Onion Stain Removal - How To Remove Onion Stains

Onion stain removal is not typically thought of as something you need to know very often, because mostly onions don't stain.

However, in the event that you have dropped an onion onto your clothing, upholstery or carpet and a stain results here are the directions for removing these onion stains.

Please note that if the stain is from something that was covering the onion, such as grease if it is a fried onion, or ketchup, or anything like that please consult the A-Z Stain Removal Guide for more information on how to remove that part of the stain.

Further, as with all stains the quicker you deal with the onion stain the easier it will be to remove.

Onion Stain Removal From Clothing

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

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

Step 3: 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 onion stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

How To Remove Onion Stains From Upholstery

Step 1: Scrape off any excess onion 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 onions 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 onion 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 onion.

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

Removing Stains Caused By Onions From Carpet

The instructions for onion 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 to use as a stain removing solution.

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