How To Clean Your Carpet
Source of Recipe
Waste Nothing
List of Ingredients
Find the spot source in the first column and read across that row for the correct spot removal method to try. Continue using the first method
until there is no longer a transfer of stain to the cleaning cloth. Try the first method suggested, then the second, and third, etc. until the spot is
successfully removed.
Key to Cleaning Methods
1. Dry Cleaning Fluid - A nonflammable spot removal liquid available in grocery and hardware stores.
2. Nail Polish Remover - Amyl Acetate - Often has a banana fragrance.
3. Detergent Solution - Mix 1 cup water and 1.5 teaspoons mild liquid detergent (no lanolin, non-bleach).
4. Warm Water - Lukewarm tap water.
5. Vinegar Solution - One cup WHITE vineger to two cups water.
6. Ammonia Solution - Two tablespoons household ammonia to one cup water.
7. Spot Removal Kit - Available from retail carpet stores or professional cleaners.
8. Call a Professional - If you cannot completely remove the spot.
9. Vacuum clean
Spot
Method
Acne Medication
1,3,6,5,4,8
Alcoholic Beverage
3,6,5,4,8
Bleach
3,4,8
Blood
6,3,4(cold),7,8
Butter
1,3,6,5,4,8
Candle Wax
2,1,8
Catsup
3,6,5,4,7,8
Charcoal
9,3,8
Chewing Gum (Freeze with ice, chip away, then...)
1,8
Chocolate
1,3,6,5,4,8
Coffee/Tea with cream & sugar
3,5,4,7,8
Cosmetics
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Crayon (Freeze with ice, chip away, then...)
1,3,8
Food
3,6,4,8
Fruit Juice
3,6,5,4,7,8
Furniture Polish (Water Base)
3,4,1,6,7,8
Furniture Polish (Solvent Base)
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Grass
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Grease
1,3,4,8
Ink-ball point pin
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Iodine
1,3,6,5,4,8
Kool-Aid
9,3,5,4,7,8
Lipstick
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Medicine
2,1,3,6,5,4,7,8
Milk
1,3,6,5,4,8
Mud
3,4,8
Mustard
3,5,4,7,8
Nail Polish
2,1,3,4,6,7,8
Oil
1,3,8
Paint, latex
3,6,4,7,8
Plant Food
3,6,5,4,7,8
Rust
5,3,4,7,8
Shoe Polish
2,1,3,6,4,7,8
Soft Drinks
3,6,5,4,7,8
Tar
1,7,8
Toothpaste
3,5,6,4,8
Unknown
2,1,3,5,6,4,7,8
Urine, wet
3,6,5,4,8
Urine, dry
3,4,5,6,8
Vomit
3,6,5,4,7,8
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