Tomato sauce serves as a handy ingredient during the preparation and serving of most meals. No doubt, you’ll always find a bottle or two of this delicious puree in every kitchen and a portion or more of it on the sides of dishes like French fries, beans, pasta, and noodles. Sure, it adds flavour and colour to your meals until some of it reaches your carpet.
Tomato sauce stains can be stubborn and require you to blot it off the moment it happens. Like red wine stains, if left untouched for too long, this stain can become nearly impossible to remove by conventional stain removal methods.
So, did a tomato sauce stain happen on a patch of carpet in your living room or dining area? Are you looking for quick, eco-friendly, and DIY ways to blot out that annoying patch of tomato sauce stain from your carpet? Then this guide should be easy and helpful. The items used in this guide are eco-friendly, and you can easily find them around your home.
Method 1 – Dishwashing Soap Method
Items You Need
Spatula or bread knife
Plate
White microfiber or terry cloth
Dishwashing soap
White vinegar
Method
Begin by removing excess sauce from the stained area to make cleaning more effective. Use a spatula or a bread knife to scrape off tomato sauce from your carpet’s surface lightly. While collecting the excess sauce, place the plate very close to the stained area to avoid dropping some sauce after scooping it from the stained area. Also, be careful not to dig into the stain, as this would make removal more difficult.
With the paper towel, blot out remnant sauce from the carpet. Remember not to apply excess force; otherwise, you’ll deepen the stain.
Combine one spoon of dishwashing soap with a cup of warm water, then apply the mixture to the stain to soak up the stained area. Double the measurements if the stained area is vast so that the mixture can cover the stained part of your carpet. Let the water-soap mix sit on the carpet for about 20 minutes.
Now, daub a microfiber or terry cloth on the area to soak up the soap + sauce residue. Complete this step gradually until you’ve soaked up the stain.
Pour a small quantity of cool, clean water on the carpet to rinse out the dishwashing mixture.
Soak up the moisture using another microfiber cloth until the carpet is dry.
If your carpet is brightly coloured, you may still find that the stain leaves a faint-coloured residue. Soak a portion of another towel in a mixture of white vinegar and water, then blot the area with the towel until the stain is completely removed.
Method 2 – Lemon Method
Items You Need
Half a lemon
Microfiber towels
Spatula
Plate
Method
First, remove excess tomato sauce from your carpet using the spatula and plate as in method 1.
Gently rub the lemon on the stain to get enough lemon juice on your carpet without increasing the stained area. Allow the liquid to sit on the carpet for about 15 minutes.
Once 15 minutes have elapsed, sprinkle some water on the carpet and blot the stain with a clean microfiber cloth.
Continue steps 2 and 3 till the carpet area is entirely stain-free. Afterwards, air dry the carpet or dry it up with a fan.
Conclusion
With the steps above, there’d be no need to panic the next time you mistakenly smear some tomato sauce on your carpet. All you need to do is run into your kitchen and prep yourself to fight that annoying stain. And if you would prefer to hire a professional you can utilise our low moisture carpet cleaning company. We’ll have your carpets dry within 30 minutes, so you don’t have to experience the inconvenience of waiting several hours for wet carpet to dry.