Home Improvement > CarpetOctober 16, 2009

Dying Carpet

My husband and I are about to purchase our first home. It is a foreclosure so its buy "as is". There's really not too much wrong with it other than carpet stains (and the carpet is a really light color, almost white). I have heard of dying carpet and I was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers. Any tips that can be offered would be great.

By Lacey from Fort Smith, AR

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10/20/2009

Try Huggie Baby wipes to clean the spots! My son rented a house that had a white carpet with some black spots that looked like black car oil! I was able to get all the black spots out with Huggies baby wipes. I had just heard about huggiesi being good for spot cleaning carpets a few days before that -- think it was on The View that I heard about other uses for Huggies. Taking off makup and spot cleaning carpets were two of the uses that I remember! I now keep a soft package of Costco's baby wipes in the car for cleaning up hands, faces and/or spills from fast food, in the car. And if and when they dry out, I pour a liiitle hydrogen peroxide over the dried out towels as it also helps as a good sanitizer of hands for germs, etc.

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10/17/2009

First you will need to know what fiber your carpet is made out of. Some of them can't be dyed. I would have a carpet cleaning company come and give an estimate for dyeing. Sometimes it is not more expensive than having it cleaned.

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10/17/2009

Before you attempt something that big, go out and buy a can of Spot Shot - dark blue can with an orange top - in the carpet cleaning dept. of Wal Mart, grocery store, Home Depot, or the like. It's a miraculous carpet stain remover.
I haven't found anything it won't remove. Maybe the carpet can be saved.

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