Recommended Care for Sunbrella for Stall Drapes and Show Banners

The below chart contains our recommended cleaning methods of Sunbrella® fabric for some of the most common and toughest stains. You may also use Carbona Stain Devil cleaning products.

Stain In Fabric That You Want To Remove Recommended cleaning solutions Carbona stain devil no. Beer Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / white vinegar (3 oz.) 8 Berry Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / ammonia (4-8 oz.) 8 Bird droppings Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water, or try Goo Gone Grease Cutter (a hand cleaner), Greased Lightning, or Clean Rite Purple Power (available at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc.) Blood (dried) Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / ammonia (4-8 oz.) 4 Butter volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 5 Charcoal, pencil marks vacuum, then Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1gallon water 3 Catsup or mustard Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 2 Chewing gum volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 1 Chocolate Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / ammonia (4 oz.) 2 Coffee Dawn® dishwashing liquid / water, white vinegar, volatile solvent (acetone) 8 Cola Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Crayon paint remover (100%), oil or grease remover (mix as directed) 3 Egg (raw) Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 4 Food color Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / white vinegar (3 oz.) 6 Grape juice Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Gravy Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 2 Grease (car) volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 5 Ink (permanent, india, ballpoint) paint remover (100%), volatile solvent (acetone) 100%, soap and water 3 Iron rust Carbona™ Stain Devil #9 9 Lipstick paint remover, oil or grease remover (mix as directed) 6 Mascara paint remover (100%), volatile solvent (acetone-100%), Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Mildew bleach (1 cup) / Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 4 Milk Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Nail polish volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 1 Oil volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 5 Orange drink Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Paint (latex) wet Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 1 Paint (latex) dried paint remover (100%), oil or grease remover (mix as directed) 1 Paint (oil or lacquer) paint remover (100%), oil or grease remover (mix as directed) 5 Shoe polish (liquid) volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 7 Shoe polish (wax) apply heated iron over towel, volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 1 Suntan lotion Pine Power® or pine oil detergent / water (mix as directed) 5 Tea Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 8 Tomato Juice Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 2 Tree sap turpentine (100%), Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water 7 Urine Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / white vinegar (3 oz.) 8 Vomit Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / white vinegar (3 oz.) 8 Wax (candle) apply heated iron over towel, volatile solvent (acetone) 100% 1 Wine Dawn® dishwashing liquid (2 oz.) / 1 gallon water / ammonia (4-8 oz.) / white vinegar (3 oz.) 8