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Sunless tanning solutions are quite popular. There are considered as one of the harmless and healthy ways to have sun-kissed skin without getting sunburnt and absorbing sun radiation through your skin.

Tanning products are tricky, though. Apply them with care. Stains can occur on your skin if you don’t apply an even layer of the lotion and don’t adhere to the instructions. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your chance to save a fortune on cleaning products without depriving yourself of living in a clean and accommodating home. Check these money saving tips.

Saving starts with throwing away old cleaning staples. Check the expiry date and make sure you keep only those you use. Stop buying same products over and over again, just because you cannot find them in the kitchen mess. Storing all the products in a safe place is not equivalent to hiding them. Get a box and put them all in. Seal the box if you have kids and pets, and put it on the cupboards top. Label the box, list all the items inside: bleach, cleaning detergents and etc.

Professional cleaning services recommend preparing your own cleaning solutions. Safety and health should come first. Try sanitizing the rooms and then maintain the cleanness by daily cleaning with your home-made products. Mix vinegar and water and wipe all surfaces in the kitchen. If you notice any stains and food leftovers brush them gently first. In case they don’t come out, spray with vinegar diluted hot water. Let the stain sit, and just wipe.

Another money-saver is washing and cleaning all spills and stains immediately. If you do not let the stain sit, you have a higher chance to completely remove it. Spills should be blotted quickly by applying soda water on. Do not rub hard, no matter if you have stained you shirt or carpet. Fabrics are delicate when wet. So be gentle.

And finally, according to professional cleaning services providers, people spend money on buying chemicals and cleaning agents judging by the packing. Be smart and by only the products you need, by reading the labels and precautions carefully.

This is the final sequence of the No more stains guide. We hope you managed to ease your domestic cleaning and bring all the staining to an end. We will finish the cleaning guide with tips how to clean tomato, urine and vomit stains. They are some of the dirtiest stains that may ever occur. You’d better stick to our tips in order to manage to clean them thoroughly.

Tomato stains on clothes: Rinse immediately with lukewarm water. Next blot with a cotton dipped in water and vinegar solution. Use a stain remover if necessary. Rinse with water and wash as normal.

Tomato stains on upholstery and carpet: Treat the excess residue with a napkin. Pour a little rubbing alcohol and and blot with a cotton towel. Apply a stain remover if needed.

Urine stains on clothes: For delicate fabrics prepare a solution of white distilled vinegar mixed with cold water. Hot water is suitable only for fabrics that can sustain it. Then wash as normal.

Urine stains on upholstery and carpet: The best solution to this problem is to use paper towels to blot the stain if it is still liquid. Use a sponge soaked in a solution made of 1/4 cup vinegar, a spoon of liquid dish washer and few drops essential oil.  Leave the solution to sit for 1/2h and blot with a clean wet towel.

Vomit stains on clothes: Any excess residue should be removed using a paper towel. There is another cleaning method. You can simply rub the garment between your hands while rinsing it under streaming water. Apply a stain remover if needed.

Vomit stains on upholstery and carpet: Wipe away all remaining residues. Use a sponge soaked in a borax and water solution. Clean with cold water and use a carpet cleaning product if needed.

Those were all the cleaning tips that we have gathered for you. Try them and give us some feedback. Remember that if you need deep cleaning you can acquire such only by using professional cleaning services.

Today we continue with red wine, rust and tea stains. We hope we managed to help you improve your domestic cleaning with our No More Stains Guide.

Red wine on clothes: Try to blot the stain as soon as possible using a towel dipped in club soda. Use a borax solution if necessary. Wash as normal.

Red wine on upholstery and carpet: Use club soda and blot dry. Apply a carpet cleaning product if needed. In the last resort use some glycerin and leave it to stand for a few hours. Fresh stains can be easily cleaned with a sponge soaked in warm water. For deep cleaning of old stains on upholstery pour some talcum powder on the stain and cover it with a damp cloth to absorb it. Apply glycerin if necessary.

Rust on clothes: Moisten the spot with water and spread a tartar cream on it. Hold it above a pot full of boiling water. Then rinse with lukewarm water.

Rust on upholstery and carpet: Do not use caustic commercial rust removers. Here is a green tip. Pour some lemon juice on the stain and add some salt. Leave it to stand for an hour, not more and wipe it off with a moisten sponge.

Tea on clothes: Spread some borax over the stain. Pour hot water on the stain and start cleaning it towards the centre.

Tea on upholstery and carpet: Absorb fresh stains with paper towel. Pour some carpet cleaner or use a borax mixed with a little water. Apply a stain remover if necessary.

The deep cleaning stain elimination guide continues. Learn how to deal with latex-base, oil-base paint, and perspiration stains.

Latex-base paint on clothes: For fresh wet stains apply rinsing in warm water. Old dry stains are harder to remove. Apply treatment with some water-soluble paint. If needed use varnish-remover.

Latex-base paint on upholstery and carpet: Use a dull knife to scrape the excess paint. Prepare a solution of one teaspoon mild liquid detergent and hot water. Blot the spot with some water to rinse it. Apply a carpet cleaner if necessary. For dried paint  do as written above.

Oil-base paint on clothes: These stains are hard to remove, better act immediately. Apply a rubbing alcohol treatment and wash the stained fabric in one-to-one solution of distilled vinegar and milk. Leave it to soak in this solution if needed.

Oil-base paint on upholstery and carpet: Wipe the paint away if it is still wet. For dried paint use a dull knife for scraping it. Blot with a towel dipped in some rubbing alcohol. Repeat if necessary.

Perspiration on clothes: New stains can be treated with an enzyme stain remover. For old stains make a solution of distilled white vinegar and water. Use non-chlorine bleach for white clothes.

If you like the No More Stains Guide series, please comment if you think that we have omitted any stain types, or write us if you have any ideas about the themes of the post. We are here to help you with the domestic cleaning.

Any stains remaining? Today you will learn how to clean lipstick, milk, mustard and nail-polish stains. Keep consulting our no more stains guide to alleviate your domestic cleaning.

Lipstick on clothes: The stain is sticky and oily. For deep cleaning please contact a professional cleaning services provider. You may try the following: use a white cotton towel and place the stain face down on it. Put a stain remover and rub gently. Wash with water and re-apply the stain remover. Wash as normal.

Lipstick on upholstery and carpet: Wipe the stain with a napkin and wet it with some rubbing alcohol. Absorb it with a white cotton towel. Apply some stain remover if necessary.

Milk on clothes: Pour some water on it and apply a stain remover. Wash as normal.

Milk on upholstery and carpet:An old milk stain may have a heavy smell. Use a sponge to blot the stain and pour a carpet cleaning product.

Mustard/Curry on clothes: Some immediate treatment is required, dry mustard stains are irremovable. Wash with cold water and apply a liquid dish washing product. If it is an old stain use a little glycerin. Remove the glycerin after 30 minutes using a solution made of equal parts water and white distilled vinegar.

Mustard/Curry on upholstery and carpet: Scrape the stain immediately. Blot with white distilled vinegar, leave it to stand for 5 minutes, and rinse with cold water.

Nail polish on clothes: Try to make the stain fade by rubbing it with a towel damped in rubbing alcohol. Use a stain remover if necessary. For colour safe fabrics you may resort to applying an acetone-based  nail-polish remover.

Nail polish on upholstery and carpet: Blot the stained area with rubbing alcohol. Use carpet cleaning product if the stains remains. You may apply an acetone-based  nail-polish remover if the upholstery is colour resistant.

The stain removal guide is here again. You should learn how to identify the stain to be able to give it the appropriate treatment. The next thing to do is consult our pages. Today we will deal with grass, grease, ink and ketchup stains. Happy domestic cleaning.

1. Grass on clothes: Avoid using ammonia and any degreasers because the stain would set if they are applied. Blotting with some rubbing alcohol, followed by washing with water. Then apply liquid dishwasher on the stained area. Leave it to air dry and wash as normal.

Grass on upholstery and carpet: Attack the stain with mild detergent. Leave it this way for several hours. Then wash the detergent away using a moist towel

2. Grease on clothes: Greases include motor oil, cooking oil, butter, fat and salad dressing. Use paper towels to absorb the rest of the grease. Pour some talcum powder on the remaining grease. Apply a stain remover and wash as normal. You may try to pour few drops of eucalyptus oil before washing.

Grease on upholstery and carpet: It requires deep cleaning. Spray some liquid detergent on and leave it to sit for several hours. Use a small brush to scrub the detergent away. Wipe with a damp cloth.

3. Ink on clothes: All pen manufacturers recommend using alcohol to clean any ink spot. If you happen to have an alcohol-based hair spray use it on the stain and then wash. You can put a towel under the stain and soak the area with rubbing alcohol. Rinse well.

Ink on upholstery and carpet: Press the stain with a paper towel. Pour some rubbing alcohol on and blot.

Ink on walls: Spray with alcohol-based hair spray and wipe gently with a soft cloth. Repeat if necessary.

4. Ketchup on clothes: Wash with cold water. Pour some liquid laundry detergent diluted in water. Treat with a solution made of equal parts distilled white vinegar and cold water.

Ketchup on upholstery and carpet: Prepare  a paste of borax and water. Apply on the stain and let it stand for half an hour. Remove the paste with a moist cloth.

As we have previously written, there is a way to remove any stain. You can either trust a professional cleaning services company to deep clean your carpet or read what we have to tell you. What is important is to know what kind of substance had caused the stain in order to apply the appropriate treatment.

1. Candle wax on clothes: Wax should be harden with ice, and then removed with knife. Put a sheet of paper over the stain and iron. Thus the wax melts directly in the paper. The residues can be treated with a stain remover.

Candle wax on upholstery and carpet: The wax should harden first. Try scraping it off with a dull knife. Put a sheet of paper over the stain and press with a warm iron. Move the paper all over to prevent any wax transferring back on the cleaned surface.

2. Chewing gum on clothes: You can either put the stained garment in the freezer or harden the gum using an ice cube. Scrub all of it with a knife. Soak in distilled white vinegar if necessary.

Chewing gum on upholstery and carpet: Use ice to harden the gum. Remove carefully the gum with a knife. Use a carpet cleaner if necessary.

3. Chocolate on clothes: For fresh stains, soak the garment in cold water and blot with mild detergent if there is any residues left. For old stains use stain remover.

Chocolate on upholstery and carpet: Wait, so that the chocolate hardens. Scrape with a knife and blot with a a solution of equal parts mild detergent and warm water.

There are more house cleaning tips coming up. Stay tuned.

Stains are a big house cleaning problem. Housewives are appalled when noticing them. Cleaning them is a difficult task. Old stains are impossible to remove, so first thing is not to let the stain sit. Clean it as soon as possible. Second, try to identify the origin of the stain. It should have come from somewhere, after all. Domestic cleaning London provides you with a guide to effective stain removal according to the type of the stain.

1. Adhesive Tape Residue on clothes: Use ice in a plastic bag to harden the sticky surface. The residues can be scraped with a knife. Use a stain remover, rinse and launder.

Adhesive Tape Residue on upholstery and carpet: Use ice in a plastic bag to harden the sticky surface and scrape with a knife, if there are any residues. Use acetone nail polish remover to blot the spot. If it needs further treatment apply a carpet cleaner.

2. Beer on clothes: Prepare a solution of one part distilled vinegar and 3 parts water. Blot the stain with it. If further treatment is needed use a carpet cleaner.

Beer on upholstery and carpet: Absorb the excess liquid with a sponge. Wash the stained area with a solution made of equal parts distilled white vinegar and water. Then blot with a towel. If needed use a carpet cleaner.

3. Berries/Red Fruit Juices on clothes: Immediately sprinkle fresh lemon juice on the spot. If it is too late try to blot the stain with glycerin and leave it to sit for half an hour. Next, rinse with lukewarm water and air dry. Then wash as usual. If the fabric is not delicate, pouring boiling water on the stain works well.

Berries/Red Fruit Juices on upholstery and carpet: Try to absorb any residue. Do not rub. Apply mild washing detergent dissolved in lukewarm water. Then use a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and cold water. Finally, clean with sponge soaked in cold water.

4. Blood on clothes: For fresh stains soak the stain in cold water with a handful of salt. Avoid using hot water, it makes the stain permanent. If it is an old stain cover it with a paste of meat tenderizer and warm water. Rinse with cold water after 20 minutes.

Blood on upholstery and carpet: For fresh stains – try blotting with a cloth soaked dipped in cold water. It will disappear this way. Use carpet cleaner if necessary. Treat old stains with glycerin, and blot with cold water.