Everyone has spilled something on the carpet at one point or another. Have you ever noticed that just taking a sponge and scrubbing makes a stain much harder to get it out. That’s because when you start rubbing a stain you’re actually pushing something deeper into the carpet fibers. This is why you can rub a stain off a tee-shirt also. It has to go in the wash!

Here are a few handy tips to help you deal with the most common stains in the home.

Coffee Stains

There’s one real reason that coffee can stain so badly and that is simply that the sugar amplifies the staining effect. Not to get scientific or anything like that but the sugar pretty much adheres to anything it touches.

Think for a moment about anything that’s sticky and make from sugar that you get on your hands. It sticks quite well until you wash your hands properly right?

And then what happens when you wash your hands with hot water? It comes right off and much easier than cold water. So the trick to get rid of a coffee stain is to pour boiling water on to the stain and then allow the stain to lift itself out. Then dab the area dry.

Don’t rub!

Just dab the area dry. Just be careful. Don’t use to much water and get your carpet waterlogged. And you can always count on Clean Victoria Gateshead to come to and help you clean your stains if you don’t have time!

Ink Stains

Ink stains are another very common stain that can happen at home.

If it’s a pen leaking and getting on the carpet or if it is the pen that I accidentally fell on the floor and the carpet ended up with a stain. No matter what it is you might be dealing with a serious stain. And you might think you need a professional carpet cleaning company to come to the rescue. But that might not be the case.

What you can do is take one part lemon juice from a freshly squeezed lemon and one part regular detergent and pour it on the stain. Just let this sit for about 30 minutes and then dab out the solution. Once you feel like you have got all the solution continue the dabbing process but with hot water.

Hopefully they two tips were what you were looking for and they will come in handy the next time you have a deal with coffee stains or ink stains on your carpet. If you need to call a professional carpet cleaning Newcastle company and you haven’t been able to get your stains out of your carpet then you can always give us a call.