Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Mon 16th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Cleaning
Chocolate is probably one of the more common carpet stains in the home. Particularly if you have children!
1. The first thing you need to do is scrape the excess chocolate off the carpet using a knife.
2. Gently massage in a good quality carpet shampoo and then clean away using a cloth.
3. If a stain still remains, use a carpet remover solvent.
Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Fri 13th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Cleaning
Quite frankly one of the worst things that can stain a carpet or anything else for that matter is chewing gum. Not only is it disgusting and unhygienic, but it’s also devilishly difficult to remove.
The only thing that has even vaguely worked for me is to simply freeze the gum using ice packs. Then chisel away using a sharp knife.
Although I don’t recommend it - a blast with liquid Nitrogen would probably work a treat!
There are some commercial gum removing solvents, although I have doubts over whether they don’t leave a stain in themselves.
Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Thu 12th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Cleaning
In recent years the popularity of candles has exploded. Amazing really if you consider the advent of electricity!
Nonetheless, many would argue that the natural light thrown off by candles is both soothing and non intrusive - I happen to agree.
But what happens when a candle drips hot wax on to a new carpet? Is it possible to remove any trace?
The answer is that you can certainly make a big difference. This is what you do:
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