Tomato Juice Stains on Carpet

Do-it-Yourself Stain Removing from Carpet

I must start off by telling you that everything in here is a suggestion and if it fails I cannot be held accountable for these suggestions failing to remove the stain or any damage resulting in you trying to remove the stain(s). These are Suggestions designed to help you.
Tomato Juice: This can be one of the toughest stains to remove. Once the juice gets on the carpet, the red natural dyes begin to work into the fibers. White or light colored carpet may never quite be the same. Use what I offer here as fast as possible on the areas. There is no wasting time here. Speed is very thing. You do not want the orange stain to set.

• Grab clean White paper towel or clean white cloth and cover the area with it. Or use the Wet/Dry Vacuum. I believe it the better choice as it removes the liquid from the air and helps pull it out.

• Allow all excess tomato juice to absorb into the cloth or paper towel

• Remove the paper towel or cloth when all the excess tomato juice has been absorbed.

• Fill a spray bottle with 1 cup lukewarm water and about 1/4 teaspoon of clear liquid detergent. We want to use clear so we do not add any more dyes to the area.

• Shake the bottle up

• Moisten a nice clean sponge with the mixture.

• Spray the Tomato juice spill area with the mixture also until it is adequately wet.

• Sponge as much of the stain away as you can.

• Use a light, quick strokes on the area and start from the furthermost point of the area and work in ward on the stain area. Doing this of course helps keep the stain localized and not spreading it out ward.

• Blotting as you go with clean paper towel or cloth or the Wet/Dry Vacuum.

Helpfully you have a common laundry stain-fighting agent in the home.

• Apply this to the area

• After applying this to the stain area,let it soak into the carpet for about 5 minutes

• Wet the area with your water and detergent mixture.

• And repeat this step Moisten a nice clean sponge with the mixture.

• Spray the Tomato juice spill area with the mixture also until it is adequately wet.

• Sponge as much of the stain away as you can.

• Use a light, quick strokes on the area and start from the furthermost point of the area and work in ward on the stain area. Doing this of course helps keep the stain localized and not spreading it out ward.

• Blotting as you go with clean paper towel or cloth or the Wet/Dry Vacuum.

Using a clean sponge:

• Sponge and using cold water, sponge the carpet again until all the detergents and stain fighting agent has been removed from the area.

• Get the area as dry as possible by blotting or using the Wet/Dry Vacuum.

• Cover the newly-clean area with two or 3 white paper towels,(so we have no color transfer use only white paper towels).

• Place a trash can or other heavy item over the covered stain.

• Allow the paper towels to absorb excess moisture overnight.

You may wish to repeat the treatment described above but once done but remember you want to dry it as quickly as possible because you do not want if it is there the stain that maybe deep down from wicking up to the surfaces. Think Candle wick here. The stain comes back by using the fibers like a candle wick.

There are no quick fixes when it comes to really getting in there to removing any stain. Keep in mind a job done right is a job well done. Anything else truly is not worth doing and you will regret it when the stain keeps returning or you have damaged the carpet by rubbing or scrubbing the carpet so it wears faster and it has to be replaced sooner. Using home made products to use on your carpet to gives you the control of the chemicals used and often is the better choice for the health of your family and pets.