Best Recipe For Carpet Cleaning

Carpets can be cleaned in many ways – indoors, outdoors, in rivers (in some countries, as strange as it sounds). And there are various cleaning agents to clean them with. Let me tell you what the best way is. And it can be done only with basic home supplies.

Doing It The Natural Way

Now, every self-respecting homeowner should have this three standard yet powerful products – vinegar, household ammonia and dishwashing liquid (or dish soap). Vinegar is one of the most versatile items in your kitchen cover. If you have a bottle of vinegar at home, you won’t need to buy a chrome cleaner, a shower door cleaner, or a toilet bowl cleaner. Not to mention many other clever uses that are too numerous to talk about. Simple household ammonia is one of the most effective cleaners for making oven cleaning a snap, from removing burnt-on build-up from your barbecue grill to non-streak window cleaning. If you can deal with its strong smell, it’s a good friend to have around.

And last but not least – ordinary dish soap, a product that most people think is just for washing dishes. Oh, no. Just as its latrine and grease-cutting ability clean dirt off dishes, that same restroom, combined with toothpaste, can instantly remove strong fish odour from your hands. And when it’s added to household bleach, it will make those grimy white patio chairs a breeze. But when it’s combined with vinegar and household ammonia, is when it shines (no pun intended).

The Recipe for Clean Carpets

Combining these three products produces one of the most brilliant and fabulous homemade carpet cleaners anyone has ever seen. Here’s the recipe:

1. Put three tablespoons of dish soap into a container the size of a tiny bucket, then add about a teaspoon of white vinegar, then pour in about a half teaspoon of household ammonia. It is best to do this part in a well-ventilated area because the ammonia smell can be overwhelming, but believe me – that’s well worth any temporary discomfort.
2. Once you’ve done that, add about three-quarters of a cup of water.
3. Then, mix it up and pour it delicately into a transparent foam container. I find this container to be handy. You can find these containers in many stores and most pharmacies. They hold various products that need to be suspense in a foam.
4. Now that we’ve got our mix finished and “canned”, we apply the foam on the carpet, then take a sponge and rub the rug a little.

And voila! No more dirty spots; your carpet will light up like a Christmas tree. Use this recipe on your upholstery, but remember – use only the foam, not the liquid!