+Nathalie Smith I heard you can put a paper towel over it and run your iron over it so the wax melts and the paper towel absorbs it. Do this repeatedly with a new paper towel each time until all the wax is gone. Hope this helps!
Next time save the hassle after and lay some heavy duty plastic beforehand. Easier to prevent stains before than remove them after. :) Best wishes in your endevours.
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Turmeric. Most difficult yellow stain which turns to red after contact with baking soda( practically everything soapy). Indians used turmeric on regular basis on all food preparations. You should make a video on this. Btw thanks for all your videos. they have been super helpful.
I had an ink stain on my sweater from a broken ballpoint pen. Just soak in milk for 15 minutes or so, immediately rinse out and wash like you normally would. The milk will have turned light blue by then. Don't drink it anymore ;) The stain had been a few days old as well, just don't wash it first because it will set.
I've never had carpet in my house, only rugs that I could take the porch, scrub away and dry for two to three days. As soon as I moved to the US I had to deal with a coffee stain on a carpet, and the cloth and iron trick worked perfectly, I also used paper towel repeatedly, applied baking soda in order to soak up as much of that coffee as possible because the carpet is pretty fluffy and thick, and the baking soda helped lift the liquid to the top before doing the iron trick.
Use a blacklight in a darkened room to check and see if you got all of the pet stains/bodily fluid stains up. They will light up. This is also great for cleaning up stains on cabinets that you can't see.
Great video! Thank you! Any recommendations for cleaning tennis shoes (different types of fabrics/materials) I have white Nike tennis shoes that I love, but are forever getting black scuff marks. :/
Any potential she can make it more about finding more of the higher levels of legal coinage used in the country you live in? Or I live in... I could do with getting paid more for dealing with THAT area!
Hey Melissa, Try a product called Power Out made by Turtle Wax. You find it in the car care isle. It gets out literally Everything. I use it on pet and grass stains. I even used it to get out a 5 yr old rust stain in my car. The stain came out and not a trace of it left behind.
Hi Melissa, I inherited a rust stain! The house owner said they had professionally cleaned the carpets but I have my doubts! Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!
QUESTION: I DROPPED MY FRUIT SMOOTHIE ON MY CARPET...A LOT OF IT. IT'S A DARK PURPLE COLOR (FROM BLUEBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES). I'VE TRIED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING. I HAVE GOTTEN MOST OF IT OUT BUT I STILL SEE A PIT OF A DARK PATCH LEFT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I find that for some reason red wine is easier for me to remove from carpet than coffee. Go figure! I'll try this. I definitely feel better using these natural products, rather than commercial products. Thanks for the video! I purchased your book awhile back and it has been extremely helpful!
We have a three stains on our carpet. I watched this in hopes of finding the fix! One is a blood stain, one is nail polish (but it's a kid nail polish, hoping that comes out?) and the worst is blue ball point pen... a lot. Our son thought he'd get creative there... Side note: since watching your channel I use microfiber cloths to clean most things in my home (except toilets... i just can't). But since the cloths always say wash on cold, or lukewarm I do worry a bit about how clean and/or sanitzed the cloths get. Ours aren't color coded and I use general blue cloths from home depot for all tasks. (hoping to buy amazing Maker cloths soon...but we are a family of 6 and I go through a lot of cloths!) I mean what if I use a cloth on the bathroom one day and later on the kitchen counter... Which also brings me to what about washable mop heads and steam cleaner cloths? After I mop, even with a steam mop the cloth pad is so filthy and it really makes me want to wash it on sanitize cycle. (I tried that and it shrunk though). please tell me again why I don't need to wash microfiber on hot...? It's hard for me to relax about this.
The worst stain was cat urine. I had to soak the carpet with different products I was trying, and baking soda, then vacuum the carpet with a shop vac. I ended up cutting out a piece of carpet, but luckily it was in a corner near the doorway that, once cleaned, dried, and painted, looks just fine as a shoe or boot drop. I moved the cat litter area to another location. A large tupperware storage container now serves as the cat's litterbox bc she does not aim well and the higher sides prevent her urine from soaking the area around the litter box. I learned a lot, and today that litterbox is tended to every day, and washed out on weekends. Lots of work I never planned on.😮
The most difficult stain we deal with is cat vomit. It's chunky, stinky, and the dyes in the cat food stain light colored carpet really quickly. Would love to know how you would tackle such a job! We have older kitties with really sensitive tummies, so lots of barf going on at our house!
I have a spray bottle filled with vinegar and baking soda mix. Before putting it into the bottle I mix it with some hot water so it mixes well. Using a paper towel blot up the vomit as soon as you find it and spray the area with the vinegar and b.s. solution. Mark the area with a cloth over it, so you won't forget to come back and blot it up agsin once it soaks awhile. Give the spot a lot of patting and gentle rubbing after it soaks. Then lay a new clean rag over and step on it or place something heavy so it soaks up the water from the carpet. Let dry.
I'm 18 now, but when I was little, I was horrible for spilling things. Over 10 years ago I spilt beans on our family room carpet, the stain is still there. I also spilt nail polish on my bedroom carpet that we never got out. Luckily, my parents have decided to switch to hardwood and laminate flooring. Oh, and I've gotten better at not spilling things.
A easy tip I use. Since we have a cat, and with cats you get hairballs. We leave it to dry (instead of trying to get it up immediately). By doing this, it comes up very easy and does not leave a stain. You just pick up the mess and vacuum up the rest. It is unsightly while it is drying, but it is the easiest and painless way to take care of the mess.
Great video! I have a question I hope you can help me with. I had a carpet stain and used a product called Folex to remove it. Well, I must have used to much because afterwards I have a much bigger stain where I used it. What can I do now to remove the stain that appeared after using the carpet stain remover? The initial stain is gone, I am just left with the larger stain where I applied the Folex.
Nope, nothing gets away the certain chemical protein bonds that blood has, and certain identifiers that are specific can never be destroyed! Also, you'd have to consider changing the plumbing from shower tray down (plus any tiles and beneath all tiles, grouting, and beneath baths and shower trays!!), in addition to the inside of all the pipes, including the local main waste and sewarage lines for a good few miles! This also includes all the way round and beneath the first layer if a ceramic one, and including the soil for about a good football pitch length outwards on all directions and the same distance (and then down to the base rock level in addition, which could be for kilometres or many tens, hundreds, or more of miles!), plus everything above the soil in question being 100% destroyed to minimise any sign. So yeah, things can be more complex than imagined, not to mention there will be additional factors such as personal interactions with missing person, cell traces etc etc. Not to mention, if you think the harsher the chemical will be more beneficial to your clean up effort, you can even create a 'blood rust' stain due to the chemicals, or create toxic fumes that could be fatal and/or explosive for yourself depending how long the blood has been sitting there for/not been kept 'alive'. My morbid curiosity since I was a teen has paid off in regards to providing you with an informative comment response. Therefore it has not been time wasted! However, I do wish that she prefaced the blood clean up thing by saying something like 'get yourself and/or the relevant person to safety as soon as possible, then seek medical advice, or call for medical assistance such as emergency services. If someone has caused an injury to you (even if you think they might have done it unintentionally!), and whether they respond in the fastest way and most appropriate way to get you medical assistance. No one should touch you, say or do things that make you feel less than your best on a regular basis, or cause you injury (regardless if you bruise, bleed, how much, or if it is visible). That is not ok. You deserve better than that. You are worth more than that. Maybe talking with [insert link or helplne here] might help you see that, so please do that when it is possible and preferably most safe for you to do so'... You know, the more youtubers and the more varied topics it get discussed on, the more people will see it and will know that it isn't ok and that if a person is a perpetrator they can seek help, if they know someone or are that someone they can seek help. You know, small things.
Hello Melissa, did you do a video to show how to clean a whole carpet? No stains, only faded colors, greyish carpet? I know the baking soda for odors, but I don't know how to get the carpet beautiful colors back. Thank you!
I feel bad for you guys' house- it's the only one I know that purposely gets stained/dirtied/messy for the viewing pleasure of others! Haha! Seriously though, great video (as always) and thanks for always going above and beyond to provide the best cleaning content!
I have dirt stains that wont come out of the carpet, I think its dirt or maybe cola, do you suggest hydrogen peroxide and dish soap for that? thanks I love your channel!
If you pour white wine over a red wine stain it will neutralize the colour and then you just have to blot out the clear liquid left behind. It works well when the stain just happens. The only thing left to deal with is the smell of wine. Don't believe it? Try it on a white cloth and see what happens. It's a good magic trick too 😊
So I didn't have club soda for my Red wine spill. I had carbonated water and kosher salt.. something you said about salt in a different blog so we tried that temporarily. Of course it didn't work, so is too late to try the club soda the next day?
Lip stick and foundation on clothes are tough to get out. Also collar stains from the oil and dirt of your neck and dirt on the cuff of your sleeves typically from the desk you work at all day. Help!
I have never had to use hydrogen peroxide with soap to get rid of blood stains. I just use the H2O2 and blot (my mother is a phlebotomist/bacteriologist and this is what she taught me from a young age.) Also with the wine stain you can pour salt on it to soak up the rest of it including anything that may have gone deeper.
The toughest stain I've had/still have to deal with is a foundation stain in my curtains. I was doing a make-up workshop and somehow the foundation found it's way to the curtains. 😱 Can someone give me some advise to remove that stain? Thanks a lot for helping me! 🙏😊
I love your videos and I watch them them all but I really want more carpet videos!!! I replaced my carpet about a year ago and it's already become dirty and I clean it every couple months with a carpet shampooer. We don't wear shoes in the house but it's dirty and Dusty and it's hard and no longer soft. I read to add fabric softener and water and just wash it with that but do you have any other tips?
Hi Melissa and how to clean old stains when we don´t know the origin of them? When you have old sofa or carpet and cannot buy a new one or you simply don´t want just throw the stuff away (spare the planet and don´t want to waste...). Is there a way how to make it at least little bit better if not perfect?
The worst stain I've had is a bike chain grease stain on my clothes. I used Crisco to get it out. I rubbed Crisco into the stain and it lifted the grease. I would wipe the grease off with the lifted oil and do it again until the stain was gone. Black grease is really hard to remove.
I have 2 young children and I have dark spots on my carpet. not sure what they are. they could be juice or food or combination of that. any suggestions on what I could try?
Love your cleaning videos. Have you done a video on how to clean a microfiber couch stain and odor. My son just got a couch it has a stain I think water stain from someone else try to clean it before him. Also it has a odor
@melissamaker- What about indian milk tea spilling in the entire sofa? other than the stain, how do u tackle with the liquid that the entire sofa has soaked in?
Ok melissa, i think you need to get rid of your lazy behaviour and upload more cleaning video because my life is pretty boring these days and i need your video to accompany me cleaning. I love you both!!!!
I'm moving into a new house that had dogs, now the stairway carpet is totally filthy, what do you recommend for getting the dirt out? I don't wanna have to replace all the carpet as it connects into all the upstairs rooms which are in great condition.
What about weird white spots? I think my kids must have dribbled milk and not told me. It doesn't smell, but I can't get it out! We have a lot of potty training accidents, so I really appreciate the tips for urine spots! :)
What about if it is a black mark on carpet that is on a stair well? Not a flat surface. I have similar carpet to what you have in your video and is also cream.
i wish I had known about this coffee removing process sooner. I have spilled hot coffee and iced coffee in two different rooms of my house. Huge stains. This is why I hate carpet and prefer hard wood floors throughout. Carpet also holds onto scents.
Bulletproof coffee: coconut oil & butter in coffee. It was my birthday and my hubby said he'd clean it up for me, esp since I was running late, but I don't know what he tried. Needless to say, it's still there. 😣
QUESTION!!!!! HELP PLEASE!!! Last week I did a load of laundry & by the time I got to the dry stuff in thr dryer, I noticed a smell. My washer is a top load and the dryer is a front load. (I have Multiple sclerosis & sometimes by the time things are dry, I cannot get to unload.) The dryer, however, has a top pull thing to pull out and remove lint from. Both appliances are electric only. I noticed that the top of the dryer was wet. My cat had obviously peed on the top and some went into the lint trap! I immediately took the lint trap out and cleaned the trap out. I could smell on the trap itself, that the cat pee had gone into the area around the trap. I soaked the trap itself in a mixture of white vinegar & stuff called "Odor Ban." Then I let it dry fully! I wet a rag with the same solution and ran it down the area where the trap goes qs far as I could. I let every thing dry at least 48 hours. I rewashed everything in the dryer and when I noticed no "odd cat pee smell" I put it back in the dryer. While the room didn't smell immediately, as soon as it was dry qnd I opened it to fold the towels, the smell was back!!!! UGH!!! I have since covered the entire dryer top with Reynolds Wrap and now it is impossible for him to get to the lint trap to pee (if he does, it is easily cleaned up & can't go into the trap!)!! Do you hqve any suggestions on how to get this odor out of the dryer??
I had am automatic room deodorizer placed on top of wall unit. Not realising that the spray was falling onto the carpet below. Ot has left quite a large yellow stain. How can I remove it. I have shampooed carpet and tried supermarket cleaners to no avail. Can you please help
As a person who worked for a huge carpet cleaning company in London as a sales person, let me break it to you - it is NOT coming off... Sorry if that makes you sad but you have 0 chance against it. Even if you see methods online for cleaning motor oil, they may work if it is small droplet but I would not even try...
I have had to clean a red wine stain on my off-white cashmere sweater and there is no trace of it after trying with white wine! Same goes for our synthetic high pile ivory carpets. After trying the club soda method, the stain did not come off. Like, no result at all. :( The next time I tried with cheap white wine (that I use for cooking) and there is no trace! Maybe it depends on the carpets... As a sales person who has worked for a huge cleaning company in London, I will advise you simply - not to touch any stain if you have an expensive or delicate carpet/rug. You WILL make it worse and you WILL seal the stain within the fibres. Get a pro to do it no matter how expensive it is. Even soap can ruin your fabric or dyes in your carpet/rug. And forget about stuff like Vanish - they always makes it way worse. As a person who inherited a flat with dirty carpets from previous tenants, I will tell you to professionally clean them every 6 months to a year. Most people have no clue that 8L of water will be PITCH BLACK after having their bedrooms done. And no, steamers will never clean your carpets properly! Hot-water extraction is the method you need.
What's the toughest stain you've had to deal with?
Clean My Space makeup and wax from when my sister waxed her legs
Sahra Olomi LOL on the carpet?
Clean My Space marker....chewed up...under the couch that's at least a month old 😢
+Nathalie Smith I heard you can put a paper towel over it and run your iron over it so the wax melts and the paper towel absorbs it. Do this repeatedly with a new paper towel each time until all the wax is gone. Hope this helps!
Clean My Space nail polish! Have a stain I cannot remove from the carpet.
Came for the blood removal, cops are closing in on me and really need to get these stains up. Thanks for the advice!
Might have to call the police..
Lol
Next time save the hassle after and lay some heavy duty plastic beforehand. Easier to prevent stains before than remove them after. :) Best wishes in your endevours.
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@@nickcrane8329 True, but most satanist aren't bad people lol.
I spilled my beer last night. That’s why I’m here
Hi, thank you for the cleaning tips!
I have 2 questions:
-how do you clean makeup stains ( on the carpet)?
-how do you clean an old stain?
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How do you get rid of makeup stains on carpets?
Turmeric. Most difficult yellow stain which turns to red after contact with baking soda( practically everything soapy). Indians used turmeric on regular basis on all food preparations. You should make a video on this.
Btw thanks for all your videos. they have been super helpful.
I had an ink stain on my sweater from a broken ballpoint pen. Just soak in milk for 15 minutes or so, immediately rinse out and wash like you normally would. The milk will have turned light blue by then. Don't drink it anymore ;) The stain had been a few days old as well, just don't wash it first because it will set.
I've never had carpet in my house, only rugs that I could take the porch, scrub away and dry for two to three days. As soon as I moved to the US I had to deal with a coffee stain on a carpet, and the cloth and iron trick worked perfectly, I also used paper towel repeatedly, applied baking soda in order to soak up as much of that coffee as possible because the carpet is pretty fluffy and thick, and the baking soda helped lift the liquid to the top before doing the iron trick.
Use a blacklight in a darkened room to check and see if you got all of the pet stains/bodily fluid stains up. They will light up. This is also great for cleaning up stains on cabinets that you can't see.
Great video! Thank you! Any recommendations for cleaning tennis shoes (different types of fabrics/materials) I have white Nike tennis shoes that I love, but are forever getting black scuff marks. :/
Soak,wash and rinse withTide detergent with bleach.
Getting the cat to pee and for you to bleed on your carpet shows true dedication! 😜
Thanks for the video!
Patty Haber lol
Nice video! Please make one video about cleaning couches please
Any potential she can make it more about finding more of the higher levels of legal coinage used in the country you live in? Or I live in... I could do with getting paid more for dealing with THAT area!
Yes, that's true
Coffee and berry smoothie. But probably because I rubbed the carpet and did not blot like you advise. =(
Hey Melissa, Try a product called Power Out made by Turtle Wax. You find it in the car care isle. It gets out literally Everything. I use it on pet and grass stains. I even used it to get out a 5 yr old rust stain in my car. The stain came out and not a trace of it left behind.
I don't even have any carpets in my flat, I just love watching stains disappear :D
wow all of a sudden my life seems so much more interesting.
Tile is my choice for sure. Socks replace the need for foot comfort. Those who have a problem with that issue I bless you.😊
Hi Melissa, I inherited a rust stain! The house owner said they had professionally cleaned the carpets but I have my doubts! Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!
QUESTION: I DROPPED MY FRUIT SMOOTHIE ON MY CARPET...A LOT OF IT. IT'S A DARK PURPLE COLOR (FROM BLUEBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES). I'VE TRIED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING. I HAVE GOTTEN MOST OF IT OUT BUT I STILL SEE A PIT OF A DARK PATCH LEFT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Melissa, have you tried Norwex? It's been a total game changer for me & my cleaning!
I find that for some reason red wine is easier for me to remove from carpet than coffee. Go figure! I'll try this. I definitely feel better using these natural products, rather than commercial products. Thanks for the video! I purchased your book awhile back and it has been extremely helpful!
Water/spot cleaning marks and chocolate marks on our fabric couch! Love your work😁😁😘😘
milk! after some time it starts to smell weird even though I clean it as much as I can also vomit yuk
Could you do a review video of different kinds of spin mops? Including the O-Cedar mop? And your thoughts about spin mops in general? Thank you!!
We have a three stains on our carpet. I watched this in hopes of finding the fix! One is a blood stain, one is nail polish (but it's a kid nail polish, hoping that comes out?) and the worst is blue ball point pen... a lot. Our son thought he'd get creative there...
Side note: since watching your channel I use microfiber cloths to clean most things in my home (except toilets... i just can't). But since the cloths always say wash on cold, or lukewarm I do worry a bit about how clean and/or sanitzed the cloths get. Ours aren't color coded and I use general blue cloths from home depot for all tasks. (hoping to buy amazing Maker cloths soon...but we are a family of 6 and I go through a lot of cloths!)
I mean what if I use a cloth on the bathroom one day and later on the kitchen counter... Which also brings me to what about washable mop heads and steam cleaner cloths? After I mop, even with a steam mop the cloth pad is so filthy and it really makes me want to wash it on sanitize cycle. (I tried that and it shrunk though).
please tell me again why I don't need to wash microfiber on hot...? It's hard for me to relax about this.
Chocolate and all berry juices 😭 kids love them 😩
No empty spray bottle but i will just dip sponge in small-scale amount of solution to blot stain on floor. Is that fine?
When you spill wine , immediately throw salt on your carpet , clothing , furniture. It will soak up the wine and will not stain .
The worst stain was cat urine. I had to soak the carpet with different products I was trying, and baking soda, then vacuum the carpet with a shop vac. I ended up cutting out a piece of carpet, but luckily it was in a corner near the doorway that, once cleaned, dried, and painted, looks just fine as a shoe or boot drop. I moved the cat litter area to another location. A large tupperware storage container now serves as the cat's litterbox bc she does not aim well and the higher sides prevent her urine from soaking the area around the litter box. I learned a lot, and today that litterbox is tended to every day, and washed out on weekends. Lots of work I never planned on.😮
The most difficult stain we deal with is cat vomit. It's chunky, stinky, and the dyes in the cat food stain light colored carpet really quickly. Would love to know how you would tackle such a job! We have older kitties with really sensitive tummies, so lots of barf going on at our house!
I have a spray bottle filled with vinegar and baking soda mix. Before putting it into the bottle I mix it with some hot water so it mixes well. Using a paper towel blot up the vomit as soon as you find it and spray the area with the vinegar and b.s. solution. Mark the area with a cloth over it, so you won't forget to come back and blot it up agsin once it soaks awhile. Give the spot a lot of patting and gentle rubbing after it soaks. Then lay a new clean rag over and step on it or place something heavy so it soaks up the water from the carpet. Let dry.
I'm 18 now, but when I was little, I was horrible for spilling things. Over 10 years ago I spilt beans on our family room carpet, the stain is still there. I also spilt nail polish on my bedroom carpet that we never got out. Luckily, my parents have decided to switch to hardwood and laminate flooring. Oh, and I've gotten better at not spilling things.
When do you choose hydrogen peroxide vs white vinegar? Trying to learn so I can decide which to use depending on the type of stain.
A easy tip I use. Since we have a cat, and with cats you get hairballs. We leave it to dry (instead of trying to get it up immediately). By doing this, it comes up very easy and does not leave a stain. You just pick up the mess and vacuum up the rest. It is unsightly while it is drying, but it is the easiest and painless way to take care of the mess.
one tip to get stains out of carpet (warning, it's supposed to be funny):
Don't have carpets.
true bro Melissa helping us deal with our Patrick Bateman antics.
Great video! I have a question I hope you can help me with. I had a carpet stain and used a product called Folex to remove it. Well, I must have used to much because afterwards I have a much bigger stain where I used it. What can I do now to remove the stain that appeared after using the carpet stain remover? The initial stain is gone, I am just left with the larger stain where I applied the Folex.
helping out all those murderers!
Nope, nothing gets away the certain chemical protein bonds that blood has, and certain identifiers that are specific can never be destroyed! Also, you'd have to consider changing the plumbing from shower tray down (plus any tiles and beneath all tiles, grouting, and beneath baths and shower trays!!), in addition to the inside of all the pipes, including the local main waste and sewarage lines for a good few miles! This also includes all the way round and beneath the first layer if a ceramic one, and including the soil for about a good football pitch length outwards on all directions and the same distance (and then down to the base rock level in addition, which could be for kilometres or many tens, hundreds, or more of miles!), plus everything above the soil in question being 100% destroyed to minimise any sign. So yeah, things can be more complex than imagined, not to mention there will be additional factors such as personal interactions with missing person, cell traces etc etc. Not to mention, if you think the harsher the chemical will be more beneficial to your clean up effort, you can even create a 'blood rust' stain due to the chemicals, or create toxic fumes that could be fatal and/or explosive for yourself depending how long the blood has been sitting there for/not been kept 'alive'. My morbid curiosity since I was a teen has paid off in regards to providing you with an informative comment response. Therefore it has not been time wasted!
However, I do wish that she prefaced the blood clean up thing by saying something like 'get yourself and/or the relevant person to safety as soon as possible, then seek medical advice, or call for medical assistance such as emergency services. If someone has caused an injury to you (even if you think they might have done it unintentionally!), and whether they respond in the fastest way and most appropriate way to get you medical assistance. No one should touch you, say or do things that make you feel less than your best on a regular basis, or cause you injury (regardless if you bruise, bleed, how much, or if it is visible). That is not ok. You deserve better than that. You are worth more than that. Maybe talking with [insert link or helplne here] might help you see that, so please do that when it is possible and preferably most safe for you to do so'... You know, the more youtubers and the more varied topics it get discussed on, the more people will see it and will know that it isn't ok and that if a person is a perpetrator they can seek help, if they know someone or are that someone they can seek help. You know, small things.
:D someone has been watching a lot of TV! loved your comment, Chris!
You need the Sunshine Cleaning Company
Hello Melissa, did you do a video to show how to clean a whole carpet? No stains, only faded colors, greyish carpet? I know the baking soda for odors, but I don't know how to get the carpet beautiful colors back. Thank you!
The white wine over red wine totally works by the way!
I feel bad for you guys' house- it's the only one I know that purposely gets stained/dirtied/messy for the viewing pleasure of others! Haha! Seriously though, great video (as always) and thanks for always going above and beyond to provide the best cleaning content!
I have dirt stains that wont come out of the carpet, I think its dirt or maybe cola, do you suggest hydrogen peroxide and dish soap for that? thanks I love your channel!
A black sharpie that was unknowingly uncapped and sat on.... on a white fabric couch
cat vomit!! the worse!! I bought your new book and I just love it. have a great day.
this is so helpful for apartment living
If you pour white wine over a red wine stain it will neutralize the colour and then you just have to blot out the clear liquid left behind. It works well when the stain just happens. The only thing left to deal with is the smell of wine. Don't believe it? Try it on a white cloth and see what happens. It's a good magic trick too 😊
So I didn't have club soda for my Red wine spill. I had carbonated water and kosher salt.. something you said about salt in a different blog so we tried that temporarily. Of course it didn't work, so is too late to try the club soda the next day?
so how do u get rid of choco milk?
serious question
Lip stick and foundation on clothes are tough to get out. Also collar stains from the oil and dirt of your neck and dirt on the cuff of your sleeves typically from the desk you work at all day. Help!
I have never had to use hydrogen peroxide with soap to get rid of blood stains. I just use the H2O2 and blot (my mother is a phlebotomist/bacteriologist and this is what she taught me from a young age.) Also with the wine stain you can pour salt on it to soak up the rest of it including anything that may have gone deeper.
The toughest stain I've had/still have to deal with is a foundation stain in my curtains. I was doing a make-up workshop and somehow the foundation found it's way to the curtains. 😱 Can someone give me some advise to remove that stain? Thanks a lot for helping me! 🙏😊
Sarah Dsp Shaving Cream! I know it sounds weird but it works! Good luck doll
Thanks for your suggestion! Il try it out! 😊
I have some fungus stains on my carpet. Because it's always humid in my basement. Do you have any suggestions to remove those fungus stains?
4:43 white vinegar works just as well with the iron technique
Hi Melissa and Chad! My toughest stains were spilled coffee and pollen from lillies.
No jinn in
do you recommend glass or plastic spray bottles for diy cleaners?
I love your videos and I watch them them all but I really want more carpet videos!!! I replaced my carpet about a year ago and it's already become dirty and I clean it every couple months with a carpet shampooer. We don't wear shoes in the house but it's dirty and Dusty and it's hard and no longer soft. I read to add fabric softener and water and just wash it with that but do you have any other tips?
do these stains also come out of upholstered chairs with the same remedies you mentioned?
Hi Melissa and how to clean old stains when we don´t know the origin of them? When you have old sofa or carpet and cannot buy a new one or you simply don´t want just throw the stuff away (spare the planet and don´t want to waste...). Is there a way how to make it at least little bit better if not perfect?
The worst stain I've had is a bike chain grease stain on my clothes. I used Crisco to get it out. I rubbed Crisco into the stain and it lifted the grease. I would wipe the grease off with the lifted oil and do it again until the stain was gone. Black grease is really hard to remove.
Aphoolstry!!! And the residue marks from the cleaner
Old rust stains (from the bottom of paint cans?) in the carpet on the boat we bought used.
Thank you for your informative vedio I learned a lot
I have 2 young children and I have dark spots on my carpet. not sure what they are. they could be juice or food or combination of that. any suggestions on what I could try?
Please could you tell me how to get rid off/take off blue tac that's stuck in carpet.. it's stubborn and freaking me out! 😩😩😩
Love your cleaning videos. Have you done a video on how to clean a microfiber couch stain and odor. My son just got a couch it has a stain I think water stain from someone else try to clean it before him. Also it has a odor
tasha hunt rubbing alcohol cleans microfiber couches, and dries fast.
Ok Thank you so much. I will try that.
Great information 😄
@melissamaker- What about indian milk tea spilling in the entire sofa? other than the stain, how do u tackle with the liquid that the entire sofa has soaked in?
call a pro - teas usually can be used as dyes and probably the fibres of the materials are dyed already. mentally prepare to part with your sofa...:L
Ok melissa, i think you need to get rid of your lazy behaviour and upload more cleaning video because my life is pretty boring these days and i need your video to accompany me cleaning. I love you both!!!!
Agree! Dry cat food red/orange residual is the worst to get out!
I'm moving into a new house that had dogs, now the stairway carpet is totally filthy, what do you recommend for getting the dirt out? I don't wanna have to replace all the carpet as it connects into all the upstairs rooms which are in great condition.
What did you do to get rid of this. I’m about to be in the same situation
What about weird white spots? I think my kids must have dribbled milk and not told me. It doesn't smell, but I can't get it out! We have a lot of potty training accidents, so I really appreciate the tips for urine spots! :)
What about if it is a black mark on carpet that is on a stair well? Not a flat surface. I have similar carpet to what you have in your video and is also cream.
I have nail polish, dark red of course, on my carpet. any suggestions?
i wish I had known about this coffee removing process sooner. I have spilled hot coffee and iced coffee in two different rooms of my house. Huge stains. This is why I hate carpet and prefer hard wood floors throughout. Carpet also holds onto scents.
can you plssss suggest how can I remove hair color stains from my carpet...
meenal salia I actually used resolve gold for clothing on the same stain you have and it pulled it right up. Good luck :)
My children's do painting and it's all over the carpet plz give me some advice how I clean
How to clean the white top grain leather sofa stain? thanks
Bulletproof coffee: coconut oil & butter in coffee. It was my birthday and my hubby said he'd clean it up for me, esp since I was running late, but I don't know what he tried. Needless to say, it's still there. 😣
Red dye stains from red colored drinks ie KoolAid? Would the peroxide and steam iron method work??
Vickie_ VB no, they need to be reduced not oxidized
JCS Probably a dumb question, but how do I go about reducing the stain?
How do you remove the "Ghost Stain" you mentioned? Is it permanent?
QUESTION!!!!! HELP PLEASE!!!
Last week I did a load of laundry & by the time I got to the dry stuff in thr dryer, I noticed a smell. My washer is a top load and the dryer is a front load. (I have Multiple sclerosis & sometimes by the time things are dry, I cannot get to unload.)
The dryer, however, has a top pull thing to pull out and remove lint from. Both appliances are electric only.
I noticed that the top of the dryer was wet. My cat had obviously peed on the top and some went into the lint trap! I immediately took the lint trap out and cleaned the trap out. I could smell on the trap itself, that the cat pee had gone into the area around the trap. I soaked the trap itself in a mixture of white vinegar & stuff called "Odor Ban." Then I let it dry fully! I wet a rag with the same solution and ran it down the area where the trap goes qs far as I could.
I let every thing dry at least 48 hours.
I rewashed everything in the dryer and when I noticed no "odd cat pee smell" I put it back in the dryer. While the room didn't smell immediately, as soon as it was dry qnd I opened it to fold the towels, the smell was back!!!! UGH!!!
I have since covered the entire dryer top with Reynolds Wrap and now it is impossible for him to get to the lint trap to pee (if he does, it is easily cleaned up & can't go into the trap!)!!
Do you hqve any suggestions on how to get this odor out of the dryer??
Well done video. 🙏
Thanks for this vid! I was wondering, have you done a how to clean bamboo floors?!
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Brilliant video! question about bamboo floor great question
I have gel oil base stain in my carpet. Any Ideas on how to get this out? Please help!
Great video amazing tips
Which of these solutions works for juice stains on carpet?
I had am automatic room deodorizer placed on top of wall unit. Not realising that the spray was falling onto the carpet below. Ot has left quite a large yellow stain. How can I remove it. I have shampooed carpet and tried supermarket cleaners to no avail. Can you please help
I loved the coffee cup! You got an Office Space fan there, I'm gonna guess it's Chad!
How do you clean a Cream Shag rug? I have some dirt stains😩
Have you tried Bussell Crosswave?
This is on my linoleum. I have yellow patches on my linoleum. When I mop, it does not come off. It is when we walk, mainly. Susie
I've had red slushy stains on my carpet and had blue ice muscle run spilled on my carpet and it's been difficult to clean up.
Thank you so much 😊 for the tips.. you are amazing.. I will do that on my carpet
oil (industrial-engine) can't get it out
As a person who worked for a huge carpet cleaning company in London as a sales person, let me break it to you - it is NOT coming off... Sorry if that makes you sad but you have 0 chance against it. Even if you see methods online for cleaning motor oil, they may work if it is small droplet but I would not even try...
I’ve gotten automotive oil out of the seat in my car using Dawn dish soap.
My tough stain as a mother is vomiting from my young under 4 age boys. Maybe you can help with that.
Carpet cleaning question: How do you clean your entire carpeted area? Examples: professional service, own a carpet/floor scrubber, or something else?
thank you from sudan..♡ ..it's really works good.
Thank you for the tip Duncandy I will try it
Melissa, how do I clean a stain on microfiber furniture?
My dog chewed up a tube of purplish lip gloss, leaving a stain on the carpet. Oily and purple - tough combo!
Melissa I need help with carpet hanging thread outside of carpet how to clean it specially when u got wood floor under it
food stains....not mentioning any names but I will shamefully raise my hand lol...the peroxide dish soap usually works great
I used that one today on old Coffee stains
The peroxide 3 to 1 Dawn dish soap worked fast too!
I have had to clean a red wine stain on my off-white cashmere sweater and there is no trace of it after trying with white wine! Same goes for our synthetic high pile ivory carpets. After trying the club soda method, the stain did not come off. Like, no result at all. :( The next time I tried with cheap white wine (that I use for cooking) and there is no trace! Maybe it depends on the carpets...
As a sales person who has worked for a huge cleaning company in London, I will advise you simply - not to touch any stain if you have an expensive or delicate carpet/rug. You WILL make it worse and you WILL seal the stain within the fibres. Get a pro to do it no matter how expensive it is. Even soap can ruin your fabric or dyes in your carpet/rug. And forget about stuff like Vanish - they always makes it way worse.
As a person who inherited a flat with dirty carpets from previous tenants, I will tell you to professionally clean them every 6 months to a year. Most people have no clue that 8L of water will be PITCH BLACK after having their bedrooms done. And no, steamers will never clean your carpets properly! Hot-water extraction is the method you need.