Get Grass Stains Out

By Matt Oden | Comments | Dirt and Grease Stains → Grass

Learning how to get grass stains out of clothing or the carpets in your home can save you hours of frustration. From stained clothing that took a beating on the soccer field, to stained carpets in your home and even in your car, grass stains can be very much a challenge to effectively remove.

Spring and summer mean more time spent outdoors, enjoying all that nature has to offer. These warm and cheery months can also mean more stains somehow finding their way onto your clothing, your kid’s clothing, and on the surfaces in your home. Get grass stains out of your kid’s jeans and other stained fabrics with just a few simple yet very effective steps.

Get Grass Stains Out Of Clothing

What You Will Need Before You Start

Oxygen bleach powder
Rubbing alcohol
Clean sponge

Kids and grass stains seem to be almost magnetically attracted to one another. Save their clothing from the rags pile and get grass stains out without much effort at all, using these simple steps.

Brush off excess grass and dirt from the stained clothing, this is best done outdoors.
Fill your sink with cold water, and add a teaspoon of oxygen bleach powder; there are a few brands on the market but just use your favorite oxy product as they are all essentially the same.
Allow the grass stained clothing to soak for up to an hour.
Completely rinse the suds out of the clothing and examine the stain. If the stain persists, then it time to move onto the next step.
Dab a bit of rubbing alcohol onto a clean sponge and rub it into the grass stain.
Rinse clean so the rubbing alcohol doesn’t linger on the clothing fibers.

Several of the stain pretreatment products on the market can also be highly effective to help you get grass stains out. Be sure to always follow the care instructions on the garment before using rubbing alcohol.

Get Grass Stains Out Of Carpet

What You Will Need Before You Start

White vinegar
Clean absorbent white towels
Soft bristled scrubbing brush, or old toothbrush
Powdered laundry detergent, with bleach

When working to get grass stains out of your carpet, it is important that you do a small colorfast test in an inconspicuous area before moving onto the carpet in your living room. Once you have done the colorfast test, you can move on to removing the grass stains from your carpet.

Combine one teaspoon of laundry detergent with one cup of white vinegar.
Pour it onto the stain on the carpet.
Using the soft bristled brush, work the cleaning solution into the carpet fibers.
Place a clean white towel on top of the stain, and push down firmly so that the towel can absorb the stain and cleaning solution.
Lift the towel up, and the stain should have been removed.
If the stain is still lingering, then repeat the process but allow the cleaning solution to sit on the carpet for up to thirty minutes.

Your white towels should be able to absorb a fair amount of the suds from the carpet, but if there is still a soap residue, you may need to use your carpet shampooer with nothing but vinegar in the cleaning solution tank.

Get Grass Stains Out Of Upholstered Furniture

What You Will Need Before You Start

Rubbing alcohol
Clean sponge
Clean absorbent white towels

A pair of grass-covered cleats swiped across your favorite living room chair can leave you with unsightly grass stains that are also incredibly stubborn if you try to wipe or brush them off. To get grass stains out of your upholstered furniture, there are a few quick steps that you can take. Before you get started, however, you should test the fabric for colorfastness so that you don’t inadvertently ruin the fabric of your favorite chair or sofa.

Brush off or vacuum off any loose debris that might be accompanying the grass stain.
Dab a bit of rubbing alcohol onto your clean sponge.
Carefully blot at the stain with the rubbing alcohol to get it damp.
Press the white towel into the now damp grass stain, taking care not to wipe or rub at it.
Observe the stain, if it still persists then you should repeat the steps a few more times until the stain has been thoroughly lifted from your upholstered furniture.

After the stain has been lifted, you should blot at the formerly stained area with clean water in order to lift out any remaining rubbing alcohol, but the majority of it should evaporate naturally.

Get Grass Stains Out Of Car Floor mats

What You Will Need Before You Start

Mild dish detergent
Scrubbing brush
Garden hose

Keeping your car free of drive-thru debris, and spilled cereal from the kids is a great accomplishment. But before you know it, your cherubs may have rubbed their grass-laden shoes all over your car floor mats, leaving you with a stained mat that stands out in your otherwise spotless vehicle. Luckily, to get grass stains out of car floor mats is a simple and quick process that anyone can do outside in your driveway. Even the kids!

Shake off or vacuum any loose dirt and debris from the carpet mat.
Pour a teaspoon of mild dish detergent into the stain.
Scrub at the stain gently using the scrubbing brush, a soft bristled brush should be able to get the job done for you.
Completely rinse out the suds and the stain with your hose, using it on the jet feature if possible.
The stain should be completely removed from the car floor mat, but if it is proving to be stubborn then you can try using a bit of rubbing alcohol on a sponge, applied directly to the stain.
Air-dry the mat once the stain has been removed.

You could add a bit of baking soda onto the mat once completely dry, in order to remove any odors that may be lingering. Just be sure to thoroughly vacuum up the baking soda after about fifteen minutes.

The sooner that you are able to work to get grass stains out of clothing or the surfaces in your home, the better luck you will have at thoroughly removing the stains without much effort being exerted. Grass stains don’t need to be the stuff that stain nightmares are made up of, not when you have the right tools and knowledge to get rid of them.