At Stain Remover, we are committed to providing you with the best advice with tested solutions for stain removal. Judy has 70 years of stain removal under her belt. Although she has now passed she left this tips info for site all to use free. But you need to be careful only try the tip on a tiny bit of the carpet or what ever it is just to see how it is going. Once looking good do the rest. Most solutions are natural products and home remedies. No liability is accepted at all. If you want to make a claim you will have to contact Judy in heaven.
Fruit drinks and carpet go together only too well!! This tip from a commercial carpet leaner of 27 years informs that the best remedy is a bar of carbolic soap and a little warm water and rubbing. Followed by sponging. From 1978.
Apply a goo quality of non Alkaline liquid detergent mixed with a little warm water. Rub solution over the stain using a sponge or absorbent cloth. Dry well with clean cloth. Repeat with clear water. . Test for colour fastness on an obscure portion of carpet.
Removed red cordial from beige carpet by dabbing equal parts of amonia and methylated spirits. Dried between applications. Dried with the blow end of the vacuum cleaner.
For stronger stains can use a carpet cleaner shampoo if that does not work try a 50/50 peroxide solution but take extreme care as it might leave a white spot. Rinse with plenty of water after. Can dry and try again with a stronger solution if needed. Observe result and see how it goes. This is for tough stains only. Rinse with plenty of water after to remove peroxide.
If the stain is in the sun area of the carpet leave for a few weeks it may bleach out naturally.
Try and get stains out as soon as possible. Any acidic stains can burn the carpet and nothing will get those out.
If you have a little spare piece of carpet get carpet tech to cut that piece out.
Will remove the following -
Biro, Chewing gum, Furniture polish, Grease and Tar. With regard to Wax try freezing with an ice cube first and simpy use finger nail or plastic scaper blunt type most will break away. Then use white spirits for remainder. For urine try dilute detergent first then white spirits or Acetone.
Removes blood, coffee, felt pen, furniture polish after white spirits, Grease and tar after white spritis, Urine, poop, and wine but the red type will be a real challenge.
Most things come out with warm water and detergent.
Time for new carpet see if it is covered by insurance.
Wipe with white vinegar.
Environmentally friendly cleaner.
100mls household ammonia
200 grams of bi carbonate of soda
Store in a tightly sealed container and mark it. Not a drink bottle.
Household ammonia contains 3.7% ammonia and quickly reverts to neutral salts.
eucalyptus oil in 20mls of methylated spirits.
Put into 2 litres of water. Store in a not drink bottle for future use. Keep out of reach of children.
Wash in hot soapy water then rub lemon juice over the stains. Leave to dry in the sun. Soak shower curtains in salty water to prevent mildew.
boil in water containing half a cup of vinegar.
Scrub with white vinegar
To clean glass dissolve 20 drops of lavender oil in methylated spirits, then blend with 500mls of water and put into spray bottle. Shake before use. Apply with damp cloth then wipe off with newspaper.
Screw up some news paper and spray with a little water and simply wipe off the muck. Better than most cleaners. Streak free too. Good for Diesel wax on the outside of a cars wind screen too.
Cars and trucks discharge oil and grease into the atmosphere.
for not septic attached toilets, using a paste of borax and lemon juice. For septic systems use white vinegar.
for septics put one cup of bicarbonate of soda down toilet to promote bacteria improving waste digestion.
What is Dry cleaning fluid.?? PERC which is short fo Perchloroethylene which is a man made colourless non flameable chemical. Used in dry cleaning clothes and removing stains of all sorts. Some people make theie own version out of rubbing alcohol and white vinegar 50:50. It is being banned by the USEPA. There are cancer concerns.
Re Grass stains - Rub with gelly like hand cleaner before putting in the wash. Rubbing with methylated spirits works too, There was a green hand cleaner about then that smelled of turpentine. I wonder if crc works? Another correspondent used soaking in kerosene then wash in warm soapy water. Soaking in nappy cleaning solution may work also try and see not too much though you might bleach the jeans.
Re Grass stains - Rub with gelly like hand cleaner before putting in the wash. Rubbing with methylated spirits works too, There was a green hand cleaner about then that smelled of turpentine. I wonder if crc works? Another correspondent used soaking in kerosene then wash in warm soapy water. Soaking in nappy cleaning solution may work also try and see not too much though you might bleach the jeans.
Soak in warm water over night. . or leave until dry and brush off with a stiff brush. Then sponge off with detergent and ammonia solution. or bicarbonate of soda.
Try mixing ash, olive oil, and linsead oil spread over the mark and leave over night. Next day rub off and polish well. Another wood working used brass polish rubbing in a circular motion using a soft cloth then use polishing oil.
To remove oil, hand cream, all point, butter and probably margarine, use dry cleaning fluid. Meths might work too.
Coffee, tea, Milk, gravy, choolate, Blood, Egg. Ice cream, Sauces, Salad Dressing Vomit. Remove as much as the stain material as you can such as the liquids and solids. apply detergent, vinegar water solution dry the carpet and apply dry cleaning solvent. Dry the carpet and brush and vacuum.
Sweets, soft drinks and Alcoholic beverages. Blot up the liquids and solids and apply a vinegar detergent water solution dry the carpet and reapply if required then dry and brush.