Have you ever wondered if vinegar can get coffee stains out of your clothing, furniture or carpet? I'm willing to bet you did wonder the last time you were enjoying a delicious cup of coffee while wearing an expensive shirt or blouse.
Or maybe you wondered about it when someone was drinking a cup of coffee while sitting on your beautiful furniture or over your expensive and rare oriental rug.
Coffee is a luxury and should be enjoyed.
You should not be worried about the stains it can create.
Getting rid of coffee stains does not have to be a challenge.
You don't need expensive and possibly toxic harsh chemical cleaners to remove coffee stains in your clothes, furniture, carpets, dinnerware or countertops.
A typical price for a bottle of Shout® spot treatment can cost as much as $9 (USD) while these homemade cleaning solutions can be made for a few pennies.
There are some 100% natural cleaning solutions that you can make in your own home from a few simple, cheap ingredients.
These homemade green cleaning products can actually get rid of coffee stains when commercial cleaning products may not.
Getting Coffee Stains Out of Fabric When tackling any stain, the most important thing to remember is get to it as soon as possible.
The sooner you get to a stain, the easier it will be to remove completely.
For most washable fabrics, blot away as much of the coffee as possible and saturate the stained area with vinegar.
Next rinse the fabric in cold water.
Repeat this process until the stain is gone and then toss the fabric into the washer.
Clean as directed according to the label on the clothing or fabric.
For really tough coffee stains like espresso, cappuccino or coffee that contains cream or milk products, combine a cup of white distilled vinegar in a gallon of water and let the fabric soak overnight then launder according to label directions.
Vinegar will also get rid of any odor left behind in the fabric.
Removing Coffee Stains From Glass and Plastic Dishes To get those tough coffee stains out of your glass or plastic dishes, you will need some vinegar and baking soda.
Simply place the mug, cup, glass, carafe in the sink and fill it about half full with white distilled vinegar.
Next, add a few tablespoons of baking soda and allow them to react.
The vinegar and baking soda will foam.
Let this mixture sit overnight and then dispose by pouring the mixture down the drain.
Use a towel to wipe out the dish or carafe and then wash the dish in the dishwasher or as you normally would wash dishes.
Coffee stains and odor will be removed from mugs, cups, glasses and even from plastic dishware.
Clean Anything Without Using Dangerous Chemical Cleaning Products Think for a minute about all the toxic chemical cleaners used in a home and where those products eventually end up - being poured down a drain.
The toxic ingredients in those chemicals don't magically disappear.
They end up in the water supply, in landfills or as residue on surfaces in your home.
You don't have to use harsh chemical products to get your house clean.
You can make your own 100% natural substances that will clean anything in your home.
Lindsay Allen, a housewife in the U.
S.
, told NBC's Today Show that she was going to make it a priority to use less chemicals in her home.
Her father was exposed to toxic chemicals on the job when she was just a little girl.
The experience changed the way she thought about today's harsh chemical cleaning products.
According to Lindsay, "It really led to just kind of a heightened sensitivity in me, in creating a toxic-free environment for my family.
" Lindsay made the decision to not expose her husband and two kids to dangerous chemicals.
Other folks have made the decision to reduce the amount of chemicals they dump into the environment.
All of these people have made a decision to clean green.