Water (?) stain on cloth, suggestions?

Linwood · 2018-03-27T17:45:02+00:00

New-ish home table, Simonis 760 tan cloth over slate, lightly used at home. I had a small stain, maybe grease or ink or something. Tiny, like 3mm by 0.5mm, and read a bit including here, and tried taking it out with warm water and a bit of woolite. I vacuumed thoroughly first. Yes, I read Simonis' recommendation, which was damp cloth (not wet, and mine was probably more wet). But that didn't take out the stain, I thought I needed something to dissolve it, and threads here recommended a bit of woolite. The good news is the stain is mostly gone. The bad news is I have a growing spot that looks like some kind of water damage. I thought at first it was residue from the cleaner, so kept applying a bit more water and dabbing it up with paper towels. The stain is subtle, and is almost like a nap difference, but it is very specific to where the water was, not where I vacuumed (with a brush I use regularly on the rest of the table so I do not think that is related). Brushing does not reduce the appearance. Below are some photos to hopefully clarify, apologies as they are a bit large but I wanted them to show the texture clearly. The first is from an angle that shows it clearly. Note this is after about 13 hours of drying, so it is not still wet. This is of the same area, a bit closer, but from 90 degrees to one side, and it is barely visible. This is the most interesting shot, in that it shows nothing. This is a very tight closeup of the edge of the stain. The stain is in a half moon shape coming down from the top of the image, taking up about half of it, and the edge of the stain touches the edge of the black piece of plastic. So the left and right bottom is not stained, the top half of the image is. If you can see the difference your eyes are good, I can't. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of some distilled water (mostly because it might take any residue into solution more quickly), add and dab off but I expect it might just spread the stain. My fear is that what I'm actually seeing is more-clean cloth. That there was something on the original cloth from the beginning, that cleaning took it off, and now to make it match I have to clean the whole thing. Not a desirable option. Another choice is see if there's a dry cleaner that will make a house call. I've read threads here about brake cleaner, but that's rather scary especially since the original stain is gone -- this is more like a shade/texture difference. Suggestions? I hate to do a re-cover in less than a year of use. :eek: Thanks in advance, Linwood