How To Remove A Banana Stain

You may wonder how to remove banana stain from your fabric, upholstery, or carpet if you ever let a child run around the house munching on a banana.

You can also get a stain from banana pudding or banana baby food, or even from banana cream pie. Fortunately, banana stains are not difficult to get out if you get to them quickly.

However, if they oxidize and turn brown they take more effort to get out, so deal with your banana stains as quickly as possible.

Below are step by step instructions for removing banana stains from washable clothing, upholstery and carpet.

How To Remove Banana Stain From Fabric

Step 1: Scrape off any excess banana from the fabric.

Step 2: Run the fabric, inside out, under the cold water to flush out as much of the banana as possible.

Step 3: Pretreat the stain with a laundry stain remover.

Step 4: Launder in the hottest water the fabric will allow to get out the stain, and 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.

Banana Stain Removal From Upholstery

Step 1: Scrape off any excess banana from the upholstery.

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 bananas with a clean white cloth.

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

Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 until the banana 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 banana.

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

Removing Banana Stains From Carpet

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

However, if you don't have luck with this stain removal method 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 as a stain removal solution.

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CAUTION: This website is provided for informational purposes only. It is provided as is, without warranties or guarantees. Some stains and messes just won't come out, and are permanent. Further, some cleaning methods can harm your item, so if what you want to clean or launder is sentimental or expensive call a professional. See disclaimer of liability for more information.