Homemade carpet cleaner for pet stains
Keeping carpets stain free can be a challenge when your pets are allowed inside. Katrina from The Organised Housewife has shared her homemade carpet cleaner recipe to rescue your home from unexpected incidents.
Ingredients:
- Paper towel
- 1 part water and 1 part vinegar in a spray bottle
- Bicarb soda
Method:
1. Use a paper towel to pick up as much solid particles from the mess as you can. If the mess is a solid, vacuum up whatever is remaining. Remove the attachment from your vacuum and use the nozzle to go over the area, left to right, back and forward, several times.
2. To remove the odour, sprinkle the mess with bicarb soda and then spray with the vinegar solution. Do not overspray the solution as the bicarb and vinegar will react together. Leave it to sit for 30 minutes to a few hours. The solution will then bring the colour to the surface, making it easy to vacuum away.
3. Vacuum up the powder from the carpet and if you can still see a hint of stain, spray again with the vinegar solution and dab a paper towel over the surface to absorb the vinegar. Repeat until the stain is fully removed. Make sure you do not rub the area but only dab/blot it.
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