
Oh, no! There goes a glass of a perfectly aged Shiraz, flowing across your clean carpet, leaving a trail of deep burgundy. You can almost feel it seeping into the fibres and taking up residence, staining your perfectly appointed lounge room. Conquering common household carpet stains shouldn’t be a drama, particularly when you know how and when to react; prepare yourself an arsenal and tackle life’s little upsets with a spray bottle in one hand and information in the other.
Bennetts Carpet Cleaning has your back – here’s how to remove 3 common stains.
Cordial
Green, red and orange cordial can wreak havoc on clean carpets; short of enforcing a strict drink only in the kitchen rule, these spills will happen as your kids grow up.
– Blot the affected area with a paper towel to soak up the excess. Do not rub, smear or press firmly, as this will move along ingress and create more work for you.
– Mix white vinegar and washing detergent in a spray bottle with warm water. Spray until covered and let soak, repeat, and leave for 10 minutes.
– Blot again with a clean paper towel, adding a specialised carpet cleaner to a bowl of hot water. Continue until stain is gone. Repeat treatments may be necessary over time.
Coffee
Who doesn’t love a good cuppa after a long day, or before one begins! Coffee stains are an unfortunate side effect of being a coffee lover, and while those rings may be stylish on paper, coffee on carpet creates a brownish stain that can be difficult to shake if left to set.
– Absorb all excess coffee with a few paper towels. Don’t press down or rub it in.
– Use the same vinegar, water and detergent mix suggested above, adding a dash of lemon juice to provide acidity. Treat by blotting the affected area with the mixture.
Red Wine
Wine is the worst offender in the household stains department, accounting for a heavy percentage of search traffic. No matter how many times we are told to be careful, we will all at least spill wine once in our lives, leading to a dark stain – you may not even notice until the next day. Don’t fret. Here’s how to get rid of that wine stain pronto:
– Fill one spray bottle with cold water and another with dishwashing detergent and warm water.
– Spray the detergent mixture onto a clean rag or cloth and blot the stain – as it lightens and more wine is transferred to the cloth, change the cloth edge you’re blotting with to ensure you’re not harming instead of helping.
– After you’ve beat the stain, use the cold water to extract the soapy detergent from the carpet. Use a dry cloth to soak up any residual water.
– For added cleaning power, place a heavy pot on top of a pile of paper towels and leave overnight. This will grab any leftover wine deep inside your carpet fibres.
Happy cleaning!
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