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Tips on keeping your carpet looking beautiful
Use a high quality vacuum.  Bargain vacuums often don’t have the ability to lift all the grime and grit from carpet fibers.  Over time those soils grind into the delicate fibers, cutting them and causing carpets to look dull and dirty even after being freshly cleaned.

Vacuum high traffic areas on a daily basis.  Peripheral areas need slightly less attention, but should still be vacuumed at least twice a week.  Most carpets are designed for frequent vacuuming.  Daily vacuuming of your carpet will not wear it out!

  • Alcohol
  • Cola
  • Baby Formula
  • Beer
  • Blood
  • Candy
  • Catsup
  • Chocolate Milk  
  • Clay
  • Cologne
  • Cranberry Juice
  • Felt Tip Market  
  • Food stains
  • Fruit Juice
  • Fruit Punch    
  • Furniture Polish 
  • Grape Juice 
  • Graphite
  • Ice Cream
  • Jelly
  • Latex Paint  
  • Liquor
  • Milk
  • Soil Spots
  • Syrup
  • Tomato Juice
  • Water Colors
  • Watermelon
  • Whiskey
  • Wine
  • Vomit

Step 1

  • Use a spoon or dull knife to remove solid materials.  For liquid spills, blot up with a white towel or paper towel.
  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water.  Stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth.  Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth.  Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently.  Turn cloth frequently.  Never rub, scrub or use a brush.  This may damage carpet fibers.
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear, lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color-fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
  • Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
  • If stain remains, proceed to step 2.
Step 2       (Do NOT use on coffee, tea or urine stains.)
  • Mix 2 tablespoons of non-bleaching, non-sudsing household ammonia with 1 cup of lukewarm water.
  • Apply ammonia solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.
  • Do not dry with paper towels.  Proceed to Step 3 to neutralize the ammonia solution.
Step 3 
  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups of water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.

 

  • Coffee
  • Tea
  • Urine

Step 1

  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Blot up liquid spills with a white towel or paper towel.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water.  Stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth.  Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth.  Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently.  Turn cloth frequently.  Never rub, scrub or use a brush.  This may damage carpet fibers.
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel and apply pressure to blot.
  • Repeat the rinsing and blotting procedures until you are sure all traces of the detergent have been removed.
  • If the stain is gone, place an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color-fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
  • Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
  • If stain remains, proceed to Step 2.

Step2

  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups of water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.
  • Butter
  • Chocolate
  • Cooking Oil
  • Cosmetics
  • Crayon
  • Furniture Dye
  • Furniture Polish
  • Glue
  • Gravy
  • Grease (black)
  • Gum* 
  • Hand Cream
  • Ink
  • Lipstick
  • Margarine
  • Mascara
  • Mayonnaise
  • Nail Polish
  • Oil
  • Oil Paint
  • Ointment
  • Peanut Butter
  • Rouge
  • Salad Dressing
  • Spaghetti
  • Wax*
  • Varnish

Note: * Freeze and remove solid materials before using cleaning fluid.

Step 1

  • Use a spoon or dull knife to remove solid materials
  • For these stains, use a citrus solvent applied directly to a white cloth.  Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth.  Avoid saturating the carpet.

Step 2

  • For large stains, work from the outside of stain to the center to prevent spreading.
  • Blot up liquid spills with a white towel or paper towel.
  • Mix a solution of ¼ teaspoon of clear hand dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of water.  Stir gently.
  • Apply detergent solution directly to a white cloth.  Dampen the carpet fibers in the stained area with the cloth.  Avoid saturating the carpet.
  • Wipe gently.  Turn cloth frequently.  Never rub, scrub or use a brush.  This may damage carpet fibers.
  • If necessary, use your fingertips to work the solution to the base of the stain.
  • Wet the stained carpet fibers with clear, lukewarm water to rinse.
  • Cover the spot with an absorbent white towel or paper towel over the area cleaned, and weigh towels down with a heavy, color-fast object, such as a weighted plastic wastebasket.
  • Change towels or paper towels until carpet dries.
  • If stain remains, proceed to Step 3.

Step 3 (Do NOT use on coffee, tea or urine stains)

  • Mix 2 tablespoons of non-bleaching, non-sudsing household ammonia with 1 cup of lukewarm water.
  • Apply ammonia solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.
  • Do not dry with paper towels.  Proceed to Step 4 to neutralize the ammonia solution.

Step 4

  • Mix 1 cup of white vinegar with 2 cups of water.
  • Apply vinegar solution, rinse and blot as outlined in Step 1.