Spotting Guide
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Acetone
Acids
Acne Medicine
Adhesive
Alcohol Beverages
Ammonia
Animal Stains
Argyrol
Asphalt
Avocado
Banana
Barnyard Soil
Battery Acid
Beans
Beer
Beet Juice
Berries
Bleach
Blood
Brass Stain
Browning
Bubble Lights
Bunting Stains
Butadiene Solution
Butter
Calamine Lotion
Calcium Chloride (De-Icer)
Candle
Candy
Carbolic Acid Disinfectant
Carbon -- Black
Carbon Paper
Cascara Sagrada Extract
Catsup
Cement -- Airplane
Cement -- Building
Cement -- Concrete
Cement -- Contact
Cement -- Duco
Chalk
Charcoal
Cheese
Chewing Gum
Chicken Soup
Children's Drink Mix
Chocolate
Cigarette Burn
Clay
Cod Liver Oil
Coffee
Coffee with Cream and Sugar
Cola
Cologne
Colored Paper
Cooking Fat
Copier Toner
Copper Corrosion
Correction Fluid
Cosmetics
Cough Medicine/Syrup
Crayon
Cream
Cream Egg
Creme De Menthe
Creosote
Crepe Paper Dye
Diaper Stains
Dirt
Discharge
Drain Cleaner
Drinks, Mixed
Driveway Sealer
Dry Type Residues
Dye
Dye -- Easter Egg
Egg
Eggnog
Ether
Feces
Ferrous Sulfite
Fingernail Dust
Fingernail Polish
Fish Slime
Flea/Tick Powder
Flea/Tick Spray
Food
Food Coloring
Food Dye
Food Extract
Food Stains -- General
Food Stains -- Greasy
Fruit and Fruit Juices
Fungicide
Furniture
Furniture Dye
Furniture Polish -- Solvent Base
Furniture Polish -- Water Base
Furniture Polish -- Wax
Gasoline
Gelatin
Gentian Violet
Glue -- Airplane
Glue -- Animal
Glue -- Carpenters
Glue -- Casien
Glue -- Elmer's
Glue -- Hobby
Glue -- Household
Glue -- Latex
Glue -- School
Glue -- Vegetable
Glue -- White
Glycerin
Glycerin Guacalote
Grape Drink
Grape Juice
Graphite
Grass
Gravy
Grease

Grease -- Vehicle
Gum
Hair Dye
Hair Oil
Hair Spray
Hair Tonic
Hand Cream
Ice Cream
Ink
Ink -- Ball Point
Ink -- Copying
Ink -- Dry
Ink -- Fountain Pen
Ink -- Indelible
Ink -- India
Ink -- Marking Pens
Ink -- Mimeo
Ink -- Permanent
Ink -- Red
Ink -- Washable

Insecticide
Iodine
Iron
Iron Rust
Jam/Jelly
Jell-O
Jewelers Rouge
Jute
Kerosine
Kool-Aid
Lacquer
Latex Caulk/Adhesive
Leaves
Linseed Oil
Lip Gloss
Lipstick
Lotion
Lye
Lysol
Magnesia Magma
Makeup
Manhattan
Margarine
Markers -- Felt Tip
Martini
Mascara
Mayonnaise
Medicines
Mercurochrome
Metal Polish
Mildew
Milk
Mixed Drink
Mouthwash
Mucilage
Mud
Mustard
Nail Polish
Newsprint
Oil
Oil -- Car
Oil -- Cooking
Oil -- Light Machine
Oil -- Lubricating
Oil -- Machine
Oil -- Motor
Oil -- Old
Oil -- Oxidized
Oil -- Paint
Oil -- Petroleum
Oil -- Salad
Oil -- Vegetable
Ointment
Olive
Orangeade
Orange Drink

Oven Cleaner
Oysters
Paint -- Acrylic

Paint -- Aluminum
Paint -- Enamel
Paint -- Finger
Paint -- Dried Latex
Paint -- Wet Latex
Paint -- Oil Base
Paint -- Water Base
Paint Cleaner
Papier-Mache
Paste -- Library
Peanut Butter
Pencil
Perfume
Permanent Wave Solution
Phenol 1%
Photocopier -- Dry Toner
Pickles -- Dill or Sour
Pimento
Pitch -- Tree
Plant Food
Plaster
Play-Doh
Potassium Permanganate
Potpourri
Potting Soil
Puddings
Pumpkin
Putty
Rhubarb
Rouge
Rubber and Rubber Cements
Rust
Salad Dressing
Salad Liquids
Saline Liquids
Salmon
Salt
Sauces
Semen
Shampoo -- Dandruff
Shellac
Sherbet
Shoe Dye
Shoe Polish -- Liquid
Shoe Polish -- Paste
Shoe Polish -- Wax
Shortening
Silver Nitrate
Skin Ointments
Smoke
Snow Melting Chemicals
Soap
Solder
Soot
Soup
Soy Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce
Spinach
Squash
Stamp Pad Ink
Starch
Starchy Foods
Sugar
Suntan Lotion
Syrup
Tea
Tincture of Zephiran
Tobacco
Tobacco Juice
Toilet Cleaner
Tomatoes
Tomato Sauce
Toothpaste
Transfer Colors
Tuna
Typewriter Ribbon
Unknown
Urine -- Dry
Urine -- Wet
Varnish
Vaseline
Vesephine
Vomit
Water Colors
Water Stains
Wax
Wax -- Floor
Wax -- Paraffin
Whiskey
Windex
Wine
Wood Fillers
Wood Primers
Yellowing
Zinc Oxide
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