Carpet Cleaning Tips & TRICKS

There are certain things that you should keep in mind before trying to remove dog urine from carpet. They are:

• It is always easier to clean a fresh spot, so try and attack the spot as soon as possible.
• NEVER us an ammonia based product for stain removal as this will  lead to further staining. This is because, dog urine contains ammonia.
• Always test a small portion of the carpet with the detergent so that you are ensured that the solution itself does not stain.
• Always get rid of the smell completely, or else your dog might end  up peeing on the same spot with an intention of marking his territory.

Paper Towel

If  the puddle is still fresh, then place paper towels on it and soak as  much of the pee as you can. This will ensure that the stain does not  become deep and set there permanently. It will also ensure that the  carpet does not emit a smell.

Vinegar

1. Take some white vinegar and mix it in water, in a 50:50 ratio.
2. Now take the mixture and pour it over the stain so that it percolates deep into the carpet and covers the entire stain.
3. Then take a hard brush and scrub over the area (make sure you use the right pressure so as not to damage the carpet).
4. Now blot it with some paper towels.
5. The vinegar will act as a neutralizing agent for the ammonia in the dog pee.

 It is  true that one should use cleaners meant specifically to clean cat  urine. But before you do that, you need to blot cat urine from the  carpet. The best way to remove cat urine from carpet is by using  absorbent paper towels or dry cloth pieces. 

• Place the cloth or paper  towel right above the spot and let it be there for a minute or two. This  would allow the absorbent material to soak up all the urine that is  there on the surface of the carpet. 

• Replace the old blotting surface  with newer ones. Press the blotting papers gently first. After you have  soaked the urine a couple of times, stand over the last few pieces of  absorbent material that you place on the area. This would soak out more  urine that might still be left in the deeper layers of the carpet. 

• There  is one precaution that needs to be taken while one tries to remove cat  urine from carpet. Do not rub the urine! Well if I need to repeat then I  will do that once again! ‘Do not rub the urine’. This will just spread  it over a wider area and add to your labor. 

You  will need rubbing alcohol, a clean white cloth, white towel, paper  towels, water and a vacuum cleaner. Once you have all these things in  place, you are ready to start with the ink stain removal process.

Step 1

Take  the clean white cloth and apply some rubbing alcohol on it. Next, with  the help of this cloth, dab the alcohol onto the stain. Make sure that  when you do this, you do not apply the rubbing alcohol on the  surrounding areas of the carpet or the stain will become bigger and soil  the carpet even more.

Step 2

Take  the vacuum cleaner and suck out all rubbing alcohol from it which you  have just applied. Next, take the white towel and blot out the ink  stain. Remember not to rub at the stain with the towel or the ink might  enter the carpet deeper, making it even more difficult for you to get  rid of it. So, simply blot the ink stain.

Step 3

Repeat  step 1 and step 2 mentioned above. Keep on repeating them until you are  no longer able to blot any ink with the towel. For those of you who  want to know how to remove ink from fabric, the same method using  rubbing alcohol can prove to be quite effective. The only difference is  that for fabrics, you do not need to vacuum the stain, you only have to  use a clean white towel to blot out the ink. To know more about ink  stain removal from fabrics, you may go to how to remove ink from  clothes.

Step 4

The  last step in the procedure on how to remove dry ink from carpet is to  clean the stained area with water. Cleaning with water at the end is  very important so that no trace of rubbing alcohol is left in the  carpet. After cleaning the carpet with water, blot out the excess water  using paper towels. This will help in drying the carpet quickly. Another  thing that you can do is to blow air across the stained portion of the  carpet using a fan.

The  most important tip on how to remove ink from carpet is to remove the  ink stains when they are still fresh. If the ink has just spilled on the  carpet, then instead of using rubbing alcohol, which is slightly  harsher, blot the ink stain with paper towels and then apply milk on it.  Scrub theinked area on the carpet with a small toothbrush and then blot  again with paper towels. Repeat this process until the ink stain is  removed. In case the ink stains are stubborn and do not get removed by  milk, you will have to apply rubbing alcohol on it for ink stain removal  as mentioned above.

•  Pour some cold water directly taken from the tap onto the stained area  and allow it to stand for 15 seconds.

•  Now take a clean, dry piece of  cotton cloth and press it onto the water soaked blood stain. 

• Remember to  remove blood from carpet, do not use wiping strokes but keep dabbing  the cloth onto the stain. 

• Repeat by soaking the area some more and then  dab with dry cotton swabs or cloth again. Once the cloth has absorbed  the stain to the maximum extent, use a blow dryer to dry out the area.