Removing Tea Stain From Carpet

mark13

Hi,
recently the mother in law to be spilt a cup of tea on our sand coloured carpet.
We cleaned it up as best we could at the time, but with other things going on we didnt manaage to get the stain out properly.
This weekend we hired a carpet cleaner which was brilliant and cleaned the rest of the carpet, but even it struggled to remove the stain.

Does anyone have any tips / advice on what we can gtry now ?

Hungryman_2

I've just woken up to find a huge, dry tea stain on the carpet from where my wife knocked a cup over. :rolleyes:
I found this with a quick search: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090102070818AAuP01g
I haven't tried it yet. Other sites recommend leaving it to soak, possibly overnight, in much diluted clothes washing detergent. Short of that it's a Stain Devil or carpet shampoo.

cattie

Do you know anybody who you could borrow a steam cleaner from? Only my steam cleaner has managed to remove stains made by spilling black coffee so feel sure it would work for tea stains too.

maninthestreet

Try Halfords Heavy Duty Car Carpet Cleaner - it's a spot treatment, and I have yet to find a stain it can't deal with.

tessie_bear

vanish spray in a pink bottle is very good

jess1974

what about a biological washing powder solution.....