. So much so I've used it on everything from carpet, clothes to bloody sheets. (cat had just had surgery and slept with us that night. So not pretty in the morning) 

These are simple everyday house hold products that do an amazing job.
Dawn Dish Soap (the blue bottle) Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda.
I've made a paste out of the baking soda and dawn before then put the HP over it for really tough stains like dried blood.

However turning it into a solution works amazingly well. Add to a bowl two parts HP and one part Dawn and Baking Soda. Stir together and rub/scrub into the garment. I used a regular bristle brush from the dollar store. Let sit for an hour and wash the item as you normally would.

For use in stain removal in carpet. Always test a spot first! 
We have beige color carpet and two dogs, two kids and three cats. It equals a never ending source of stains! Add same solution over the stain, let sit for an hour and use a steam cleaner or rug doctor to remove the paste.

Both vinegar and baking soda help with oder control. I highly recommend the use of either on stinky stains such as vomit or fecal matter. TMI if you have to clean vomit/poo out of carpet I recommend first putting baking soda over it and scraping the "matter" up with an old spatula. Helps with the smell and the removal. We have used vinegar to clean vomit out of the car and it did help the smell. But I recommend leaving the windows down as much as possible for the next couple of days. Then use a machine carpet cleaner when possible to remove any excess.




(I removed some of the pictures for the safety of my family. I will try to have more up ASAP)