Our what s new producer monique has the inside scoop on the ridiculously simple way to get wine stains out of your carpeting.
Windex stain on carpet.
Then throw it in the washer.
Cleaning your carpets with a mixture of vinegar and windex can produce cleaning results close to what you get from a professional carpet cleaning service.
However it is not recommended that colored windex be used as this can lead to another stain blue.
Once it s all up fold the towel 2 3 times and put it over the wet spot and stomp a few times to help soak up any wetness that may be left.
Windex can be used on fabrics and carpet to remove most stains including coffee food drinks blood gross but true grease and oil.
If the rag gets soiled turn to expose fresh cloth and.
Dark stains might take 3 4 rounds but it will eventually all come up.
Even though windex can remove a variety of stains from carpeting spilling an excess amount of the liquid can leave an unsightly and permanent stain on the carpet fibers.
The other stain however was large dark and in charge.
Another stain removal trick with windex requires a windex spray bottle a clean towel and an iron.
Be careful i had a contractor use windex to remove some little drops of sewer water that had dropped on to my carpet.
I use the windex with vinegar no ammonia and it works very well for a quick clean up on most stains.
Work the windex into the stain by touching the rag to the stain then lifting.
Windex as a stain remover.
A lot of the stain lifted off.
When mixing cleaners it is important to never mix chlorine with vinegar or windex to avoid creating harmful fumes.
Introduced to consumers in 1933 windex is a common window and hard surface cleaner that contains ammonia and detergent.
I opted to try just using windex on it without the iron.
Imagine my surprise to see windex being recommended to remove stains on carpet.
Windex is indeed a good stain remover for carpeting.
Then step back to let it dry completely pat yourself on the back for learning how to remove carpet stains.
For small clothing stains use two sprays and let the windex sit on the fabric for 5 7 minutes.
Here s how it works.
First about that wine stain.
After you remove all the leftover hard gunk from the stain by using a spoon or blunt knife simply spray the windex on the stained spot and cover it with a clean preferably white towel and iron it.
If the stain is larger about the size of your fist try 5 6 sprays.
But there was still a pretty large brown stain on the carpet so i re saturated the area with windex laid down my cloth and pulled out my iron.