Homemade Carpet Shampoo
I know I haven't posted in a while, and there is a good reason for that. CRAZY BUSY FAMILY! I have been spring cleaning my butt off....well I wish my butt was smaller....anyways, back to the post. I wanted to share with you all my homemade carpet shampoo. Shampoo in stores (even generic) is soooo expensive! I don't know about all of you, but our wallet is thin in this house. So here is a FANTASTIC recipe to get your carpets super clean! First, I went through and spot treated any bad areas…
Nail-polish remover removes stains from tennis shoes. Shoe on the left has just been cleaned!
The Best Homemade Carpet Cleaner Recipes | Hunker
A homemade carpet cleaner is effective, inexpensive and easy to make. When you make your own DIY carpet cleaner, you can be sure it is nontoxic and scent free for sensitive noses. You may need to make different concentrations of the homemade carpet cleaner for different types of stains.
~DIY carpet cleaner for machines~ I just made a gallon of this carpet cleaner. Add 1/4 cup vinegar, 4 tbsp dish soap, 4 tbsp softener and 1/4 cup peroxide in a measuring cup. Stir it. Then add it to an almost full gallon of warm water. Then slowly add warm water to top it off. Gently shake the jug to mix, avoid suds and bubbles. Add to the cleaning compartment like you would normal cleaning solution. I made it for pennies. It worked great on my carpets and smells good too.
~DIY carpet cleaner for machines~ I just made a gallon of this carpet cleaner. Add 1/4 cup vinegar, 4 tbsp dish soap, 4 tbsp softener and 1/4 cup peroxide in a measuring cup. Stir it. Then add it to an almost full gallon of warm water. Then slowly add warm water to top it off. Gently shake the jug to mix, avoid suds and bubbles. Add to the cleaning compartment like you would normal cleaning solution. I made it for pennies. It worked great on my carpets and smells good too.
DIY Carpet Cleaning
A few weeks ago we decided to clean our very light colored carpet. It was very dirty due to all the traffic from the back door (our main entry) and I could no longer stand to look at it. My Honey came to my rescue! I learned a long time ago not to use soap to clean carpets from a professional carpet cleaner, she says it causes them to be sticky. We knew we needed something more natural, so we decided on a combination of warm water, vinegar and Oxy Clean. DIY Carpet Cleaning Mixture: 2 1/2…