Practical carpet cleaning advice for Shire homes
Honest guides on what things should cost, what to look for in a cleaner, and how to keep your carpets in shape between professional cleans.
Cleaning Hair Toner and Colour Depositing Treatment from Carpet
Home hair toners, colour depositing conditioners, and semi-permanent colour contain direct dyes that can stain carpet fibres. Here's how to treat a toner spill before it sets.
Cleaning Tie Dye from Carpet
Tie dye uses concentrated fibre-reactive dyes mixed with soda ash that bond permanently to fabric, and can do the same to carpet fibres within minutes. Here's how to act before the dye sets.
Cleaning Pasta Maker Flour Dust and Dough from Carpet
Pasta making scatters flour dust, semolina, and occasionally wet egg dough onto nearby carpet. Here's how to clean each type of pasta-making residue without making it worse.
Cleaning Pasta Sauce Splatter from Carpet
Pasta sauce bubbling on the stove sends tomato, cream, or meat-based droplets onto nearby carpet. Here's how to treat each sauce type before the colour or protein sets.
Cleaning Gravy from Carpet
A tipped gravy boat sends hot, dark meat gravy into carpet fibres. Here's how to remove the fat, protein, and brown colour before the meaty smell sets in.
Cleaning Salad Dressing from Carpet
Vinaigrette, Caesar, Ranch, and balsamic dressings each have a different stain profile on carpet. Here's how to treat the oil, protein, and pigment components by dressing type.
Cleaning Tahini from Carpet
Tahini is roughly 50% sesame oil by weight: a tipped jar leaves a thick, oil-rich paste in carpet pile that requires cornflour absorption and enzyme treatment before the sesame smell sets.
Cleaning Kefir from Carpet
Kefir is a thin, fermented dairy drink that spreads quickly and leaves a sour fermented smell if the enzyme cleaner step is skipped. Here's how to clean it before the smell develops.
Cleaning Coconut Cream from Carpet
Coconut cream's very high fat content requires thorough absorption and dish soap treatment. Unlike coconut oil, coconut cream also contains protein that needs enzyme cleaner to prevent a rancid smell.
Cleaning Malt Vinegar from Carpet
Malt vinegar is strongly acidic and leaves a dark brown colour and persistent sharp smell in carpet. Neutralising the acid is the critical first step: here's the full process.
Cleaning Caesar Dressing from Carpet
Caesar dressing combines anchovy marine protein, egg yolk, garlic, and olive oil: each leaving a distinct residue. The anchovy component causes a persistent smell if the enzyme cleaner step is skipped.
Cleaning Sweet and Sour Sauce from Carpet
Sweet and sour sauce is bright red-orange from tomato and food colouring, thickened with cornstarch, and high in sugar. The vivid colour, sticky sugar, and cornstarch film are the main challenges.
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