I would like to start off by saying, this wasn’t my fault. I didn’t make these stains. I swear my house is clean.. They were here when we got here. And I have tried EVERYTHING on them. everything. Various stain removers, including spot-shot, my personal fav; Homemade cleaners (soap and water..) vinegar, Nothing worked at all. Then I came upon this pinterest post and thought this made the most sense to me scientifically.
http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2011/12/homemade-carpet-stain-removerno.html
heat? check. extremely strong cleaning smell? check. somewhere for the stain to go besides into the atmosphere? check. so I did it and here were the results.
First here is a square of the carpet before:
I know right? gross.
So I gathered the miracle formula: 1 large white towel. 1 parts hot water to 1 part ammonia (put into a spare squirt bottle) and 1 hot iron. I sprayed down a few spots that were close to each other, laid down the towel and ironed away. There was a learning curve. First I recommend you don’t get overenthusiastic and pick your spots randomly or you will be sitting on ammonia later. Second you need only iron for a second or you will end up burning your towel.
but here are the results!:
Yeah! this was also taken when the carpet was still wet. so those darker spots are not stains anymore but just wet spots.
I hope this works for you as well as it did for me!
(note. don’t do this around pets or babies. And do this in a well ventilated area unless you want a headache as massive as I now have)
