Cranberry and Thanksgiving are as common as family meals and spills. Scrape off as much as you can with a spoon. Spray slightly with water and blot with a folded white towel. Don’t rub.
if stain is moving to towel ocntinue and if not add 1/4 tsp of dawn or joy dishwashing liquid to 1 quart of water and repeat- spray and blot. If the stain is less but still visable dip a Q tip in a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide. Test an area for color fastness and dab the stains. repeat as necc.
Lipstick…saturate a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and apply to the stain. Put a towel underneath if possible and dab gently till the stain is wet. blot with a dry towel dab with cold water moving from the outside of the stain to the inside. Blot with a dry towel. I use Dry Carpet method cleaner Maria Brown 310-303-9701. She cleans all the local schools as kids need to crawl around on the carpet and it is free of chemicals.
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