Chocolate Stain Removal - How To Remove A Chocolate Stain

Chocolate stain removal knowledge is essential for any chocolate lover, like me.

So, what do you do when you drip that melted chocolate from your dipped strawberry onto the living room carpet, or that chocolate bar melts all over your child's fingers and you can't catch her fast enough before she seems to touch everything in sight?

Below are instructions for removing chocolate stains from clothing, upholstery and carpet so you and your loved ones can keep on enjoying chocolate without fear of permanent stains.

Just remember that the key to removing these stains is that you have to deal both with the chocolate and the cream that are within the stain to completely remove it from items around your home.

Chocolate Stain Removal From Clothing

Step 1: Scrape off any excess chocolate from the fabric, being careful not to spread the stain further.

Step 2: Pretreat the stain with a laundry prewash stain remover.

Step 3: Launder in the hottest water allowed for the fabric to thoroughly remove the chocolate stain, using either chlorine bleach if the fabric will allow it, or color bleach if not.

Hint: Make sure the stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

You may also find this video suggesting alternative methods for removing chocolate stains from clothing, including using dishwashing liquid, ammonia, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, borax and boiling water, helpful.

The video also differentiates between milk chocolate stains and dark chocolate stains, regarding what stain removal solutions to use.

How To Remove Chocolate Stains From Upholstery

Step 1: Scrape off any excess chocolate from the upholstery, being careful not to spread the stain further.

Step 2: Mix a solution of two cups cool water and one tablespoon dishwashing liquid.

Step 3: Using this solution, sponge the stain from the chocolate with a clean white cloth.

Step 4: Next, blot at the stain until the liquid is absorbed.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 until the chocolate stain is removed from the upholstery.

Step 6: Now that the stain is removed you should get plain cold water and a new white cloth and sponge the area to remove the cleaning solution, and then blot dry.

Hint: Be sure to get the upholstery only as wet as necessary to remove the stain from the chocolate.

If this chocolate stain removal method for upholstery does not work you can also try removing the stain with dry cleaning solvent.

You can get more information on how to clean upholstery here.

Removing A Chocolate Stain From Carpet

The instructions for chocolate stain removal from carpet is the same as for upholstery.

However, if you don't have luck with these stain removal methods above you can also do something additional with the carpet stain, which is to mix a solution of one tablespoon of ammonia with two cups warm water, and use this to remove the stain.

You may also find this video giving tips for removing chocolate stains from carpet helpful.

The video demonstrates several stain removal techniques, and also suggests some alternative stain removal solutions for chocolate stains from carpet, including rubbing alcohol.

Recommended Chocolate Stain Removers

Perhaps you don't want to make your own stain remover, but instead want to use something designed to remove these stains.

Here are some articles and reviews on this site which discuss various products that have worked for readers for chocolate stain removal, or are designed to remove these stains:

Carbona Stain Devil #2 - For Removing Condiment And Chocolate Stains	Biz And Oxiclean Presoak - Miracle Stain Remover	Swash Get It Out Stain Removal Pen	Uses For Borax Powder For Laundry Stains	Tide To Go Pen Review - Used It To Remove Chocolate Stain

Shout Stain Remover Got Hot Fudge Sauce Stain Out Of White Shirt	Resolve Triple Action Carpet Stain Remover Removed Chocolate Milk Stain From Carpet	Cheer Free & Gentle Detergent Removed Chocolate From Pants	White Bar Soap To Pretreat Laundry Stains

You can also share your own stain remover review here, to say which removers you used to get out chocolate stains, or any other stain.

Submit A Tip For Removing A Chocolate Stain

Do you have your own stain removal tip for removing stains caused by chocolate? If so, submit your tip about removing a chocolate stain here, or read other tips already submitted.

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Below are examples of the most common stains discussed in the Guide.

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