| Difficult Spot or stain | Try 1st |
Try 2nd |
Try 3rd |
| Artificially coloured drinks | 3 | 6 | |
| Bleach | 3 | 17 | |
| C/heating radiator fluid | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Coffee | 6 | ||
| Felt-tip pen | 7 or 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Furniture polish | 7 | 5 | |
| Glue/adhesive | 10 | 11 | |
| Ink (fountain) | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Ink (ballpoint pen) | 12 | ||
| Lipstick | 7 | ||
| Milk | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| Nail varnish | 10 | ||
| Paint (oil) | 11 | ||
| Rust | 16 | ||
| Soot | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Tar (asphalt) | 7 | ||
| Urine (old stain) | 6 | 15 | |
| Vomit | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Red wine | 1 | 6 |
| Spot or stain | Try 1st | Try 2nd | Try 3rd |
| Blood | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Burn or scorch marks | 13 | 14 | |
| Butter | 7 | 5 | |
| Candle wax | 8 | 7 | |
| Chewing Gum | 9 | ||
| Chocolate/cocoa | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Cola | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Cream | 7 | 5 | |
| Egg | 5 | 6 | |
| Floor wax | 7 | 5 | |
| Fruit juice | 3 | 5 | |
| Gravy and sauces | 5 | 6 | |
| Herbal tea | 3 | 6 | |
| Metal polish | 5 | ||
| Mustard | 5 | 6 | |
| Oil and grease | 7 | 5 | |
| Paint (emulsion) | 3 | 5 | |
| Shoe polish | 7 | 5 | |
| Tea | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Urine (fresh stain) | 3 | 5 | 15 |
