Posts tagged “coffee”

Which stains teeth more: coffee or Kool-Aid?

On one hand, coffee is well-known to discolor teeth. On the other hand, Kool-Aid can "stick" to teeth for quite awhile after drinking it. (Teeth are purple for awhile after drinking grape, or red after drinking cherry, etc.) Let’s assume it’s sugar-free Kool-Aid to avoid confusing the issue with concerns about tooth decay. So, which [...]

How to remove stains from wood counter top?

I have wooden counters in my apartment. My landlord is cheap and never put any type of sealer or whatever to protect the counter surface. So the counters are just bare wood basically. Not sure on the type of wood. So as you’d imagine over the years some substances have come to stain the wood. [...]

How to remove a coffee stain from a silk Blouse?

Well, I somehow accidentally spilled coffee on one of my silk blouses that was laying out from folding. It is a pretty big stain (Maybe a 5-6" stain). I didn’t actually notice it until a few hours ago when the coffee had completely dried. I tried hand washing it with regular color safe bleach laundry [...]