[Ian Gourlay]

You have been called in to remove a stain  How do you set about identifying it.

My starter for 1 is ask the customer,

[Shaun_Ashmore]

scratch and sniff

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

The position of the stain is a big clue, if its brown, round and next to the settee then its a drinks spill

Or you could add some distilled water too it and test its Ph.

Mike

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

Another point is the shape of the stain, if it is random ie. splash like  , then it will be a spillage.

If however if is uniform i.e straight line then it will have been caused by furniture dye,etc

Cheers,

Doug

[Nobby]

I agree with the above comments, stain identification is lot more to do with common sense than science.  Consider the room (lounge, bedroom etc) the family (children, pets etc).  If it's a red sticky stain in a childs bedroom it's probably Calpol, if there are black sticky spots in the lounge and there's a toddler in the house it's probably squash or juice.  In a dining room most spots are likely to be protein stains, if there's a pet in the house and the stain is yellow it's probably urine and so on.

Nobby