Year Old Carpet Stains GONE

Year Old Carpet Stains GONE

Step 1: Your Weapons

Baking Soda
Vinegar-Water 50/50 Mix

Step 2: Apply Baking Soda

Cover the stains with a layer of baking soda.

Step 3: Spray With Vinegar-Water

Step 4: Wait a Few Hours

Step 5: Scrub It Loose

Scrub the vinegar-baking soda paste loose.

Step 6: Sweep It Up

Step 7: Bask in Glory

Comments

[Poppsie]

I did all the steps advised on this post but my carpet has now changed colour and is more yellow. In time will it blend in with the rest of the carpet or not?

[Peregrine05]

You must use white vinegar, not regular vinegar.

[bparent1127]

Do not use this method on old coffee stains. It ruined my carpet, discoloured it. I used this method on about a dozen other old stains and it worked great but on the coffee stain it somehow reacted with the coffee and severely discoloured my carpet

[KevinB576]

What kind of vinger do u use

[djallcity84]

Use ONLY white.

[djallcity84]

While some of this is the fault of the original poster, many of you are to blame for not researching properly. The reason your carpets are turning yellow is because you're using regular vinegar. DO NOT DO THAT. Use white vinegar (the clear kind). Otherwise, you'll just have a nasty yellow stain to try and remove again.

[cassipettigrew]

This is what the carpet looks like, all over.

[cassipettigrew]

Can you give me other recipes for this if I'm not sure I have baking soda?

[consumerbestchoice]

Thank you so much btw, I am going to use this method!

[MaryB446]

I will always be respectful and appreciate any help or tips that we can share

[AngelaJ87]

I have a expensive wool carpet, my son was sick on it last year, I have tried several things to try and remove it, but after a short time the stain returns, any advice would be much appreciated.

[HughesD2]

I have really good luck removing my cats old hair balls spitup stains on rugs. Sometimes they are hidden and I dont find them for a long while. I use Woolite carpet cleaner. They sell it in a little squeegie dispenser that has a good "scrubber." The dispensers are not refillable. So I keep a bottle of the Woolite spray on hand and just use the scrubber to work it into the fibers. It gets out the stain and doesnt leave any foamy residue to attract dirt.

[Deni4332]

Hi! I am about to clean my carpet. Can i still use The baking soda and vinegar suggestion and then shampoo or do i have to vacuum the paste up first?

[wgruber1]

I also tried this, and it made the stains whiter than the rest of the carpet and yellowish, and one of the spots I tried it on is still dark. Carpet looks worse than before.

[Jeansieb]

How much water to vinegar do you use?

[Poppsie]

I had a large dark stain on my carpet. I went through the process that was explained. I went though the process as advised. But now the carpet has changed color and is more yellow than before. Will this color eventually darken to the original carpet color?

[GaryP111]

I use the vinegar and water but I use a damp cloth and iron. Just spray the stain with the vinegar and water mix then place a damp towel or cloth over the stain and iron over it. You can see the stain transfer from the carpet to the cloth in front of your eyes. The baking soda (once dried) will get out any smell that may be present and doesn't make the carpet hard.

[lauracracknell]

Hi Gary, I'd LOVE your assistance and advice because I have 4 stains that look exactly like yours.. I'm SO nervous I'm going to make it worse by doing this..

[CarolW110]

i used this to try to get stain from cat throwing up after eating some cat food that stained my carpet a redish orange color. The incident was less than a month ago and this did not really help. Its apartment so not really worried.

[MsRendrag]

I did a small area to test this method. It did get the stain out but now my carpet is very rough. Any thoughts on why that would happen or how to get it back to normal?