Design Advice > Area Rugs design and care information
How to care for and clean your rug
| Acids | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Alcoholic Beverages |
Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Ammonia or Alkali |
Detergent/White vinegar |
| Ball-point pen ink |
Mentholated 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 | Glycerin |
| Cosmetics | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Crayon | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum |
| Egg | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Excrement (human) |
Detergent/White vinegar (remove at once - chemicals in excrement attack dyestuffs) |
| Excrement (pet) |
Call a reputable cleaner |
| Fat and Oil |
Tissue and iron, then cleaning fluid (Do not use iron after solvent) |
| Furniture Polish |
Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Glue | Alcohol |
| Grass | Mentholated spirits |
| Gravy | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Grease | Cleaning fluid or scrape and 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 |
| Urine (human) |
Detergent/White vinegar (remove at once - chemicals in urine attack dyestuff) |
| Urine (pet) |
Call a reputable cleaner |
| Vomit | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
| Wax | Cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum |
| Wine | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid |
* If recommended procedure is not effective, call a reputable cleaner. Some stains are so complex that someone with knowledge of textile chemistry should treat them. Don't wait for annual cleaning, it may be too late to remove the stain. |
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