Stains, we hate them but the happy right? Coffee, Wine, Mud, Chocolate are just some of the few most common stains. I found something that cleaned all of them up with just 2 ingredients!
Red Wine –
*Be sure to spot test your carpet in an inconspicuous spot before doing a large area.
Start by blotting up the excess spill.
*With all of these be sure to blot not rub. Rubbing will unwind the carpet fibers and can make the stain worse as it gets into them.
Make a mixture of 1 cup warm water and 1/4 tsp Dawn Dish Soap. Pour over the spill and let stand 5 minutes.
Using a light colored cloth, blot up the soapy water mixture. You’ll see the stain coming up into the cloth.
If the stain is removed finish with a warm water rinse. This is to remove the soapy residue so dirt and future stains won’t stick to it.
If the stain is not removed, repeat the above steps.
Blot up the warm water rinse as much water as possible.
Let dry completely.
Mud/Dirt –
Blot up the water if it’s wet, and vacuum the area to get out as much dirt as possible.
Apply the warm soapy mixture onto the spot, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Blot up as much of the water as possible. If the stain is gone, finish with a warm water rinse and blot up as much water as possible.
Coffee –
Start by blotting up the excess spill.
Apply the warm soapy mixture onto the spot, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Blot up as much of the water as possible.
If the stain is gone, finish with a warm water rinse and blot up as much water as possible.
Chocolate –
Carefully clean up the pieces, chunks, etc being careful not to rub any into the fibers of the carpet.
Apply the warm soapy mixture onto the spot, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Blot up as much of the water as possible.
If the stain is gone, finish with a warm water rinse and blot up as much water as possible.
Soda, Beer, Milk –
Start by blotting up the excess spill.
Apply the warm soapy mixture onto the spot, and let it stand for 5 minutes. Blot up as much of the water as possible.
If the stain is gone, finish with a warm water rinse and blot up as much water as possible.
A video I made with Hometalk is coming soon showing all of these stains and the removal process! I’m so excited they worked for me and I hope they’ll work for you too!
Here are some more cleaning posts of mine that you might be interested in seeing:
How To Clean Your Kitchen with Natural Products
DIY Household Cleaners
DIY Laundry Cleaners
Deep Clean Your Toilet From Top To Bottom
Deep Clean Your Kitchen
Deep Clean Your Washer & Dryer
Deep Clean Your Couch
Clean Your Oven Window
Clean Your Bathroom with Natural Products
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Great tip!
Thanks Michele
My husband bought a new home and installed a looped carpet in our bedroom. Of course, it was an off-white color! In less than one week, SOMEBODY that was not me tracked in some tar that was being used on another project. I was horrified. Got some of that blue dish soap and warm water and, behold, it cleaned the spots! It became my go-to stain cleaner from then on! Thanks for posting this for others.
Thank you so much for sharing your story, I’m so glad this worked for you as well. So nice to have a go to that’s already in our homes 🙂
Who would have thought that this simple way would work? As a general rule, we spend so much money on “special cleaners” for things like these. I do just about the same thing, although I have added hydrogen peroxide to the mix. It’s great to know that I don’t have to do that! Thanks for this great tip, Chas!
Thanks Linda and thanks for sharing that you do this too. Love having something that works that we already have in our homes. I have heard about the hydrogen peroxide working too, if I get a really stubborn stain I’ll have to give that a try.
Thank you for sharing these helpful carpet cleaning tips. I will be pinning this one.
Thank you Kippi and thanks for the Pin.
This is exactly when we need these tips!! Thanks
XOXO
Jodie
Thank you so much Jodie 🙂 and I’m glad it can help you too.
What kind of Dawn? It comes in all sorts of variations
I have just the standard original blue version.
Great tips! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! We hope you will join us again next week!
Kim
Thank you Kim and thanks for hosting a great party.
Thanks for this I don’t have carpet but my daughter just got new carpet I will have to pass this on to her. Thanks for sharing at Bloggers Pit Stop.
Thank you Connie and I love that you don’t have carpet. Much of our house has hard surfaces but there are a few places my husband insisted on having carpet still. Thanks for sharing with your daughter.
This is worth knowing, thanks.
You’re welcome, thanks Julie
Will this work on older stains that have dried?
Hi Pat! Yes, I have had good luck with it on older dried stains.