Stain Removal Advice

Blood | Black Sauce | Grease or Oil | Dye | Cordial | Coffee | Beer | Iodine | Fanta | Lipstick | Makeup | Soft Drink | Nail Polish | Soup | Ink | Tea | Paint | Rust | Pot Plant | Red Wine | Urine | Vomit | Wood | Tomato Sauce | Shoe Polish | Fat | Wax | Crayon | Jam or Jelly | Chocolate

Stain Busters has developed exclusive stain removal products and procedures for your carpet and upholstery. Using our own unique products we are able to remove the stains other leave behind. We also have our own exclusive and effective cleaning products allowing us to give your carpets a thorough clean.

We regularly remove difficult stains such as: Dye, ink, cordial, tea, coffee, blood, grease, oil, red wine, medicine, makeup, nail polish, pet stains and odours and most others.

We have a product and or procedure for most of the problems you are likely to encounter.

Most carpet cleaners have a stain removal product or spotter as it is known in the industry. These do not work on "real stains" like the ones in the list above.

Basic Rules of Stain Removal

• Attend to spill promptly.
• Dilute with warm water and sop up excess. (Use cold water for protein spills such as blood).
• Repeat for as long as you are achieving a positive result. Don't scrub! Avoid bleach products.
• Don't over wet with solvents (eg turps and dry cleaning fluid), they can damage the carpet backing.
• Dont use salt. Contrary to popular belief this only helps by drawing up some of the liquid. A dry colour fast towel will do a better job in half the time.
• Use warm water and detergent to help with residual if the dry towel process doesn't completely remove the problem.
• If you can't remove a fresh stain, keep it moist by covering with a damp towel. Not allowing it to set can make it easier to remove for a professional with the right products and equipment.

Stain removers likely to be in the home:

Methylated spirits, turpentine, cloudy ammonia, soap, sard soap, mineral turps, dry cleaning fluid, vinegar, dishwashing liquid, make up remover, nail polish remover.

Warning: NEVER use any product that contains bleach as it will remove colour.

Warning: Never use an off the shelf stain remover on your woolen carpets without doing a colour fast test in an inconspicuous place. High pH cleaners suitable for synthetic carpets will chemically burn some woolen carpets and permanently damage them. Solvents such as nail polish remover, make up remover and turps can damage the glue in the carpet backing if overused.