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Urine Stain (And AWFUL Smell) on Couch
Asked by D.C. from Chicago
on August 28, 2008
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Hi there~
My daughter (who is potty-training) decided to use our couch as the toilet! ARG.
Not that my couches are the greatest but we don't have the $$ right now to...
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- Try Nature's Miracle...it is a pet product so I am guessing if it is strong enough for pets then it would work on human stains too. Good luck
- Nature's Miracle really does work. We've used it on cat and dog urine. You have to really wet/soak the spot and some even suggest then covering the spot with plastic...
- Pour vodka on it. That's what the canadians at the stratford theatre festival use on their amazing dryclean-only costumes that sweaty actors wear under the lights nig...
My Toddler and the Sofa!
Asked by J.B. from Houston
on August 13, 2008
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My little man is thirteen months old and a great little walker. Well lately he has been working on his climbing skills and today he learned to get on our sofa. I was...
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- We have always taught our son, now 2 1/2, "Bobo's on the couch." He adapted very quick without any problems. I have also learned that being detailed in telling him t...
- Hello J., I am a SAHM of a 22 mo old. Your concerns have just shifted from infant care to toddler care. This is a phase that your son is going through. I was the...
- Hi, J. Sounds like you have a climber on your hands. The problem is the couch is not the proper place for climbing. So my suggestion would be to find a proper climb...
Urin Stain in Sofa
Asked by G.B. from Kansas City
on February 10, 2010
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My almost 6 year old niece stayed the night over the weekend and had an accident while sleeping on our sofa. My brother-in-law's wife did not clean it up even though ...
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- You (or anyone else in the family) do not need a good relationship with 'mom' to suggest anything! The bottom line is this- that child comes first. The fact that she p...
- I am not sure if this was suggested to you or not. But there is the stuff called, Odo-Ban. It is wonderful. It smells great and takes any odor or smell out of anything...
- Try putting it in the wash with vinegar and soap. Vinegar works wonders!!!
Coffee Stain on New Carpet!!
Asked by J.O. from Detroit
on July 28, 2008
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Help! On Saturday, my husband spilled a cup of coffee all over our new, light grey carpet. I tried treating it with Bissell's stain remover, but it didn't work and n...
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- About 4 years ago my son-in-law spilled a can of wood stain on off white carpeting. I took a steam cleaner with normal solution for that model and added oxy-clean in l...
- Try a carpet cleaner called Kids and Pets. It is great for getting stains out. Squirt some onto the stain then take a white towel or paper towel and dab the stain. ...
- I was able to get a coffee stain out of berber carpet without a problem with Oxyclean. Ok, there was one little problem...it got the stain out so well that the rest o...
INK Stain Removal?
Asked by L.C. from Dallas
on February 9, 2007
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Can you please tell me what I can use to remove a ink stain from my husbands shirt? It has been washed but never dried. It did air dry but has not been through the dry...
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- I use cheap hairspray. Spray directy on the spot rub with white cloth then repeat. It takes awhile but works for me. Good luck.
- Try Didi 7. It is the only thing that has ever worked on ink stains in material for me.
- I have used the cheap aqua net aerosol hairspray to get ink (even sharpie) out of clothes..
Blood on a White Chair !!! HELP
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on February 10, 2010
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Oh, the horror, when the 22 month old started crying that cry we all know and have heard telling me he was really hurt. I went running in to his play area and he had f...
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- You may try peroxide, I would do a test sample first.
- If all else fails - have it slipcovered in a pre-shrunk white denim so you can machine wash the cover as needed.
- Easier than all of the above....but similar.....put ice cubes on all the spots and let them melt. You may need to blot but maybe not. I cut my dogs toenail too short a...
How Do You Remove Stains from Microfiber Couch?
Asked by C.S. from Boston
on January 25, 2009
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We have a microfiber sofa and a two year old. She is always spilling on, drawing on, ans most recently throwing up on our couch. We were told that water would remove...
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- I have a microfiber couch and so far I have had luck just using water, but for the smell I too recommend Nature's Miracle and I can attest that it truly works! I have ...
- I really don't know about microfiber couches specifically, but I will tell you that after our daughter had a massive throwing up incident in her room, we used Nature's...
- My MIL steamed cleaned our microfiber chair with her upright steam cleaner. All our stains were gone and the chair was fresh again.
Getting Red Juice Stain Out of Beige Carpet
Asked by C.L. from Sacramento
on January 30, 2009
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I know there have been requests for this before, but I just can't find them.
We had a spill of juice/kool-aid (some red beverage), and now we have a big red stain in ...
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- spot shot or oxy clean (they have a spray now)
- I use hot spot or is it shot....that stuff takes any stain out...but if you don't want those chemicals hanging around...then maybe steam clean afterwards with a baking...
- Hi there, Sol-u-Mel from Melaleuca!!!! Super Stain Fighter Use Sol-U-Mel full strength on stubborn stains, including: • Permanent marker • Tree sap • P...
Hairspray Stain on Microfiber Couch
Asked by J.S. from Stationed Overseas
on May 11, 2010
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My 16 month old son found a pen and went crazy on a couch cushion. I found on here that hairspray would take up the stain with a cloth and blotting action. the ink ca...
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- I'd honestly recommend contacting the manufacturer. We had a microfiber sofa that showed everything. I didn't pay attention to details on how to clean it, and I prob...
- My last microfiber couch was horrible about collecting stains. I was constantly online trying to find tricks of the trade. Our couch would get water rings any time I...
- Did you repeat with the warm water? That would be my best guess because the residual you see there is probably the "adhesive" that is present in the hair spray. It's...
Poo on My Couch! :(
Asked by C.B. from Kansas City
on February 14, 2010
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moms i have an offwhite tweed type of couch, how would you get poo out of it!?! my son is 99.9% potty trained, the only thing he can't seem to grasp is that when you p...
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- If the stain is confined to one of the cushions, you might see if you can remove the cover before cleaning to avoid pushing any of the stain down into your cushion. Or...
- i use sol-u-mel. lol. it is from melaleuca and it is amazing. it takes the pen marks out of our sofa and has taken hot sauce out of our cream colored burber carpet. i ...
- There's nothing like a good old toothbrush & dish soap mixed with water don't pour it on the couch just dip the toothbrush into the cup & use some elbow grease.It shou...
