Does tea need to be cleaned up?

[manlymatt83]

Spilled an entire large cup of a tea (20 oz+) on my couch. While it's wet, I've got it drying with fans and towels. But does it need to be cleaned up/scrubbed?

 

[MikeMike]

yes

 

[manlymatt83]

yes

Well, since tea is simply stuff soaked in water, what would I clean it up with ? More water?

 

[lxskllr]

Tea stains very badly. I don't know what it takes to clean it up, but the more you get out, the better.

 

[Homerboy]

http://www.mrscleanusa.com/en/cleaning-tips/stain-removal/tea-coffee-stains.html

Of course tea stains. Horribly in fact.
Good luck! Drying it quickly is the LAST thing you wanted to do.

 

[MikeMike]

Well, since tea is simply stuff soaked in water, what would I clean it up with ? More water?

dilute it with water

use shampoo

use stain remover

get on your hands and knees and pray to your god.

 

[manlymatt83]

dilute it with water

use shampoo

use stain remover

get on your hands and knees and pray to your god.

It's a dark, brown couch. There's no stain. It's one of those couches that feels like blue jeans. So I'm not worried about the stain.

What I'm worried about is - if I don't care about the stain, does it still need to be scrubbed?

 

[lxskllr]

If it has sugar/milk, clean it up. If not, don't worry about it.

 

[FDF12389]

It's a dark, brown couch. There's no stain. It's one of those couches that feels like blue jeans. So I'm not worried about the stain.

What I'm worried about is - if I don't care about the stain, does it still need to be scrubbed?

If theres no stain just clean with water. Esp if there was a lot of sugar in it.

 

[SonnyDaze]

If you're not worried about a stain just let it dry. And then scrape up the sugar residue. Simple.

 

[TallBill]

Just set the couch on fire and next time learn use a sippy cup.

 

[Modular]

Just set the couch on fire and next time learn use a sippy cup.

lol. I'm about to buy a few of these for my wife. She spills everything and we've got some new couches coming next week. The first time she spills on them I might punch her in the face. :awe:

 

[jupiter57]

dilute it with water

use shampoo

use stain remover

get on your hands and knees and pray to your god.

Better pray it dries before your Mom gets home!

 

[SunnyD]

roflol

 

[IceBergSLiM]

if you dont care about stains then .......no.

 

[Squisher]

I had to soak some beige carpet overnight in my best stain remover to get out an ice tea stain that dried.