How to Remove Carpet Stains

Here are some tips on how to remove carpet stains. These tips work well on tea, soda, red wine, grape juice, and coffee stains.

1) As soon as the spill occurs get a white towel or paper towels and blot the puddle as best you can. If you have a shop vacuum use it to get all the excess liquid.

2) Drizzle the stain with a carbonated beverage such as tonic water, 7-Up, or club soda. Make sure you use plenty and then let the liquid stand for about 15 minutes.

3) Again take a white towel or paper towel and blot the liquid. Try and get the surface area as dry as possible. Once the carpet stain has been removed rinse the area with clean warm water and again blot dry.

More Techniques on How to Remove Carpet Stains

1) Another way to remove carpet stains caused by coffee or other dark liquids is to mix one 1/4 teaspoon of dish washing soap with a half pitcher of warm water. Use a good amount of this mixture and work it into the stain.

A) Go back to the blotting procedure to get out all the moisture and the carpet stain should disappear.

2) Another option is to sprinkle the carpet stains with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Let it sit for four to six hours. Then blot up as much of the peroxide as you can and then reapply more if need be. On the second go round, you can let it sit overnight. In the morning blot off any excess peroxide. You may want to rinse with water but this is usually not necessary.

Do you have any good tips on how to remove stains from the carpet? If so, please post below.

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