How Do You Get Old Kool-Aid Stains Out of Carpet?
A beverage spill such as Kool-Aid can wreak havoc on a beautiful carpet, since the drink contains such a high concentration of food coloring. The longer a stain sits, the harder it can be to remove as it will have soaked deeply into the carpet fibers. Luckily, if you have an old stain that you have been trying to ignore or have tactfully kept covered with a throw rug or chair, there is still hope. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Create a mixture of 5 or 6 drops of liquid dish soap in 2 cups of water.
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Wet a clean, white cloth with the mixture.
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Lay the cloth on top of the area stained by Kool-Aid.
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Turn the iron on its lowest setting and place on top of the damp cloth. Leave the iron there for 15 minutes without pressing down.
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Remove the soiled cloth. You should see some of the Kool-Aid's coloring transferred to the cloth.
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Repeat the process with a new cloth soaked in the soap solution until the stain is gone.
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Rinse the carpet with clean water and let it dry thoroughly.
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Tips & Warnings
Be patient. It may take quite a few passes for the stain to come up, but with time this method should eliminate the stain from your carpet.
Do not use cloths that are dripping wet, just damp. An overabundance of moisture left in your carpet could cause it to mildew.
References
- Photo Credit stain - splat image by angelo.gi from Fotolia.com
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Comments
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OK I have to post this and hope it may help someone else. We had several blotches of blue Icee freeze desert on our beige carpet in the basement. Yes, I let it sit awhile BUT found this that WORKS to get at least most of it out.
