Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

on 7/20/2009 11:57 AM (ET) LouB wrote the following:
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What kind of spots? Wine, urine, oil, dirt, etc.?
Most commercial carpet cleaners can get spots out, but if not, a
professional carpet cleaning service may be required.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the toddler
daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can then
Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is the chemical
smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just noticed it's a product
produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets, kids, or
grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached through their 1-800 #
(1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger

That's like asking how to get a tan car to start.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"LouB" wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:07:31 -0700, The Ranger cuhulain wrote:
LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the toddler
daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can then
Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is the chemical
smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just noticed it's a product
produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets, kids, or
grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached through their 1-800 #
(1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger

If you really want to spot clean carpeting, you need a wet-dry vac. Use
boiling water and/or your favorite soap, suck dry, then repeat with
boiling water to rinse. I use one of those bissel cleanmachines and
its luke warm water, but use boiling water when I have a tough spot.

The problem with the cleaners like "spot shot" is that they leave
behind residues which will attract dirt. It'll look clean for a few
weeks, but the spots will return.

"The Ranger" cuhulain _ wrote in
ndwidth:

LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the
toddler daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can
then Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is
the chemical smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just
noticed it's a product produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets,
kids, or grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached
through their 1-800 # (1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger




I've found Glass Plus window cleaner works good.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Stormin Mormon wrote:
That's like asking how to get a tan car to start.

"From experience please." You have experience??

Jim Yanik wrote:
"The Ranger" cuhulain _ wrote in
ndwidth:

LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?
I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the
toddler daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can
then Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is
the chemical smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just
noticed it's a product produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets,
kids, or grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached
through their 1-800 # (1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger




I've found Glass Plus window cleaner works good.

Thanks

AZ Nomad wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:07:31 -0700, The Ranger cuhulain wrote:
LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the toddler
daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can then
Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is the chemical
smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just noticed it's a product
produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets, kids, or
grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached through their 1-800 #
(1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger

If you really want to spot clean carpeting, you need a wet-dry vac. Use
boiling water and/or your favorite soap, suck dry, then repeat with
boiling water to rinse. I use one of those bissel cleanmachines and
its luke warm water, but use boiling water when I have a tough spot.

The problem with the cleaners like "spot shot" is that they leave
behind residues which will attract dirt. It'll look clean for a few
weeks, but the spots will return.

Thanks to both of you.

Lou

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

I've had excellent results with "Resolve" carpet cleaners. I used it
when I once rented a carpet cleaning machine. It really cleans high
traffic areas. They sell a variety of products, but I have never used
the "granules". They/it has three five star reviews here.*

*
http://www1.epinions.com/Resolve_Hig...splay_~reviews

Don't walk on the area when still damp as the padding will leach dirt
back into the area. Make sure it is fully dried, before walking on it.

You may find Resolve in a grocery store, if the have rental machines.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all removable.

Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all removable.

I'll have some experience tomorrow. Our spots are from a lenient wife with
a dog she can't say no to, so mostly dogfood-related I think. We have a
machine here that I don't know how to work, but I've already squirted the
worst spots (drool?) with Spray and Wash. I'll figure it out, and report my
success (I hope)

Keith

We can put this in the dictionary under "self fulfilling
prophecy".

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


Different procedure for different spots and different
cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have
yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all
removable.

Oren wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

I've had excellent results with "Resolve" carpet cleaners. I used it
when I once rented a carpet cleaning machine. It really cleans high
traffic areas. They sell a variety of products, but I have never used
the "granules". They/it has three five star reviews here.*

*
http://www1.epinions.com/Resolve_Hig...splay_~reviews

Don't walk on the area when still damp as the padding will leach dirt
back into the area. Make sure it is fully dried, before walking on it.

You may find Resolve in a grocery store, if the have rental machines.

Thank You.

Lou

AZ Nomad wrote in
:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:07:31 -0700, The Ranger cuhulain wrote:
LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the
toddler daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.

If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can
then Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is
the chemical smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just
noticed it's a product produced by the WD-40 company.)

NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets,
kids, or grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached
through their 1-800 # (1-800-33-NYLAC).

The Ranger

If you really want to spot clean carpeting, you need a wet-dry vac.
Use boiling water and/or your favorite soap, suck dry, then repeat
with boiling water to rinse. I use one of those bissel cleanmachines
and its luke warm water, but use boiling water when I have a tough
spot.

The problem with the cleaners like "spot shot" is that they leave
behind residues which will attract dirt. It'll look clean for a few
weeks, but the spots will return.

I've had good luck with Spot Shot as well as a couple of friends have.

As far as the resides which attract dirt, I think the soapy/detergent
types are the offenders of this. And I think a lot of that is due to
people over soaping the area.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.

Uhh I guess you did not notice but quite a few nice folks gave helpful
replies already, for which I thank all.

Lou

Red Green wrote:
AZ Nomad wrote in
:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:07:31 -0700, The Ranger cuhulain wrote:
LouB wrote in message
...
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?
I've used two products when my three daughter-units went through the
toddler daze: Spot Shot and NYLAC Carpet Cleaner.
If you want an all-purpose spot cleaner, can affort the $5.49 / can
then Spot Shot is the product for you. It excellent. The downside is
the chemical smell that hangs as the product dries. (Huh; I just
noticed it's a product produced by the WD-40 company.)
NYLAC was recommended by the carpet layer. It's my go-to when pets,
kids, or grease get ground into the carpet. NYLAC cn be reached
through their 1-800 # (1-800-33-NYLAC).
The Ranger
If you really want to spot clean carpeting, you need a wet-dry vac.
Use boiling water and/or your favorite soap, suck dry, then repeat
with boiling water to rinse. I use one of those bissel cleanmachines
and its luke warm water, but use boiling water when I have a tough
spot.

The problem with the cleaners like "spot shot" is that they leave
behind residues which will attract dirt. It'll look clean for a few
weeks, but the spots will return.

I've had good luck with Spot Shot as well as a couple of friends have.

As far as the resides which attract dirt, I think the soapy/detergent
types are the offenders of this. And I think a lot of that is due to
people over soaping the area.


Thank You.

Lou

On Jul 20, 10:57*am, LouB wrote:
Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

*From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Dog Food? Something you have should help, mix laundry detergent in a
spray bottle and get it real wet, scrub, and vac it up.

LouB | 2009-07-20 | 10:57:16 AM wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

It depends on the spot, but I've had good luck with mineral spirits
(MS). I learned the trick from a carpet cleaner who kept a spray bottle
of MS on his belt as he worked the wand. If a spot wouldn't come up
with the detergent from the wand, he'd spray the spot with the MS, rub
it a bit with the wand, then suck everything out with the wand.

I've also had good luck with Goof-Off for spots like paint. I saturate
the spot, then suck everything out with a shop vacuum.

Be careful of making a spot that's much cleaner than everything else.

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

SteveBell wrote:
LouB | 2009-07-20 | 10:57:16 AM wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

It depends on the spot, but I've had good luck with mineral spirits
(MS). I learned the trick from a carpet cleaner who kept a spray bottle
of MS on his belt as he worked the wand. If a spot wouldn't come up
with the detergent from the wand, he'd spray the spot with the MS, rub
it a bit with the wand, then suck everything out with the wand.

I've also had good luck with Goof-Off for spots like paint. I saturate
the spot, then suck everything out with a shop vacuum.

Be careful of making a spot that's much cleaner than everything else.


Aren't MS an oil??

That last item is a worry too.

Lou

In article , LouB
wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.

Uhh I guess you did not notice but quite a few nice folks gave helpful
replies already, for which I thank all.

Lou

Nevertheless, the best "carpet cleaner" is a professional. I don't mean
the "3 rooms for $49" guys. I mean the $300/room guys. Of course they
have a truck mounted machine that costs $150,000, but they also use a
variety of products to treat different types of spots. So I have to
agree that the type of carpeting and the type of spot is useful info.
Until you get your spot out, don't be too quick to assess the
"helpfulness" of the generic suggestions you've gotten.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

There can be no one "best" way. Different materials,
different spots different levels of accpetable removal etc.

After you have tried the best cleaning attempt at cleaning and
failed to meet the minimal accpetable results, then you are into step
II.

In step II you remove a portion of the carpet and replace it.
Maybe you can find some in a closet. Then you may need to "wear" the
new piece a bit to blend it in with the older carpet.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou


A long time ago a carpet installer told me to use club soda. It has
worked for me with babies and animals. It may not do everything but it
has worked for me with babies and pets. And compared to foam type
cleaners I used to use, it's a lot cheaper, lasts longer (refrig) and
leaves no residue stains. It used to easy to buy but nowadays you
might have to go to a larger grocery store or liquor store to buy it.

Smitty Two wrote:
In article , LouB
wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou
What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.
Uhh I guess you did not notice but quite a few nice folks gave helpful
replies already, for which I thank all.

Lou

Nevertheless, the best "carpet cleaner" is a professional. I don't mean
the "3 rooms for $49" guys. I mean the $300/room guys. Of course they
have a truck mounted machine that costs $150,000, but they also use a
variety of products to treat different types of spots. So I have to
agree that the type of carpeting and the type of spot is useful info.
Until you get your spot out, don't be too quick to assess the
"helpfulness" of the generic suggestions you've gotten.

Carpet is not that good and I don't have that kind of moneysigh

Observer wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou


A long time ago a carpet installer told me to use club soda. It has
worked for me with babies and animals. It may not do everything but it
has worked for me with babies and pets. And compared to foam type
cleaners I used to use, it's a lot cheaper, lasts longer (refrig) and
leaves no residue stains. It used to easy to buy but nowadays you
might have to go to a larger grocery store or liquor store to buy it.

Interesting!!
Thanks

Lou

LouB wrote:
Observer wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou


A long time ago a carpet installer told me to use club soda. It has
worked for me with babies and animals. It may not do everything but
it has worked for me with babies and pets. And compared to foam type
cleaners I used to use, it's a lot cheaper, lasts longer (refrig) and
leaves no residue stains. It used to easy to buy but nowadays you
might have to go to a larger grocery store or liquor store to buy it.

Interesting!!
Thanks

Lou

I'm back after spending several hrs this morning cleaning the carpet with a
Hoover "steam" cleaner, which uses no steam. Even so, The overall look of
the carpet is much better than before, although there are still some dark
spots that I'll try some of the suggestions from this thread on. I want to
give it overnight to dry thoroughly, and then I'll try the hands-and-knees
approach with a scrub brush and some of the recommended cleaners. Club soda
is intriguing, because now I remember my father using club soda on pesky
stains.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Keith

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:04 -0400, LouB wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.

Uhh I guess you did not notice but quite a few nice folks gave helpful
replies already, for which I thank all.

Lou

Uhh I guess you did not notice. I am being helpful.

I am trying to persuade you to help yourself by describing the
details. If you can't do that then YOU are the one that is not
being helpful.

You remind me of co-workers that spend more energy trying to get out
of work rather than just going ahead and doing the work in the first
place. In your case the work is describing the specifics with a few
keystrokes. The energy expended to get out of work would be your
multiple posts telling people they are not helpful.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:45:13 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

We can put this in the dictionary under "self fulfilling
prophecy".


Or philosophy? Maybe the OP will find that removing the mystery spot
made it a bigger spot.

LouB | 2009-07-21 | 12:49:15 AM wrote:

SteveBell wrote:
LouB | 2009-07-20 | 10:57:16 AM wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

It depends on the spot, but I've had good luck with mineral spirits
(MS). I learned the trick from a carpet cleaner who kept a spray
bottle of MS on his belt as he worked the wand. If a spot wouldn't
come up with the detergent from the wand, he'd spray the spot with
the MS, rub it a bit with the wand, then suck everything out with
the wand.

Aren't MS an oil??

Well, mineral spirits is an "oil-based" solvent, in that it sometimes
comes from petroleum, but it's not an oil in the lubricant sense.
Mineral spirits will evaporate at room temperature if you just let it
sit, leaving no residue to speak of.

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

In article , LouB
wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:


Nevertheless, the best "carpet cleaner" is a professional. I don't mean
the "3 rooms for $49" guys. I mean the $300/room guys. Of course they
have a truck mounted machine that costs $150,000, but they also use a
variety of products to treat different types of spots. So I have to
agree that the type of carpeting and the type of spot is useful info.
Until you get your spot out, don't be too quick to assess the
"helpfulness" of the generic suggestions you've gotten.

Carpet is not that good and I don't have that kind of moneysigh

I'm just saying that if the pros use different products for different
types of stains, maybe you could, too.

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:57:02 -0400, LouB wrote:

Observer wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou


A long time ago a carpet installer told me to use club soda. It has
worked for me with babies and animals. It may not do everything but it
has worked for me with babies and pets. And compared to foam type
cleaners I used to use, it's a lot cheaper, lasts longer (refrig) and
leaves no residue stains. It used to easy to buy but nowadays you
might have to go to a larger grocery store or liquor store to buy it.

Interesting!!
Thanks

Lou

You're welcome. I still keep a bottle around tho I have no more pets
or babies... therefore I don't need it as often grin.

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:58:07 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:

In article , LouB
wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:


Nevertheless, the best "carpet cleaner" is a professional. I don't mean
the "3 rooms for $49" guys. I mean the $300/room guys. Of course they
have a truck mounted machine that costs $150,000, but they also use a
variety of products to treat different types of spots. So I have to
agree that the type of carpeting and the type of spot is useful info.
Until you get your spot out, don't be too quick to assess the
"helpfulness" of the generic suggestions you've gotten.

Carpet is not that good and I don't have that kind of moneysigh

I'm just saying that if the pros use different products for different
types of stains, maybe you could, too.


Makes sense but for "most" (not all) stains, the best answer is how
fast you can clean it up. In my experiences, even the professionals
aren't always able to remove all stains tho they usually do better
than I can.

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:02:45 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:04 -0400, LouB wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

What type of tan carpet? Berber?
It makes a difference.

What type of spots? Paint?
It makes a difference.

If you truly want your carpet clean then you must work at it.
The first thing to do is put enough effort into it by posting the
specifics of your problem. If you can't put forth that effort then
you'll never put enough effort on the carpet to clean it anyway.

Uhh I guess you did not notice but quite a few nice folks gave helpful
replies already, for which I thank all.

Lou

Uhh I guess you did not notice. I am being helpful.

I am trying to persuade you to help yourself by describing the
details. If you can't do that then YOU are the one that is not
being helpful.

You remind me of co-workers that spend more energy trying to get out
of work rather than just going ahead and doing the work in the first
place. In your case the work is describing the specifics with a few
keystrokes. The energy expended to get out of work would be your
multiple posts telling people they are not helpful.

Your post makes me smile. I can relate your post to my daughters who
sometimes might argue about washing a few dishes in the sink and I
tell them that by the time they get done arguing, it would be faster
to just wash the few dishes. I guess they don't see it that way.

SteveBell wrote:
LouB | 2009-07-21 | 12:49:15 AM wrote:

SteveBell wrote:
LouB | 2009-07-20 | 10:57:16 AM wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?
It depends on the spot, but I've had good luck with mineral spirits
(MS). I learned the trick from a carpet cleaner who kept a spray
bottle of MS on his belt as he worked the wand. If a spot wouldn't
come up with the detergent from the wand, he'd spray the spot with
the MS, rub it a bit with the wand, then suck everything out with
the wand.
Aren't MS an oil??

Well, mineral spirits is an "oil-based" solvent, in that it sometimes
comes from petroleum, but it's not an oil in the lubricant sense.
Mineral spirits will evaporate at room temperature if you just let it
sit, leaving no residue to speak of.

Thanks

Smitty Two wrote:
In article , LouB
wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:

Nevertheless, the best "carpet cleaner" is a professional. I don't mean
the "3 rooms for $49" guys. I mean the $300/room guys. Of course they
have a truck mounted machine that costs $150,000, but they also use a
variety of products to treat different types of spots. So I have to
agree that the type of carpeting and the type of spot is useful info.
Until you get your spot out, don't be too quick to assess the
"helpfulness" of the generic suggestions you've gotten.
Carpet is not that good and I don't have that kind of moneysigh

I'm just saying that if the pros use different products for different
types of stains, maybe you could, too.

I see said the blind man to his deaf wife!

Thanks

"K" wrote in message
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Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all removable.

I'll have some experience tomorrow. Our spots are from a lenient wife
with a dog she can't say no to, so mostly dogfood-related I think. We
have a machine here that I don't know how to work, but I've already
squirted the worst spots (drool?) with Spray and Wash. I'll figure it
out, and report my success (I hope)

Keith


Well, the carpet machine didn't do the job on a lot of spots, so I let it
dry until today and tried spraying first with Spray and Wash, then club
soda. I scrubbed with a brush, and lo-and-behold, all but the worst stains
are completely gone after another once-over with the machine.

It's funny, because the stains that remain are the ones I thought would be
easier, but all the really dark ones are gone completely. I'll see if I can
find something to go after the remaining stains with when everything is dry
again.

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Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to
find a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all
removable.

I'll have some experience tomorrow. Our spots are from a lenient
wife with a dog she can't say no to, so mostly dogfood-related I
think. We have a machine here that I don't know how to work, but
I've already squirted the worst spots (drool?) with Spray and Wash.
I'll figure it out, and report my success (I hope)

Keith


Well, the carpet machine didn't do the job on a lot of spots, so I let
it dry until today and tried spraying first with Spray and Wash, then
club soda. I scrubbed with a brush, and lo-and-behold, all but the
worst stains are completely gone after another once-over with the
machine.

It's funny, because the stains that remain are the ones I thought
would be easier, but all the really dark ones are gone completely.
I'll see if I can find something to go after the remaining stains with
when everything is dry again.





try Glass Plus window cleaner.

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:14:04 -0500, K wrote:


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Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all removable.

I'll have some experience tomorrow. Our spots are from a lenient wife
with a dog she can't say no to, so mostly dogfood-related I think. We
have a machine here that I don't know how to work, but I've already
squirted the worst spots (drool?) with Spray and Wash. I'll figure it
out, and report my success (I hope)

Keith


Well, the carpet machine didn't do the job on a lot of spots, so I let it
dry until today and tried spraying first with Spray and Wash, then club
soda. I scrubbed with a brush, and lo-and-behold, all but the worst stains
are completely gone after another once-over with the machine.

Spray and wash will leave a ton of soap in the carpet.
(been there, done that)
You should repeat with boiling water to remove the soap, otherwise
the stain will return in a week or two.

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:14:04 -0500, K wrote:


"K" wrote in message
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Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:16 -0400, LouB wrote:

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?

From experience please.

TIA

Lou

Different procedure for different spots and different cleaners for
different carpets is my personal experience. But I have yet to find
a spot I can not remove, that is, if the spot is at all removable.

I'll have some experience tomorrow. Our spots are from a lenient wife
with a dog she can't say no to, so mostly dogfood-related I think. We
have a machine here that I don't know how to work, but I've already
squirted the worst spots (drool?) with Spray and Wash. I'll figure it
out, and report my success (I hope)

Keith


Well, the carpet machine didn't do the job on a lot of spots, so I let it
dry until today and tried spraying first with Spray and Wash, then club
soda. I scrubbed with a brush, and lo-and-behold, all but the worst
stains
are completely gone after another once-over with the machine.

Spray and wash will leave a ton of soap in the carpet.
(been there, done that)
You should repeat with boiling water to remove the soap, otherwise
the stain will return in a week or two.


I just gave a quick squirt with the spray and wash, then a better squirt of
club soda. It was barely wet on the surface when I brushed the stains out,
but is wetter now that I ran the machine over it. I guess we'll see what
happens. Anyhow, this carpet is over a nice old hardwood floor, so pouring
boiling water on it would frighten me. I worry enough about spills getting
thru the carpet and backing to the floor