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Drink Mix. Tips to remove Drink Mix stains

Powdered drinks are in various flavors, like children�s drinks, adult lemon aids, and even drinks that provide energy and vitamins.When you are faced with a powdered drink stain, be sure to always try and tackle a stain while it is fresh.

The older the stain, the more times you may need to repeat these cleaning processes to work out that drink mix stain.

The first thing that you should do when face with an drink mix stain on your upholstery is to blot the area, getting all the moisture that you can out of the upholstery so that you are going to focus on the stain only.

Keep repeating this until the area seems almost dry. Wet a paper towel or cotton ball using water and dab this on the drink mix stain.

Repeat, blotting up the stain with a clean towel as you dab with water between.Repeat this cleaning as long as you see some of the stain still coming out of the upholstery. The step is to make a mixture of water and clear bleach free detergent or dish liquid and spray over the stained area.

Wetting the fabric just enough to loosen more of the drink stain, blot and dab at the stained area until you have cleaned the area, or until you are unable to bring out any additional drink mix stain. Rinse the upholstery with clear water, removing both traces of the drink mix and the detergent used to clean this stain.Spray it on, blot and dab to remove the excessive moisture without stretching the upholstery.

It should be almost dry to the touch when you are finished blotting the area. Rinse the area well with a mixture of water and vinegar.A half and half mixture, sprayed on, then blotted off is going to get out deep down drink mix stains, and detergent at the same time.