| Carpet stains are notorious for their permanence and | | | | living room, but it’s definitely better than living |
| the fact that somehow or something or other will | | | | with a stain. |
| always end up on your brand new carpet, which is | | | | Not to worry though, help is at hand to help you |
| probably in that nice shade of eggshell white. This can | | | | remove those unsightly carpet stains, and it comes in |
| at the best of times be annoying and at the worst | | | | the guise of helpful household handy hints and tips. |
| of times, depressing. | | | | These include such advice as how to get gum out of |
| It’s never easy to get that wad of chewed up | | | | your carpet, how to get out any wax that has |
| gum out, or that nice big splotch of red wine, or | | | | dripped on to your carpet and many more such |
| even those blood stains from when you rushed out | | | | items. |
| of the kitchen bleeding because you cut your finger | | | | For instance, the best way to get hardened wax out |
| trying to cook! | | | | of your carpet is to place a damp towel, preferably |
| Carpet stains are the bane of many a person’s | | | | white, over the wax and run a heated iron over it. |
| existence and this is not due only to spilled blood or | | | | You need to repeat this a few more times |
| wine stains. If you manage to catch the spill in time | | | | periodically moving the towel around until all the wax |
| there’s a good chance that all you will need is a | | | | comes onto the towel and away from your carpet. |
| little soap and water, along with a heaped teaspoon | | | | If however, your gripe is tea, coffee, or dreaded red |
| of elbow grease. Those carpet stains will disappear | | | | wine carpet stains, then you still have a chance to |
| (almost) like magic. | | | | redeem your carpet into an almost as good as new |
| What happens though, when you don’t manage | | | | look, by using soda water. All you need to do is to |
| to get to those stains on time? They then have the | | | | use pour some of the soda water over the stain, |
| time to settle peacefully into every single fiber of | | | | blot dry and repeat until the carpet stains are |
| your carpet and remain stubbornly embedded in it. | | | | removed. |
| No amount of elbow grease is going to get it out and | | | | If you just look around however, you will find in |
| that’s when you start to despair and plot ways | | | | many household hints books and websites, tips and |
| in which you can disguise the big stain dab smack in | | | | tricks to remove those stubborn carpet stains of |
| the middle of your living room floor, with a throw rug. | | | | yours which are not necessarily of the generic tea, |
| This will of course change the entire look of your | | | | coffee and red wine variety. |