Biggest Secret in Removing Stains and Bleach, Mustard & Rust Stains

Sadly I must start off by telling you that everything in here is a suggestion and if it fails I cannot be held accountable for these suggestions failing to remove the stain.

Moving on What am I talking about? The Biggest Secret? "Whatever woman you are a joke." I am sure you are thinking that. Well no. This is the Number ONE Thing you should own in your home. If you don't, well don't say you were not warned. Yes in the garage your spouse may have it for cleaning up the spills and messes out there but why don't you have one in the house for the very day spills? Caught on yet? Wet/Dry vacuum cleaner. The trusty Shop-Vac. More and more people should have these as they are what you need to get rid of Mold also but we will get into mold removal another time.

Our trusty Wet/Dry Vac can be used to quickly suck up the spills, reducing the on set of the stain and it spreading, this depends greatly on your speed at getting it out of course. But even more importantly you can repeatedly flush the area with water and suck the water out to reduce the stain before it even starts to set in. This is much more efficient than the blotting with a cloth and no as likely to damage the carpet you are trying to protect.

Here are a few more for you too.

Bleach: Bleach stains are well it's bleach, it has bleached the color out of the carpet and there is no stain to remove. That is harsh I realize but the bleached spot cannot be removed since the dye has actually been removed out of the carpet. Your best course of action here is Three possibles: 1) you find a Carpet Cleaning Company that can dye your carpet or 2) have the effected area cut out of the carpet and replaced that area. Or 3) Call in the installers and get in flooring.

Mustard: This depends on the type of mustard it is greatly. Get out the Wet/Dry Vac. Using water water I want you to try using the Vac and water to flush the mustard out. Remember this is one of the hardest strains to remove. Dab the area to help left the stain. Never ever RUB the mustard. you will just make the stain larger. This is a stain that is difficult and try to get it out but if it fails and you even try having the carpet cleaned and it remains, the only solution is to cut out the stain and replace the area with a patch. Or call in the Carpet installers and get new Carpet all together. Of course there is the option of moving around the furniture and forgetting about it.

Rust: If it is a fresh stain get out the Wet/Dry Vac and say a number of other general Carpet cleaning products. If this fails, call in the Professionals. Many Professional Carpet Cleaning companies can remove almost all rust stains but the chemicals they use to do are somewhat hazardous for casual usage. Keep this in mind though if anyone in your home can not take strong chemicals.

If this fails, then just look at the last resort of stain removal... Removing the carpet it's self or at least the effected area of the carpet.

Dye Stains: Dyes from medications, foods,cosmetics, crayons and many other household products can each react differently with your carpet. If the stain is permanent it may yet still be possible to spot-dye the rug. Or call in the Carpet Cleaners first, see if they can remove it and some of these Carpet Cleaners will have the ability to so dye the carpet.

General Liquids:

• Blot or Wet/Dry Vac up liquids as soon as possible. Do NOT rub them in to the carpet! This will make the problem area bigger. Use only a clean white cotton cloth or plain white paper towels. Plain white because we do not want color transfer from the paper towel to the carpet.
• Once this is done rinse the are with cold water and blot or Wet/dry vac up the liquid again.
• keep repeating as necessary to remove more of the stain. Remember not to rub as we do not want to increase the area of the stain and damage the fibers of the carpet. Breakage in the fibers mean places for the stain to hide and rubbing the the stained area may set the stain permanently into the fibers.

Peanut Butter , Semi solids and Puddings:

• Scrape up as much of the solids by gently lifting it up using a spoon.
• Once this is done rinse the are with cold water and blot or Wet/dry vac up the liquid again.
• Keep doing this til you see no more transfer to a clean paper towel or cloth.

Dried solids:

• Wet/Dry Vac or Vacuum the solids up.
• Once this is done rinse the are with cold water and blot or Wet/dry vac up the liquid again.
• Keep doing this til you see no more transfer to a clean paper towel or cloth.

Helpful hints: When the stain just has not lifted out remember when using cleaning solvents, apply it to the cloth first. Then work it in from the outside of the stain to the center of the stain. We want to make the stain smaller so we don't want to spread it out word.

• Apply the cleaner
• Extract by blotting or Wet/Dry Vac
• Rinse
• Extract again
• and keep repeating until you no longer get any transfer onto a cloth or paper towel from the stain

Yes it can take time and none of us like to take this much time up. But you will be happier with the result if you do. Remember you want to extract the solvents you used too. Dry the carpet as quickly as possible. You want to dry it as quickly as possible because you do not want if it is there the stain that maybe deep down from wicking up to the surfaces. Think Candle wick here. The stain comes back by using the fibers like a candle wick.

If the stain you are trying to remove is permanent, it may be possible for hide the stain by spot-dyeing or by calling in the Professional Carpet Cleaner. Even if you with to Spot-dye call in the Pros.

Fingernail Polish:

• Apply a non-acetate fingernail polish remover to a white cotton cloth
• Dab the area. DO NOT rub as we do not want to make the area larger.
• Work from the outside of the stain and work toward the center of the stain
• Leave the non-acetate to work it for a few minutes.
• Now Blot
• rinse the area with cold water
• blot again
• and repeat as needed.

Good luck with these Three stains. Life happens and stains happen. A house with children, isn't a home until it has those stains you get to put a story to someday. Keep that in mind.

With the Holidays comes spills of all kinds be prepared and get yourself a Wet/Dry Vacuum. It is a must have. The soon you start to left those nasty stain causing substance off your carpet the better. Stop the spread and low your risk of damage to the carpet by having a Wet/Dry Vacuum. The best are the Shop Vacuums in my option. Have your rubbing Alcohol and Shaving Cream on stand by. Read my other articles for more stain removing ideas. Happy Birthday parties and or Holidays that bring you Fun, Joy and sadly Stains.