We recommend using Woolite®, and Nature's Miracle® for pet stains. For the detergent solution, mix 1 teaspoon of clear dishwashing liquid with 1 cup of warm water. For the vinegar solution, mix 1/3 cup white vinegar with 2/3 cup water.
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| Acids | Detergent/white vinegar |
| Alcoholic beverages | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| 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 solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Candy | Detergent/White vinegar or scrape and vacuum |
| Cellulose paint | Acetone (nail polish remover) |
| Chewing gum | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Chocolate | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Coffee | Glycerine |
| Cosmetics | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Crayon | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) 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 solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) (Do not use iron after solvent) |
| Fruit and juices | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Furniture polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Glue | Alcohol |
| Grass | Methylated spirits |
| Gravy | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Grease | Cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) or scrape & vacuum |
| Household cement | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Ice cream | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Ink | Water only |
| Iodine | Alcohol |
| Jam | Lukewarm water |
| Lipstick | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Medicine | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Metal polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Mildew | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Milk | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Mud | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Mustard | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Nail polish | Polish Remover |
| Oils | Cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Paint | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Perfume | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Permanent ink | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Rust | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Salad dressing | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Sauces | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Shoe polish | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) or scrape and vacuum |
| Soot | Vacuum, then cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Tar | Cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Tea | Detergent/White vinegar |
| Urine (human) | Detergent/White vinegar (remove at once-chemicals inn urine attack dyestuffs) |
| Urine (pet) | Call a reputable cleaner |
| Vomit | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Wax | Cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) or scrape & vacuum |
| Wine | Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning solvent (available at drug, grocery, and hardware stores) |
| Reprinted, with permission, from the Wool Bureau Inc. "The Wool Library Volume 6" | |