Don’t panic—we know how to get paint out of carpet. With these tips, that acrylic, latex or oil-based stain will be a memory in minutes.

The older oil stains in your garage may be a far greater challenge. To remove the fresh stain from the driveway, you’ll need a scrub brush, some liquid dish soap and water.

No matter what type of stain you want to remove, from blood and grass to wine, oil and more, there's hope beyond resigning yourself to finding a new favorite clothing item.

Or there's Watco Danish oil (Fig. 2). It has a little varnish in it, so you get the look of oil with the protection of a polyurethane. You can control the level of shine by adding more coats.