Removing Carpet Stains

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Your carpets are like a sponge. They absorb everything and anything that comes into contact with it. Whether it be juice, ink, grease, chocolate or puke, it always seems to get into your carpet somehow. Fret not, here are a few tips by Jennifer Brite on how to clean your carpets using products you can find around your house.

How to Remove Every Type of Carpet Stain

Get stains out with ingredients you probably already have around the house.

Oops! Whether it be grape juice, a little present from Fido, or finger-paint artwork from your 3-year-old, it seems whatever is not supposed to get on the carpet always does. Here are a few tips from carpet manufacturer Shaw and rug maker and importer Nourison on how to clean your carpets using products you can find around your house.

What You Should Know Before You Start

To remove a stain, simply blot the spot and dry working from the outside in, rinse thoroughly with clean water, then blot again. Never scrub the carpet, or you risk ruining the carpet fibers or letting the spill soak through to the carpet pad. See more here…

Carpet Stains are hard to handle…especially when they have already set in. Luckily, there are many innovative techniques to uplift the grime and stains trapped within your carpet. Check out Real Simple’s techniques on how to treat carpet stains.

Food and Drink

See easy carpet-stain solutions for recipes for all solutions below.

Synthetic-Fiber Rugs

Wine, ketchup, chocolate, coffee, tea, beer, milk, tomato sauce, berries, hard candy, juice, soda, Gatorade, Kool-Aid

1. Dip a white cloth (or a white paper towel with no printing) into the detergent solution and dab repeatedly, then press the cloth on the spot for a few seconds. Wait 15 minutes (it takes time to break down the stain), then soak up the excess liquid with a dry white cloth.

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Lastly, check out Martha Stewart’s chosen tutorial on how to remove any carpet stain.

If these DIY carpet cleaning methods just aren’t cutting it, remember that Refresh Carpet Cleaning is just a phone call away. Refresh cleans carpet, rug, tile & grout, and upholstery. You can call them at 604 474 2455 to book an appointment.

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