Cheap/Easy DIY Rug Cleaning + High Traffic Carpet Cleaning + Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- My entryway area rug looks and feels terrible and it’s time to give it a deep clean! Tune in to see exactly how I clean my rug like a true professional using a method that ANYONE can do. No fancy equipment necessary and costs next to nothing. You don’t wanna miss the before and after transformation!
*PRICE CHECK: How much would it have cost me had I hired a professional? Stay tuned for the answer!
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Gentle push broom options:
1. MOXIE Plastic Push Broom w/Squeegee ($9)
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2. Auto Drive Car Washing Flow Through Wash Brush ($15)
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That works great for synthetic rugs. If it had been wool - make sure you use a quality wool safe product. Also, keep rinsing until the suds are gone. Soap causes rapid resoling.
All great points, I definitely overdid it on the soap 😬🤦🏾♀️. Thank you for watching and giving your feedback Amy! 💯
You did great!!!! Keep us the good content!
Omg, this is fantastic! I have a large area rug 8x11 and I’ve been trying to find someone to clean it, for an estimate and I could only find ppl that come to clean indoor carpet, not area rugs. And I live in an apartment so I don’t have an area to clean it outside. But now, to save all that money.. I’m excited and ready to buy my own push broom! Thank you! This is common sense at its best!❤
Merci!! I am moving again into my own apartment and I’ll be taking my old rugs with me, but they’ve been never cleaned before, not once I got them, and not since they’ve been stored away in the shed of my parents house. So, ever since I got addicted to rug cleaning video’s, and making my to do list for the apartment, rug cleaning has become one of my to do points. Except I had no clue how to do this myself, now I do! So thank you, good thing there’s sunny weather this week where I’m from. So the perfect time to clean rugs and move house once more. 🥰
Why TH-cam isn't recommending this video first is beyond me. Thank you for the informative video!
Tip: If you add apple cider vinegar after your first rinse, you can stop the soapsuds from over forming and it'll rinse out much easier :)
Tip #2: If you have pets and they've made your rug smell, then you can probably get away with using some laundry detergent, the carpet cleaner she used in the video, or for max strength - Amazon's Commercial Enzyme Cleaner (Be sure to spray (not mist spray not good to breath in) the rug a day before taking it to the car wash, and just rinse it out).
Preciate that Stack! When people Like, Comment, Share, etc. that stuff makes a huge difference and I'm just not getting enough of that, but this video has gotten a lot of traction recently, so I'll thankful for that.
OK, but flipping the push broom into a squeegee? Girl. ❤❤❤❤
RIGHT!! 🤣💯💯💯
I never would have thought to use the broom as a squeegee, you saved me so much time!
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Exactlyyyyy. I’ve never seen anyone do that. It’s so smart!!!
This woman is smarter than any teacher I ever had
I just LOVE your ingenious resourcefulness going to a car wash for this!
Thanks!
You're a life saver, thank you. Of course I can use $130 any day. I just called Mark Gonsenhauser in Virginia Beach he quoted me $244 for a 10 x 8 area rug. Sunday, I am doing it myself at a car wash, thanks to you. Thanks again, Queen!!!
Yessss Compu Spot!! I'm so glad this video helped you!💯 I love Va Beach; its my hometown ❤️
Did u try it?
How did it work?
1 year after this video and yes, I'm commenting, liking, and subscribed BEFORE I Even watched the video. This is great
Thank you from France ! You are a life carpet savior. I would never thought using a car wash...Here, it's 25 euros per m² in a professional clean service, more expensive than my carpet at the end. You made my day 🙏.
This is genius. I actually have a pressure washer and never thought of this method. Love it thank you!
You're welcome Angela! I'm glad this video found you 😊💯
Thank you! I was struggling to figure out where I was going to lay down a rug to get it cleaned. Genius!
This is the smartest and most ingenious thing I have ever seen on TH-cam. Thank you for sharing this with us. You just save me money.
You're a genius for real. I have been putting this off for a long time because this is one of my least favorite chores but now I'm excited to try this. Thank you!
You got it Kitsch!! 💯💯 Preciate you!
Amazing! It took me five minutes to realize I live right next to a car wash. 🥳
Wow, this is the first video I watch and I don't even know what else you do but you've got yourself a new subscriber! Your resourcefulness is impressive!
I’m sure the owners of these car washes will be Very happy for the extra business washing rugs there will give them, especially if you go during a quieter time of the day. Great Job, Regina-- looks like a cordless drill can be a girls best friend. ❤❤❤😊😊😊
I would be discreet and go during off peak hours if you do this. I’m going to do this early before the morning rush hour.
Waiting for the weather in Chicago to get warm and stay warm and I am trying this, thank you for sharing!!!
This is so brilliant, I don’t have a driveway and have been trying to figure out WHERE I can wash my rugs! Also, I saw a tip to dilute your shampoo with water in a watering can and use that to apply it :)
Please keep doing these videos! I love the premise. It might take some time, but it will catch on eventually. I could easily see this becoming a tv show.
Danielle, thank you for the kind and encouraging words; they really mean a lot. I sooo appreciate you 💯
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I cannot wait to do this! I've been contemplating throwing my fav rug away then I found this!!
Yess this is exactly what i was looking for!! I’ve got a used rug that i’ve been saving for when i get to move out if my parents’ place. I just fell in love with it. But man it needs cleaning lol. Always had a hunch there was an easy enough way to do it myself but was never quite sure how. Didnt even think of a drill brush. Thank you!!!
Had this idea in mind, but THANK YOU for proving how effective this is!!🤘🏽
Sure. I have been thinking of that too lately
This is an absolutely brilliant idea! I don't have a car, but it's inspired me to take my rug up to the roof terrace and use a hose to clean it your way. :)
Great video. I have the same rug. Can’t wait until the weather is warmer. I don’t want to clean them in my driveway and have water and soap everywhere. The power brush/drill was next level!! But, what I will do is use the carpet rake before and after to get the carpet pile to stand up a bit more.
Thank you so much I had been thinking about this for a long time since I took my rug out of storage and I didn't want anyone looking at me crazy 😂 Thank you that is exactly where I am going
I love that you saturate the rug and rinse it thoroughly at the end. I watched 2 other similar videos and it was like a race to clean the rug in under 3 minutes 😮 If that’s all you’re gonna give it, why bother?
Good job!!! Very innovative . Plus, you don't have to buy a new rug; meaning, no rug goes to the landfill. Great job!
Thank you for this video!! Makes so much sense and way cheaper than paying someone. Will definitely use this idea.
I usually do mine in my driveway, but OMG woman I never thought of the car wash !! Genius, pure genius !! ❤❤❤ Thank you !
You handled this like a BOSS! Wow! Awesome idea! 🩷🌿
THIS is what keeps me coming back to YT! TYSM for your cleaning hack and saving money 🙏🥰
You are amazing! Also I could listen to you talk all day, love your voice!
Thanks Alexa 💯
Fab results!! What a great idea. I’m off to the car wash now!!! Thank you!!
I know that's right Deborah!! You're welcome 😊
GREAT VIDEO! THAT PUSH BROOM.....IS "KEY"!! STOPS THE RUG FROM WRINKLING!
Preciate you Ray! 💯
Thats thinking outside the box. Never would've thought about carwash. Great video
Thank you Narrow minded, I appreciate you! 💯
Wow...what an awesome video! Thank you for demonstrating the process from start to finish and for sharing your brilliant hack of a car wash station. The effort is SO worth the cost savings.
Best one I’ve seen!
Great thank you very much! It’s summer time and where I live we have 100° plus perfect time to do my rugs. Just so you know you might want to try rinsing your carpet with vinegar this will help loosen any extra soap and will keep your carpet cleaner because residue will attract dirt. The vinegar smell will dissipate as it dries. I just found that on another video thought I’d share.
Thank you! Never though my to take it to the car wash. Tip for future cleaning I got from a professional: rinsing out 100% of the soap is extremely important or the dried soap acts as a wax that attracts and holds more dirt. I have done something similar on my deck and the rinse part takes forever so it is definitely good to not use too much soap. Thanks again!
Ok so I've been going to the car wash to clean my rugs for years. Love that I'm not the only one. Multi use Brush, absolutely fantastic add to what I do already. You can also use apple cider Vinegar to rinse it out a tad bit easier. I'm a new subscriber as of now too btw.
I have a light fluffy area rug that I had rolled up and set aside because it needed cleaning. I thought my only option was to take it to the cleaners but I didn’t want to spend as much as the rug cost originally. Great idea to take it to the car wash! Thank you
On my way to try this with my rugs right now, will update how it goes!!
Genius! I just got a 9x12 rug and was feeling overwhelmed! This saved the day
Did you try it
I didn't know drill brushes were a thing. This will be a game changer. Thank you. Luckily I can do this at home.
I spent $220 cleaning one area rug. This is genius. Doing this saturday!! For sure!
I’m so happy I found this video! I have a beauty living room rug I need to clean. Much bigger than yours but this makes so much sense! Heading to the car wash just at the corner from me
“ IM TRYNA TELL YA” so funny I love the content . Keep it up very cool
Preciate you Shane! 💯
Oh friend! I watched another video that had me thinking I needed a special brush! I def check what my two area rugs are made of, and can do this for the cost of the cleaner! Thanks!!!!!
You're welcome Jennifer 💯
Girl you are a genius and your hair is very cute I am going to try this method now my question is how do you what do you put it in when you're taking it back home
I need to do a big wool rug and I don't have a large concrete area to wash it. This is pretty brilliant. But it's a thick pile and I'm nervous to try but I wanna save the money too and boy it needs a cleaning.
Love the cost breakdown. Time or $$$. Which one makes most sense for You 🤔. And never would have thought about the carwash. Ingenious...as Always! ✊🏿
My dad would always use our driveway. They always came out nice clean and smelling fresh.
I love THIS..I'm going to the car wash, but I can't buy the extra cleaning soap...they have soap in the car wash good enough...but will bring my BROOM, I don't have a drill thingy but it will be cleaner than it is NOW! Good idea...Thank you.
Thank you so much for your helpful video, you’re a genius!! I absolutely love you n your beautiful positive attitude n calming voice!! I shared your video with my daughter, sister n parents which we all appreciate very much having pets n lots of foot traffic we are constantly needing to clean our rugs n carpets even though we don’t wear shoes in our homes! God bless you n yours always, n take care!!🙏🏽🥰🙏🏽🥰🙏🏽
Genius idea. I'm going to do this as soon as the weather warms up 🙂
Best youtube clip of the year !
Sue!! I feel the love - thank you!! 💯
So happy I found this video, after I was just stuggling to clean my area rug to the car wash 😂❤️
who would have thought to use a car wash?! I use a rug / carpet cleaner, but this method works great! thanks for the tip. Your rug looks cleaner than brand new!
Great informative video, I'm thinking you must have a truck to bring the area rug to the car wash!? I have a 2010 Nissan Altima no way my 60x84" rug will fit in there, especially when its wet!
You did PMO! Thanks!
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge as also by demonstrating by your example of cleaning example y your own rug!
Wow! Great idea-the car wash! Brilliant!
Thank you Jane; I appreciate you!
I don't have a yard. This is brilliant. Thank you!
Thank you Lafayette! My goal was to make cleaning your own rug an easy task for everyone. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Many thanks! I have a $100 8'x10' rug that would have cost me $300 to clean! Did this in 30 min, cost me $25!
Kudos to you for teaching washing to others in a very interesting way. I hope I will succeed like you 🌹❤️😊
RCD, thank you so much!
Hello this was helpful. I was planning on washing out my rug in my driveway with a spray nozzle on a hose. I live in Texas and with temps of 100 degrees the rug will dry in no time flat! :)
I just found this and a great big THANK YOU! Guess where I going tomorrow!!!!! It was very helpful!!
Omg!!! You gorgeous genius. I’m doin it! 🙌👑
Brilliant! Thank you. My outdoor rug looks brand new.
Yes ma'am I will save for later, thank you!!!
Awesome idea! Although the Karen's in my area ( Lancaster, Pa )would be having a fit and complaining all over the local FB group about someone cleaning a carpet in the car wash and they had to wait lol!! But I'm gonna do this anyway, thank you!!
This is so smart. Thank you for the idea!
Thank you Holly!
This is a good idea but all the car washes in my area have signs up pretty much telling you you can't do anything in the stall but your car. They don't even want you to bring a bucket in the stall to help wash your car.
that’s aimed more at people who don’t use the full wash cycle products. But the owners would love to see more rug washing like this cos it fully uses all their products- rinse, wash, rinse - as long as you bring a vacuumed grit free rug so as not to clog their drains, they will appreciate the extra business. And go during the least busy time of day too, of course 😊.
I usually do it at the house, I didn't even think about the car wash. Thank you!!
You're welcome! Yeah, the car wash is an excellent alternative for those without a pressure washer. I'll definitely be back there cleaning more rugs this summer 💯
Thank you very much. I have several rugs!
You're welcome Johnny!
Excellent video, but I would have hosed it down again after I hung it on the fence to remove more soap. Leaving soap in something will attract more dirt so it gets dirty faster. I have a 150-gallon LP tank outside, that I draped a rug over, and sprayed it down with my garden hose until no soap ran out. It takes a while to remove the soap.
I LOVE this! You are so smart!!! Thank you so much!
Loved this video so much! Thank you!!
Thank you ms. Funny I'm in my house cleaning my wall to wall carpet, just move in, and I'm mopping the dirt out my rug. But the rug's like you got I'm gonna do just that,
Thank you.
This is brilliant! Great channel.
Noel!! Thank you so much, I appreciate you 💯
Such a great idea! And I love your pants and shoes ❤
This is next level though
Great tips! I have a pressure washer, but can't seem to get the cleaning product deep enough to get the 'stank' out. Going to try some Stanley Steamer pet odor remover and those drill brushes. I have every drill attachment but those! 🧹🧽🔫
Car wash idea is genius!! Thanks!
AWESOME!!! Thank you for sharing this video!! I am going to give it a go!!
Thank you Kenn! The car wash makes it super easy - no special equipment required 💯
Serious question~ are you ever concerned about the rug retaining any water and obtaining any mold spot while sundrying?
No. I only clean the rug in the summer and give it plenty of time to dry. The sun and heat speed up the process so it's never an issue I've delt with. I've been cleaning my rugs, specifically these types of rugs, like this for years. I appreciate your question Alex 💯
great video I love this idea. I was wondering how you were going to do it before I watched and what a great idea. Love it.
that's gosh dang briliant!
❤❤❤❤thank you. Keep these great ideas coming.
Preciate you cjmkr! 💯
Thanks for this❤
You are very smart. Thank you❤
I know old video, but some tips that helped me: use a corded drill so you don't have to worry about battery for agitation. Also, get 4 to 6 inches away from the rug with the power washer to get deep in the fibers.
Thank you Smody; this will definitely help people 💯
I LOVE your personality
Thanks I'll do my 2 rugs this weekday
Great idea
Great idea 💯💯💯
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you
Thank you I will do the same,Great idea Bringing to the Car wash ThankU Again 🙏
This is so smart! Great video