Hey there! I work at a furniture store (started pretty recently) and I sold a floor model dining set to a customer. One chair has a small stain on it as displayed in the photo. I told the customer I'd see if I could do anything to remove it, and now here I am without any ideas for doing so without risking further issues. I have no idea what caused the stain in the first place. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I’ve used carpet cleaning powder in the past, scrubbed on with toothbrush. Don’t use too much powder and leave for 10 mins and brush or vacuum off

Probably whatever your grandma would recommend lol. Water lemon and soap or something?

Also use a brush (toothbrush or something plastic bristle) to gently swirl the stains out. Has worked well on all the auto seats I clean. We actuall have a powerful degreaser and stain remover called “Red Power” and that removes anything. Have to dilute it with water first tho.

I use the Bissell carpet cleaning solution concentrate meant for the industrial ones you rent from Lowe’s. I put a tiny bit on a wet cloth and it’s taken every stain out so far without ruining the carpet.

Whip-it Cleaner.

Woolite carpet and upholstery cleaner- the one with the green plastic brush thing on top- is my favorite for basic staining. I love it for my living room chair arms, but I’ve successfully used it on many smaller carpet stains, too.

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Whatever their standard one is is what I have. With all of them, the longer you leave it on, the better it will work.

Several years ago America's Test Kitchen did a test of stain removers, and Oxyclean's won, hands down, so that's how I started using it

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Oxyclean's stain remover seems to be the best.

For specific stains I use the Carbona products.

Fels Naptha laundry bar/stain remover is a classic: long-lasting, inexpensive, and effective.

I use the Oxyclean that comes in a tube with blue gel. The scrubbing top on stains works really well if the stains are fresh. Sometimes hard to find, so I buy several tubes of this stuff.

OxiClean Max Force Gel Stick, 6.2 Oz.

Folex and an extraction cleaner like the little green machine

On white fabric, try sorrel salt (or oxalic acid), with hot water, it works very well, otherwise, injector vacuum cleaner with a car fabric cleaner, you soak, you rub, you let it act, and you vacuum, and it comes out perfect

Also you need to clean the entire seat, not just the stain. Otherwise you’ll end up with a clean spot on a dirty chair! Honestly, we had ours steam cleaned when our carpets were cleaned and that worked the best.

warm water and full drops of mild dish soap and vinegar help to remove coffee stain and works great.

The best secret of all is Krud Kutter cleaner/degreaser/stain remover. I am an upholsterer and it is great. I have had hot glue fall from the gun onto a chair and got it off with this without ruining the fabric. removes wax too.

OH and its food safe, non toxic and biodegradable. Can't beat it. They also sell carpet cleaner, which I use in my carptet cleaner machine or spot treat. I buy both of the products by the gallon.

I bought mid-century vinyl chair, that I thought I might have to reupholster and this product cleaned it to new condition. They sell it in most hardware stores or giant hardware stores.

Saliva tbh. Its made of 2 things, 1 is antibacterial to a point and the other has bicarbonate ions and enzymes that dissolve things. Saliva is honestly the best option for things like blood removal but also most organic things can be dissolved by the enzymes in saliva.

Also tonic water

They sell a can spray oxy cleaner at Oreillys that stuff works!

I keep a spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the laundry room for blood, wine and berry stains. They literally disappear as it foams.

I’ve never had any item of clothing damaged or spotted by doing so.

beware - hydrogen peroxide will bleach your shit, yo.

noticeably.

Stain remover treatment is often specific to the type of stain.

You can also make a GREAT bathroom cleaner or countertop cleaner using the same ingredients, plus water:

1 part hot water 3 drops of Dawn (swirl to mix in the Dawn) 2 parts 3% Hydrogen Peroxide

Spray your shower or bathtub after each use to keep it sparklingly clean! No need to scrub or wipe off.

For the naysayers: Nitpick all you want, but this is an old remedy that’s proven effective. It doesn’t cause white spots on clothing and it’s a safe treatment (biodegradable too). Seriously, if you’re really bent on arguing about a stain remover, maybe you should make your own post about what’s better. I try to pass on something that’s been so great for my family and so many others …and I get nonsense here. If you don’t like this method, move on. If it doesn’t apply to your stains, move on, but don’t insert negativity about a simple remedy.

https://www.endosan.com/hydrogen-peroxide-vs-bleach/

Spot Shot spray (in a can). Works great, essentially dry cleaning fluid in a spray can

One of my fondest college memories is of my drunken roommate excitedly screaming FOLEXXXX! and running out of the room to grab the bottle when someone spilled wine on our carpet at a party. I’ve never seen someone more excited about getting the chance to use a cleaning product.

Ohh! And it is inexpensive. I have some recent cat puke stains on a carpet that I’ve tried so much on but is still faintly there. I am going to try this out. Thanks for the tip.

I use this on laundry too and so far no problems

We sell it at Home Depot , and a gallon is just under $20 much better buy than Amazon

Seriously. It's only ever on our rugs! Ugh...

Everyone raves about this