Mike DelGaudio

My daughter just dropped a big plop of Metholatum on our new rug. Drat! Searching on the web reveals that Dry Cleaning Solution is your best bet for removing it.
Riiiight. I’ll just head over to the pantry and get my bottle. I’ve never even SEEN dry cleaning fluid, let alone have any on hand.

I was able to get the stain out as follows:
You’ll need:

• Rubbing Alcohol
• Cotton Balls
• A clean, dry towel

As always, whenever you are going to put something wet onto your rug, test it on an inconspicuous spot to make sure you aren’t going to mess it up, or fade the color. I ain’t responsible for your stain, or any damage you do to your stuff!

Here is how I got the stain out:

1. GENTLY lift any large blobs of the goo out of the rug. Try not to mash any of the stuff into the rug fibers
2. Saturate a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and GENTLY dab the alcohol onto the Mentholatum that remains
3. The alcohol seems to loosen / dissolve the Mentholatum, so try to wipe the goo as best you can. Gentle is the key word. Don’t mash the stuff into the rug any more than it already is
4. Once a cotton ball gets all covered with Mentholatum, discard and saturate a new one. Repeat until as much of the Mentholatum is up from the rug.
5. After the goo us up, dab the carpet with the towel to absorb any left over alcohol. Try and get the rug dry, if you can.

It worked for me, hopefully it will work for you!