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Homemade Carpet Cleaning Tips

Water-Based Stains

Alcohol | Cola | Baby Formula | Beer | Blood | Candy | Ketchup | Choloclate Milk | Clay | Cologne | Cranberry Juice | Felt Tip Marker | Food Stains | Fruit Punch | Furniture Polish | Grape Juice | Graphite | Ice Cream | Jelly | Latex Paint | Liquor | Milk | Soil Spots | Syrup | Tomato Juice | Water Colors | Watermelon | Whiskey | Wine | Vomit

Step 1

  • Use a spoon or dull knife to remove solid materials.
    For liquid spills, blot up with a white towel or paper towel.
  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth.
  • Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth.
    Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently. Turn cloth frequently. Never rub, scrub or use a brush. This may damage carpet fibers.
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear, lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel and apply pressure.
  • Repeat rinsing and blotting until traces of the detergent have been removed.
  • If the stain is gone, place an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket. Change towels  or paper towels until carpet dries. If stain remains, proceed to step 2.

 

Step 2

  • DO NOT use on coffee, tea or urine.
  • Mix 2 tablespoons of non-bleaching, non-sudsing household ammonia with 1- cup lukewarm water.
  • Apply ammonia solution, rinse and blot as outlined in step 1.
  • Do not dry with paper towels. Proceed to step 3 to neutralize the ammonia solution.

 

Step 3

  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in step 1

Special-Water-Based Stains

Coffee | Tea | Urine

Step 1

  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Blot up liquid spills with a white towel or paper towel.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent, with 1 cup of water. Stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth.  Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth. Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently. Turn cloth frequently. Never rub, scrub, or use a brush. This may damage carpet fibers.
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel and apply pressure to blot.
  • Repeat the rinsing and blotting procedures until you are sure all traces of the detergent have been removed.
  • If the stain is gone, place an absorbent white towel or paper towel over area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color-fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
  • Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
  • If stains remain, proceed to step 2.

 

Step 2

  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups of water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in step 1.

Greasy Oil-Based Stains

Butter | Chocolate | Cooking Oil | Cosmetics | Crayon | Furniture Polish | Glue | Gravy | Grease | Gun | Hand Cream | Ink | Lipstick | Margarine | Mascara | Mayonnaise | Nail Polish | Oil Painting | Ointment | Peanut Butter | Salad Dressing | Spaghetti | Wax | Varnish 

Step 1

  • Use a spoon or dull knife to remove solid materials.
  • For these stains, use a citrus solvent applied directly to a white cloth. Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth. Avoid saturating the carpet.

 

Step 2

  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Blot up liquid spills with a white towel or paper towel.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water. Stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth. Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth. Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently. Turn cloth frequently. Never rub, scrub or use a brush. This may damage carpet fibers
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel and apply pressure to blot.
  • Repeat the rinsing and blotting procedures until you are sure all traces of the detergent have been removed.
  • If the stain is gone, place an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color-fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
  • Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
  • If stain remains, proceed to Step 3.

 

Step 3 – DO NOT USE ON Coffee, Tea or Urine

  • Mix 2 tablespoons of non- bleaching, non sudsing  house hold ammonia with 1 cup of lukewarm water.
  • Apply ammonia solution, rinse and blot as outlined in step 1.
  • Do not dry with paper towels. Proceed to Step 4 to neutralize the ammonia solution.

 

Step 4

  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups of water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.