Things You'll Need:
- Sifter
- Baking soda
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Liquid fabric softener
- Cornstarch
- Borax
- Rubbing alcohol
- Palmolive dish soap
- White vinegar
- Barbasol shaving cream
- Vacuum
- Sponge mop
- Carpet steam cleaner
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Step 1
Only natural products for Garth.Place baking soda in a flour sifter for a method of dry cleaning your floors. Sift the baking soda evenly over your entire carpeted area, let it sit overnight, then vacuum. Carpeting looks good and smells great.
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Step 2
Baby Mya is safe on naturally cleaned carpet.Mix 1 cup of Borax with 2 cups of cornstarch. Sprinkle the mixture on your carpet, let it stand for one hour, then vacuum. This homemade carpet dry-cleaning product neutralizes odors.
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Step 3
Riley enjoys playing on carpeted stairs.Spray your carpet with Barbasol shaving cream, and work it in with a slightly damp sponge mop. Let it dry, then vacuum. The glycerin in shaving cream leaves your carpet clean, removes some stains and gets out pet odor, such as cat urine.
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Step 4
Dylan and Mya lounging on the clean carpet.Add hot water to a pint of rubbing alcohol, a teaspoon of Palmolive dishwashing liquid and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar to make a gallon of carpet cleaning solution. Place the solution in your carpet cleaner's tank and clean your carpet according to the manufacturer's instructions. The small amount of Palmolive helps make the solution wetter for better cleaning results, but doesn't leave a residue that can attract dirt, as most soap and detergent does. The rubbing alcohol helps evaporate the solution in the carpet to dry it faster.
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Step 5
Fill the cleaning solution tank of your carpet cleaner with white vinegar and the reservoir tank with hot water. Clean your carpet according to manufacturer's instructions. The acid in vinegar dissolves stains and removes odors. However, if vinegar is left sitting in the tank for a long time, it can damage rubber bearings in your steam cleaner, so clean your tanks completely with hot water after each use.
