How to Remove Stubborn Carpet Stains

Jul 22
11:04

2012

Pia Velarde

Pia Velarde

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Any substance can harm your carpet from juice, coffee, paint and even bubble gums. Here are the best ways to remove the stubborn carpet stains.

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Carpets provide comfort and beauty to our home. However,How to Remove Stubborn Carpet Stains  Articles one spilled drink can ruin everything especially if it results to a stubborn stain which gives us headache in removing them.The sooner you clean the stain the better since the carpet fiber has not yet fully absorbed the blot. Here helpful tips in getting rid of the most stubborn stain on carpets. Coffee, Milk and BeerYour morning can’t be a good one if coffee and milk stains greet you in the middle of your carpet. During game time on TV, your beer might just slipped off your hands and give your carpet a splash. But don’t worry, all you need to do is blot up excess with paper towel and scrub with diluted carpet shampoo, wrap with paper towels and place it in the area for a couple of hours.  Fruit Juice and ColaAs your kids or guests hangout in your living room, juice and cola stains can just ruin the mood. Bring back the atmosphere by blotting up excess, sponge with a 1 teaspoon of powdered laundry detergent and 1 teaspoon white vinegar dissolved in 1 liter of warm water.Animal UrineYour buddy keep smelling here and there and the next thing you know is he’s already peeing on your carpet. To remove unwanted odor and the color, immediately blot up excess paper towels, soak with club soda, blot again and rub with diluted carpet shampoo.Paint and Shoe PolishKids can be careless during their artsy-fartsy time while your shoe polish is not yet dry as you step on your carpeting. In order to remove these stains, use a paint remover or a dry-cleaning fluid.BloodAccidents can happen and staining carpets with blood is not an exemption. If the blood is fresh, blot it up with hot water. But if it’s already dried, cover the area with equal parts of cold water and meat tenderizer and leave it for 30 minutes. Use sponge with cold water to clean it afterwards. Oil and GreaseOil is just stubborn to water so how can you clean it? What Dublin carpet cleaners usually do is to blot up excess with paper towels, sponge with dry-cleaning liquid and work on it from edges of the area to the center.Chewing gumChill the gum with ice cubes but make sure the ices are in the plastic bag. Scrape off with a butter knife with blotted trichloroethylene, so your carpet fibers will not be cut off.Carpet stains accidents happen and unfortunately unavoidable. But since you know the right remedies to these problems, you are assured that you can remove them as quickly as possible.