How to Remove a Carpet Spot Or Stain Like a Professional

I've worked as a professional carpet cleaner in the houses of the rich and barely famous. I was good at it, and I've noticed that most people really have no idea how to clean their carpets, or how to get a stain out.

It's actually quite simple when you know how. Let's say that you just brought a dog home. It's a little puppy, and you're all excited. However, the puppy is scared and pees on your white carpet in your living room.

Now what?

First, if you wait to clean it, that kind of a stain could set, and without bleaching (and that could cause irreversible damage to your carpet), it will never come out. So the most important thing is quick action. Get a spray bottle and some dish soap. Put just a drop in the bottle and mix it with water. Mist the spot and blot it.

A little rubbing is okay, but only just a little. After you've sprayed and blotted as much as you can, put a new clean cloth over the spot and put a heavy book over it. Or just a book and some free weights work too. The idea is to get something absorbent down and then to put weight on top of that. Leave that down for at least 6 hours.

Now after removing it, there may be just a little bit of a stain. You've gotten the bulk of it out. Now you'll get the remainder.

Start by misting the spot with the bottle from before. After that you need to tamp the spot. This is best done with a brush. It like you were trying to pound a nail into the carpet, but not quite that hard.

The tamping process draws the stain up into the tips of the fibers. After a good bit of tamping (and you can mix in some rubbing, again make sure it's just a little bit). Then blot the carpet vigorously. If you have a small carpet extractor, that would be even better.

Lastly, just let the spot dry. If you have a spot that's no longer fresh, the you just start with the tamping process to remove the stain. Dirt, and sugar based spills (like soda pop) are the easiest to remove. The hardest would be spots that have color. Any ink or dye is almost positively not going to come out. On a white carpet, you can attempt bleaching, but you need a small extractor to remove it completely when you're done. Otherwise the carpet will continue to bleach and change colors (not a good thing).

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Added: January 24, 2010
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