Cause of Spot | Order of Treatment | Other Treatments | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Alcoholic beverages | 1 | 2 | --- | |
Bleach | 1 | 3 | --- | |
Blood | 1 | 2 | --- | |
Butter | 4 | 2 | --- | |
Candle wax | --- | --- | --- | Absorbent paper and hot iron |
Chewing gum | 5 | 4 | --- | |
Chocolate | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Coffee | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Colas and soft drinks | 7 | 2 | --- | |
Cooking oils | 4 | 2 | --- | |
Cream | 2 | 4 | --- | |
Egg | 2 | --- | --- | |
Felt tip pen | 7 | 2 | 8 | |
Floor wax | 4 | --- | --- | |
Fruit juice | 1 | 2 | --- | |
Furniture polish | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Gravy and sauces | 7 | 2 | --- | |
Ink (fountain pen) | 1 | 2 | --- | |
Ink (ball point) | 4 | 9 | 2 | |
Ketchup | 7 | 2 | --- | |
Lipstick | 4 | 2 | --- | |
Mercurochrome | 2 | 3 | 6 | Repeat Step 2 |
Milk | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
Mustard | 2 | --- | --- | |
Nail polish | 8 | 4 | --- | |
Oil and grease | 4 | 2 | --- | |
Paint (latex) | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Paint (oil) | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
Rust | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
Salad dressing | 2 | 4 | --- | |
Shoe polish | 4 | 2 | --- | |
Soot | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Tar | 4 | --- | --- | |
Tea | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Urine (fresh) | 1 | 2 | --- | |
Urine (old) | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Vomit | 2 | --- | --- | |
Wine | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
Unknown material | 4 | 12 | 2 |
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