How to Get a Sauce Stain out of Upholstery

Remove sauce from upholstery with dish soap.

Sauces are used to make a wide variety of meals, and since these sauces are in liquid form they can easily spill onto the surfaces around your home. When you spill sauce on upholstered furniture, for instance, the furniture's fabric absorbs it, causing an unattractive stain. To remove a sauce stain from upholstery, use a cleaning routine that safely lifts the stain without damaging the upholstery itself.

Things You'll Need

• Paper towels
• Spoon or knife
• Dish soap
• Water
• Cleaning rags
• Hydrogen peroxide

Instructions

1. Scoop up as much sauce as possible with a spoon or dull knife.

2. Blot the stain with dry paper towels to remove excess sauce. Follow up with a clean, damp paper towel to remove remaining sauce.

3. Drizzle a squirt of dish soap over a damp cleaning rag and scrub over the sauce stain. Continue until most if not all of the sauce stain is removed. Rinse the cleaning rag and blot repeatedly over the area to remove leftover dish soap.

4. Drizzle hydrogen peroxide directly onto any remaining stain and let it sit for 10 seconds or so. Be sure to drizzle and not pour, as you do not want too much moisture to seep into your upholstery padding.

5. Wipe over the area with a damp, soapy rag. Follow up with a clean damp rag using water only, then allow the upholstery to air-dry.

References

• Mrs. Clean/HouseCleaningCentral.com: How to Remove Barbecue Sauce Stains