How To Remove Carpet Stains – 6 Easy Solutions
In a home décor, carpets can play a central role in balancing the design, from a chromatic perspective, also adding extra texture or pattern into the image. What do you do when this balance is upset by a stain or two of wine or grease? The answer is very simple: you just find the solutions in your home pantry. So here is how to remove carpet stains using whatever items you have within reach.
Getting that coffee or tea stain out of your rug may seem impossible, but you can literally lift it out by pouring a bit of beer right on top. Rub the beer lightly into the material, and the stain should disappear. You may have to repeat the process a couple of times to remove all traces of the stain, according to Rd.com.
If your latest party ended with some serious wine stains on the carpet, here is what you have to do. Cover the evidence by combining equal parts hydrogen peroxide and liquid detergent and pouring over the stain. Blot with a towel, wash with warm water, and let it dry.
If you dropped some grease on the carpet, pour cornstarch over grease stains and let set for 20 minutes. The superfine cornstarch absorbs the grease while cleaning the carpet. Vacuum away for a final fresh carpet.
Rely on vinegar to remove carpet stains. For light stains, mix two tablespoons of salt with 1/2 cup of vinegar. If the stains are darker, then add to the two ingredients just mentioned two tablespoons of borax. If we are talking about tougher stains, then make a paste of one tablespoon of vinegar and one tablespoon of cornstarch. In any of the three cases, apply the solution to the carpet, let it dry and then vacuum. For the tougher stains, rub the paste into the stain with a dry cloth, let it sit for two days and then vacuum.
It happens to you that, when visiting a house or an apartment, you are met by that bad odor which says a lot about the low frequency of cleaning in that respective place. Many times, the smell is absorbed by the carpet so, to absorb stale odors from carpet and to generally freshen up a room) scatter baking soda on it, wait a few hours and then vacuum up the powder.
