Easy Homemade Carpet Cleaner Only 3 Ingredients (and Why It Works!)
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Let me start off by saying I have personally used this easy homemade carpet cleaner for years and more times than I care to admit. My husband has a tendency to spill anything that’s red (spaghetti, pizza). We have very light carpet, so you can imagine how that turns out!
Now that we have a dog, I use this easy homemade carpet cleaner probably every few weeks.
The best part about this cleaner is it’s cheap and effective. It also is safe for kids and pets!
First, I will share with you the recipe. Then, I will explain to you a little bit about why it works so well!
Let me start off by saying I have personally used this easy homemade carpet cleaner for years and more times than I care to admit. My husband has a tendency to spill anything that’s red (spaghetti, pizza). We have very light carpet, so you can imagine how that turns out!
Now that we have a dog, I use this easy homemade carpet cleaner probably every few weeks.
The best part about this cleaner is it’s cheap and effective. It also is safe for kids and pets!
First, I will share with you the recipe. Then, I will explain to you a little bit about why it works so well!
Ingredients:
Step One: Clean up any debris first. Pieces of food, excess liquid, or dog bones (lol). Just pick up the area a little bit so all you have is the carpet and the stain or just carpet that needs to be cleaned. You can see in the picture above that Ruger made quit the mess with his bone. He also rain outside in the dirt and came in. The carpet is just dingy looking with some dirt stains.
Step Three: Make sure your vinegar is in a spray bottle, and spray the entire area that has baking soda on it.
So, why does this particular method work so well?
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Hi Alexis ... I have tried your method of sprinkling baking soda and spritzed the vinegar on the stains. Then I allowed it to 'settle', I then used the peroxide (spritzed). Where there were heavier 'clumps' of soda, the rug appears to have been 'bleached' by where I had used the baking soda. My rug is light in colour ... A berber type . Now what can I do? Marilyn
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(Hi Marilyn, I replied yesterday, but I don't think it put it as a reply to this comment, sorry about that...) I've never had this happen on my carpet, but it did happen to my rug. It's a similar material. I will say that sometimes your carpet can get dirty and discolored over time. The baking soda won't bleach(it doesn't have the capability) but it will lift all the dirt completely. My rug was so much whiter than it was before in the spots I used it on. I ended up pouring baking soda and vinegar over entire rug. It made it so clean and back to its original color. You can leave it that way and normal wear/dirt will probably settle again bringing it back to normal. If you'd like, send me a picture to alexis@chemistrycachet.com or contact me through my blog so I can help you further!
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I've never had this happen on my carpet, but it did happen to my rug. It's a similar material. I will say that sometimes your carpet can get dirty and discolored over time. The baking soda won't bleach(it doesn't have the capability) but it will lift all the dirt completely. My rug was so much whiter than it was before in the spots I used it on. I ended up pouring baking soda and vinegar over entire rug. It made it so clean and back to its original color. You can leave it that way and normal wear/dirt will probably settle again bringing it back to normal. If you'd like, send me a picture to alexis@chemistrycachet.com or contact me through my blog so I can help you further! 😊
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