Tips on how to Remove the Pet Stains
Mitch Johnson
If you have pet at home, the pet stains are un-avoidable, they could be
anywhere. These are some tips on how to clean the pet stains. In this
article you will find some guidance on how to treat the mercurochrome,
arnica and iodine stains.
PET STAINS ON RUGS can cause conspicuous disfiguration. Blot up urine
stains immediately with a damp cloth, then go over the spot with the
detergent solution recommended for rugs in the list of stain-removing
materials. Rinse with a cloth dampened with clear water, blotting up as
much of the moisture as possible. If the spot has dried, saturate it
with a solution of half a cup of white vinegar to a cup of warm water
and let it stand for a few minutes. Blot and repeat this treatment
until the discoloration disappears. Then dry the rug as quickly as
possible.
FOR REGURGITATED FOOD first scrape up the solid materials then sponge
thoroughly with clear water and blot up the liquid. Follow this with
the neutralizing ammonia or soda solution already described. Always dry
a rug or carpet as quickly as possible after sponging off stains. Lift
it from the floor if you can and slide something underneath that will
support it. Or use an electric fan.
MEDICINES can produce a variety of stains and some are almost
impossible to remove, especially if the ingredients are not known. The
following general advice, like much of the other information in this
chapter, is from government sources:
If the medicine is tarry or gummy, try the formula for removing tar. If
the formula indicates that the medicine contains iron, use the
directions given for iron rust stains. Wash out sugary medicine stains
with soap and water or detergent. For medicines dissolved in alcohol,
sponge the stain with alcohol.
For medicines of doubtful composition try the boiling water technique
described for fruit stains. On materials that will stand it (cotton,
linen, rayon, and other synthetics without special wrinkle-resistant
finishes) use household bleach. Apply it undiluted, with a medicine
dropper. Let it stand not more than one minute. Apply an anti-chlor
solution (two tablespoonfuls of vinegar in a cup of water) to stop the
destructive action of the chlorine and then rinse thoroughly.
MERCUROCHROME OR MERTHIOLATE STAINS should be treated very promptly or
they may be there to stay. Sponge them first with a half-and-half water
and alcohol solution, then keep working glycerin into the stain until
no more color comes out. Wash afterwards in suds made with soap or
detergent and rinse with water containing a little ammonia. If this
treatment still leaves traces of the stain, apply 10 per cent acetic
acid with a medicine dropper and rinse afterwards. If none of these
works try a suitable bleach.
IODINE STAINS on materials that are harmed by water can usually be
removed by denatured alcohol. For acetates, very delicate materials,
and colors, dilute the alcohol with one or two parts of water.
OLD IODINE STAINS can be removed by sponging them with a harmless
chemical called sodium thiosuLfate. This is the hypo solution that
photographers use and you can buy hypo crystals at a drugstore or
photographer's shop. Dissolve one tablespoonful of the crystals in a
pint of warm water and either sponge the stain with it or dip the
material into it. Rinse afterwards with water. Hypo crystals are
harmless to all materials and do not alter colors.
ARNICA, used in some external medications, produces brown stains which
can be removed by sponging, (or soaking) them first with alcohol, then
with hypo solution.
STAINS MADE BY SILVER NITRATE, an ingredient of some medicines used to
swab a sore throat, can also be removed by hypo crystals.
ARGYROL, another medicine, also can produce a dark stain which yields
to hypo crystals or solutions. Sponge the stain first with cold water,
then cover it with iodine. Let the iodine stand for about fifteen
minutes, apply hypo solution and rinse.
The instructions in this chapter cover a broad range of stains, and we
hope that you will find your particular problem covered. Be sure to act
quickly when stains occur; you can save time, trouble, and perhaps an
article or garment that you cherish.
To summarize we can make a note from this lesson: Blot up urine stains
immediately with a damp cloth, then go over the spot with the detergent
solution recommended for rugs in the list of stain-removing materials.
For medicines, if the formula indicates that the medicine contains
iron, use the directions given for iron rust stains. Wash out sugary
medicine stains with soap and water or detergent. For medicines
dissolved in alcohol, sponge the stain with alcohol. Use the alcohol
solution for the mercurochrome stains. Iodine stains and arnica can be
removed using denatured alcohol.
Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for http://www.kitchen-plans-n-designs.
com/ . His articles have also appeared on http://www.goodbathroomaccessories.
info/ and
http://www.mybathroomaccessoriestips.info/
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