Animal and plant based carpet stains
Basically most household carpet stains can be categorized into two types. Stains that come from an animal and those that come from a plant. Stains that come from an animal include gravy, pet urine, or eggs etc. Carpet spots that come from am plant include friut juice, cofee, soda pop ...
Vinegar and Laundry Detergent are the two cheapest and readily available items that i advise when I advise my clients on simple carpet stain removal in Edmonton, Alberta.
Mix a small amount of laundry non-bleach detergent with water. I usually do a 1 to 10 ratio as I do not want to leave a lot of foam residue in the carpet. Also mix a 1 to 3 mixture of white vinegar. They can be used a s a first step to spot and stain removal.
Animal stain Example - The Kids have just dropped some gravy on your carpet.
!. Blot out, (dont rub) the excess gravy with an absorbant cotton cloth
2. Apply a small amount of diluted laundry detergent onto stain. let the enzymes in the detergent digest the stain for about 5 minutes.
3. Blot out the stain. Repeat unitl stain is removed.
There may be some foam residue left from the detergent. Apply a solution of one part vinegar to two parts water to break that down Blot it out.
Plant Stain Example - The kids have just spilled a soda on the carpet
Use the vinegar mixture - apply to stain. Blot out the stain. For more stain removal tips go to simple carpet stain removal in Edmonton, Alberta.
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