A few weeks ago we decided to clean our very light colored carpet. It was very dirty due to all the traffic from the back door (our main entry) and I could no longer stand to look at it. My Honey came to my rescue!
I learned a long time ago not to use soap to clean carpets from a professional carpet cleaner, she says it causes them to be sticky. We knew we needed something more natural, so we decided on a combination of warm water, vinegar and Oxy Clean.
DIY Carpet Cleaning Mixture:2 1/2 cups of vinegar
2 scoops of Oxy clean
Warm Water to the fill line on the tank
The clean water tank on this particular machine was about 2 to 2 1/2 gallons capacity.
NOTE: Although this mixture worked for our light colored carpet, I'm not sure about using Oxy Clean on darker colored carpets, so be sure to test it before you start just to be safe.
Yes, there will be a slight vinegar odor, but it dissipates in about 24 hours time.We rented the Bissell Big Green machine at our local Lowe's for $24.99 plus taxes. Its a 24 hour rental. This machine is awesome just in case you are wondering. We will be using it again in the future.
You can see here how dirty our carpets were. The left side is the cleaned carpet and the right is still dirty. The light spot to the right is where I had cleaned up a pet stain earlier in the week.
My guy actually spent a full 8 hours cleaning our carpets. They were filthy. To be honest with you, we did not know just how light colored the carpet really was until after he was done. You can see in this picture the vertical lines.....he cleaned the whole room in one direction and then cleaned it again in the opposite direction. I'm so glad he did this. What a difference!
The next morning it was completely dry and he vacuumed the entire room just to fluff it up, it was so pretty and most of all clean. No more stains. Thank you Honey! :)
Some day we will install a nice wood flooring, but for now we know how to make our carpet pretty when we need to!
It doesn't have to be done all at once. It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!
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