How To Remove Cheese Stains

By Matt Oden | Comments | Food and Drink Stains → Cheese

Knowing how to remove cheese stains will help to prevent an oily cheese stain from ruining your pizza party! With swift action you can easily avoid a permanent stain from one of your favorite foods. With the oils in cheese you could be left with an unsightly stain that ruins your favorite t-shirt or leaves an ugly oil splotch on your comfy couch.

Cheese is great on a pizza, in sauces, on a grilled sandwich, and even on its own. But it can often leave behind stains that are a bit of a challenge to deal with, especially if you are dealing with stains from melted cheeses. By knowing how to remove cheese stains you will be able to get rid of the stains, which will not leave you dreading the next time your recipe calls for delicious bubbly melted cheese on top of your lunch or your dinner.

How To Remove Cheese Stains From Clothing

What You Will Need Before You Start

Butter knife, or spoon
Corn starch
Liquid detergent
Clean sponge

Cheese is a great addition to just about everything, except your clothing! Whether from stray cheese from your nachos, or a messy pizza, melted cheese can leave horrid oily stains on your clothing unless you are able to swiftly take action against the stain before it sets in.

Using the butter knife or a spoon, carefully scrape off any excess cheese.
Sprinkle corn starch over the stain and allow it to set for up to fifteen minutes.
Brush off the cornstarch and examine the stain, if it is still present then put a teaspoon of laundry detergent on top of the stain.
Blot at it with a sponge.
Allow the laundry detergent to sit undisturbed for up to fifteen minutes and then rinse clean with cool water.

A stain pretreating spray or gel will work just as well on the fabric as the laundry detergent will. You can also use a liquid dish detergent that is touted as being an excellent degreaser, as these types of dish detergent are known for defeating oil-based stains.

How To Remove Cheese Stains From Upholstered Furniture

What You Will Need Before You Start

Club soda
White absorbent towels

There is a reason that people grab club soda when there is a spill or mess. Club soda is effective at removing stains so it should always be a part of your cleaning tool kit. Remember that with swift action, you learn how to remove cheese stains before they have set into the fibers of the upholstered furniture.

Pour a bit of club soda directly onto the towel and blot at the stain.
Blot again at the stain with another part of the towel, or with a second one, to lift up the oils.
Repeat until the stain has been thoroughly lifted out of the upholstered furniture.

Powdered dish detergent and a bit of vinegar to create a paste can also be used to work the stain out of the furniture. You will just need to thoroughly clean the solution out of the upholstery so that no residue is left behind.

How To Remove Cheese Stains From Rugs

What You Will Need Before You Start

Butter knife or spoon
White absorbent towels
Mild dish detergent
Ammonia
Spray bottle
Clean sponge

Dropping cheese on the carpet or on your favorite rug can cause a bit of panic, especially if the rugs are delicate or antique. However, there is no cause for alarm or panic if you are able to move swiftly against the stain before it sets into the fibers of the rug.

Use the butter knife or spoon to carefully remove as much of the cheese as is possible.
Blot at the stain using a white towel, don’t rub at the stain or you risk further working the oils into the fibers of the rug.
Mix a teaspoon of the dish detergent in a cup of water and blot the solution onto the stain on the rug.
Mix a tablespoon of ammonia in half a cup of water and pour it into a spray bottle. Spray it onto the stain and blot it into the stain with a sponge.
Using another spray bottle filled with plain water, spray at the stain and press another clean towel onto it to absorb the moisture.

If the stain is lingering then you can use hydrogen peroxide dabbed onto a sponge, blotted onto the stain. Be sure to do a colorfast test before using hydrogen peroxide, just in case the rug is delicate enough to be discolored by the hydrogen peroxide.

When learning how to remove cheese stains, you should ensure that you take the utmost care in removing stains from silks. Silk can be cleaned with club soda or rubbing alcohol, so long as you only blot at the stain and you make sure to follow the care and launder instructions on the tag on the garments.