Tired of seeing stains embedded in your carpets? Maybe its from that time you spilled a cup or coffee or perhaps from all the heavy foot traffic that surrounds your front door. Whatever the case might be, the question remains up to you, “How are you going to clean your carpets?”
Will you spend hundreds on professional carpet cleaning services, blame you landlord’s previous tenants, or clean it yourself? For those “DIY-ers” out there, here are some suggestions for those pesky carpet stains!
- Saturate the stain with water.
- Blot it until merely damp, with as many towels as it takes.
- Mix 2 cups water and 2 cups white distilled vinegar in a spray bottle.
- Saturate the stain with the vinegar mixture.
- Get a stiff (but not wire!) brush and rub the mixture into the fibers and padding.
- Blot it up until merely damp, with as many towels as it takes.
- Sprinkle a heavy layer of baking soda onto the stain.
- Use the brush to work the baking soda into the fibers and padding.
- Mix 1 teaspoon dish soap into 1 cup peroxide.
- Saturate the baking soda and all the carpet underneath with the peroxide mixture.
- Use the brush to work the peroxide mixture into the baking soda, fibers, and padding.
- Blot up the excess until merely damp, with as many towels as it takes.
- Let dry overnight.
- Vacuum the area thoroughly.
- Saturate the area with the vinegar mixture again.
- Use the brush to work the vinegar into the fibers and padding.
- Blot it until merely damp, using as many towels as it takes.
- Saturate the area with straight water.
- Blot it until merely damp, using as many towels as it takes.
- Repeat steps 18 and 19 twice more.
