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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like the home cleaning never ends! If you have kids or pets in the house, your carpets probably have a spot or two that could use a tune up. Keeping up with kids’ creative messes and a new puppy’s potty training mode is s full-time job! If you can relate to my clean-and-repeat game and are looking for better ways to clean your carpet during this back-to-school season, you will appreciate these carpet cleaning tips that have come from seasoned pros and parents alike.
Carpet Cleaning Tips for Back to School Season
As a general rule of thumb, you should be vacuuming your carpets at least once a week, but if you have heavy foot traffic in your home, you should probably do it 2-3 times per week. This picks up all of the smaller things that gather and collect on your carpet and doesn’t allow them time to turn into full blown stains. Additionally, you really should spot clean as soon as you see a spill as this may prevent stains later on.
When it comes to cleaning your carpet though, there are some more in-depth tricks that can help you get to the really nasty stains.
Blot the stain, do not try to scrub them out. This is an important one because when you scrub at stains or rub them it will actually force the stain further into the fibers of the carpet and stain it further. Blotting at the spill helps you to try and soak up any spills while avoiding further stains.
Use Club Soda. Whenever you get a spill on the carpet, be sure to break out the club soda. No, it’s not just an old wives’ tale. Do not pour the club soda straight onto the carpet, however, you need to put it onto a washcloth and use it that way.
Use shaving cream. Did you know that shaving cream can be used as a cleaning product? It can be used to get out most types of carpet stains. Put the shaving cream straight onto the stain and let it sit for 30 minutes, then blot it away with a clean cloth.
Keep vinegar on hand. Create a vinegar solution (one part vinegar, two parts water) and use it on most carpet stains. If you are concerned about the scent, don’t worry, the vinegar smell will go away after it dries.
Use heavy duty help. Some stubborn stains will need a special approach. Did you know that Spot Shot ® Instant Carpet Stain Remover instantly eliminates the toughest carpet stains – even OLD stains? It can fight pet stains, coffee, spaghetti sauce, grease and oil, marker, wine and more!
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Just spray on Spot Shot and blot the stain away. No need for rubbing or scrubbing. It’s that simple!
When it comes to pet stains, it doesn’t just clean the stain, it also defeats the stinky odor.
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Join Stain Fighting Community. We are especially busy during back-to-school season and it might be tempting to skip the housework. However, joining a Stain Fighting Community on Facebook won’t only give you support from other moms, it will also help you clean smarter rather than harder. I just discovered handy tips for cleaning old pets’ stains by the Lazy Pitbull – you got to check it out!
We have pets and between that and us…it’s a lot of junk getting on the carpet so I am always trying to keep it clean! Thanks for the tips and ideas! Honestly…Clorox wipes also do wonders at getting stains out of carpet quickly when something gets spilled!
Theses are great tips! The only thing I would add is to make sure your carpets have a good stain protectant applied. Here’s a good article about how stain protectants work, but they basically apply a protective layer around your carpet so stains are easier to wipe up. It’s basically magic and it’s saved our carpets many times over.
You have a lot of great tips on how to clean the carpets in our house. The house we just moved out of has so many stains on the floor that I tried everything to get rid of. I would love to try some of the ideas you had here before we moved to see if I could get a few more stains out.
Shaving cream for cleaning carpets, well that’s a new one on me but I am definitely loving it. I don’t have heavy traffic in my home so i hoover twice a week
I never would have thought to use shaving cream to clean the carpets. What an interesting idea. I’m going to try that one!
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It’s usually the pet stains and the mud stains that we have to deal with! I’ll definitely need a good stain remover.
These sound like some great tips, I have to admit we don’t have any carpet in our place at the moment as our dog is getting on so we decided to go for solid floors and use rugs.
Thank you for this! We have some scary looking carpet in some areas so I’m going to try out your suggestions.
I’m all about using club soda. Couldn’t agree more with you for that tip alone! I hate cleaning carpets but I know I have to check it off my list eventually.
I never knew about the shaving cream tip! I will have to try that, as well as the club soda. I am guilty about rubbing, instead of blotting!
These are important tips on keeping the carpets in top shape for back to school season. I know my kids can defintely get messy with food and crafts.
These are great tips- and I hear you – between my kids and my dogs my carpet doesn’t stand a chance! Totally trying the shaving cream tip!
Using shaving cream is a new tip for me. I will give it a try. I use equal parts blue Dawn and peroxide, that is a winner.
We used to have a carpeted floors at our old house and maintaining it clean is a lot of work but when you have kids, you have to keep it clean. Great tips you have here.
I haven’t tried that product before. Thank you for your honest review and tips on spot cleaning the carpets. It is easier now for me to keep the carpets clean, now that the kids are grown, but of course, there are the pets and the occasional grandkids that I have to worry about.
I have not tried Spot Shot before but it does look like something I need to have asap. It is difficult to keep carpets clean and spot free with kids and pets in the house. I will add this to my grocery list. Thanks for the review.
Perfect timing! I really need to get all the carpet cleaned in the house but for now, i just need to spot clean a few spots from times when my son has not been as careful as he should lol
These are great tips! Keeping carpets cleaned is NOT easy, especially with kids and pets! We have mostly hard wood floors because they’re so much less of a hassle, but I need to check this out for the few rooms in my home that do have carpet!