How to Remove Stains From Carpets

Nothing feels worse than dropping a glass of wine or other colored liquid on your favorite carpet. Carpet stains have to be approached very carefully. Rubbing a stain in the wrong way can help it set into the carpet rather than take it out of the fibers of a carpet. 

Other foods that commonly stain carpets include ketchup, coffee, tea, tomato sauces and chocolate. Fortunately there are plenty of ways to clean a carpet so that you can’t even tell that something stained your carpet in the first place. 

Here are some ways to clean synthetic carpet fibers. 

· First, dip a white colored cloth or paper towel in detergent and press on the cloth for a few seconds. This can help soak up extra liquid.

· You can then soak up liquid with a dry white cloth. 

· You can cover the stain with some salt, and allow the salt to soak up the color, particularly if you do not have the ingredients to clean the stain with immediately. Then vacuum up the salt when you are ready to clean the stain. 

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· Use a vinegar solution to clean the stain, consisting of one cup of white vinegar to two cups of water. Dip your white cloth into this solution and press into the stain repeatedly. Wait for 15 minutes. The white vinegar should help remove detergent and attract dirt left in your carpet.

· Blot your stain and carpet with lukewarm water. Then wait one hour or until the carpet dries.

· If your spill is bad, you can alternately place baking soda on the spill mixed with white vinegar and allow this mixture to dry. You can work this paste up using an old toothbrush. The baking soda should soak up the stain. Once the mixture dries, the stain should be gone. Sometimes you may need to treat the stain more than once. 

Natural Fibers

Typically vinegar also works on natural fiber rugs as well. You can often spray the stain with a vinegar solution, and blot dry with a white cloth rather than pouring a solution into the material. For chocolate or candies, it helps to spray the stain with a solution of ammonia, which should consist of one tablespoon of ammonia with ½ cup of lukewarm water.