Don’t Let Food Stains Ruin Your Home

Backyard barbecues are great. You get to enjoy beautiful summer weather, see friends and family and most importantly, enjoy delicious food! Oh yes, when the weather is warm it’s time to fire up the grill and get cooking! However, your carpet and furniture might not be as excited for summertime food as you are. This is the prime time for all kinds of condiments to spill onto your floor or furniture. Ketchup, mustard and barbecue sauce are some of the toughest stains to get out so you will definitely want to attend to those stains right after they happen. Don’t wait around and let them sink further into your carpet or couch. Here are some great tips to keep your home clean this summer.

Stains are going to happen – Nobody is perfect. Accidents will happen. Sometimes a big dollop of ketchup or barbecue sauce will fall onto the floor or your couch. Don’t freak out. Get to the stain as quickly as possible. Use a clean paper towel or washcloth and gently blot the area. If it’s a small stain, use Langenwalter’s spot remover on the stain. Once you have treated the stain, leave it alone! Do not continue to put more and more spot cleaner onto the stain. Sauce stains are very difficult to remove without the help of a professional carpet cleaner, so you’ll want to have our phone number of ready (317-876-9944). There are a lot of DIY stain removal methods on the Internet, but be warned, they are not good for your carpet and can make the stain 10 times worse.

Whether you are hosting a backyard barbecue, or attending one, you need to be aware that messes and spills are going to happen. If you can’t avoid a ketchup or mustard stain, don’t worry. Give Langenwalter a call at 317-876-9944 and we will get your summer stains taken care of.