Rug Doctor® by BISSELL® Rental’s Summer Stain Cleaning Guide
Are you ready for summer? We are, it’s our favorite time of year. Who doesn’t love being outside on a beautiful sunny day, maybe even by a pool? The only thing we look forward to more is spending those sunny days with family and friends. But all that fun in the outdoors can sometimes find its way indoors in the form of stains. We know people tend to sneak inside to enjoy the air conditioning and then – boom – you have ice cream on the carpet. Luckily, knowing how to clean carpet stains, even common summer stains, is easy.
We’ve created this easy Summer Cleaning guide to help you clean summer stains so you can get back to enjoying summertime sooner.
Ice Cream, Chocolate Milk, Pet Accidents, Fruit Juice, Ketchup, Beer, Blood Stains
These common summer stains can be cleaned in the same method. First, pick up what you can of the mess. If there are big pieces or a lot of excess liquid, scrape as much out of the carpet as you can. Don’t push it into the carpet though! For these stains, we recommend an enzyme-action carpet cleaner. It seems like an odd choice for some of these stains, but it’s a good first step in spot and deep cleaning. When used as directed, enzymes attack and remove stains and odors by breaking down protein, starches and oils and they stay active until the organic material is gone.
Work the formula into the stain with a cloth, using light strokes moving from the edge of the stain towards the center. No scrubbing required! When you reach the center of the stain, lightly pinch in an upward motion. Then spray more formula on the stain and put a damp, white cloth over the top. Let it sit for 24-48 hours to keep those enzymes working on the stain and odor to finish off the stain removal and eliminate odors.
Dirt, Grass Stains, Red Wine, Salad Dressing, Pop, Tea, Popsicles
Oxygen-based stain removal formulas start working on contact to penetrate and remove stains at the source.. Work the formula into the stain with a cloth, using light strokes moving from the edge of the stain towards the center. When you reach the center of the stain, lightly pinch in an upward motion. No need to scrub, just remember to remove any big chunks of debris or extra moisture before spraying and avoid pushing the extra moisture down into the carpet. If there is any colored stain remaining, spray it generously with the oxy cleaner and wait 5 minutes before blotting again.
The last step, to make sure that stains are gone for good is to deep clean your carpet with a Rug Doctor® by BISSELL® rental carpet cleaning machine. Are you not sure how to shampoo carpet? We can help:
Five Easy Steps To Deep Clean Carpet:
- Rent a carpet cleaning machine from Rug Doctor® by BISSELL® at a store near you. Find a location here.
- Vacuum carpet thoroughly.
- Prepare the machine to deep clean carpet by filling the clean tank with hot top water and our professional-grade carpet cleaning formula.
- Plug in the machine and turn on. Press down the trigger and move slowly forward then back over the same area. Let go of the trigger and forward and backward again over that area. Continue until the whole carpet has been cleaned.
- When you have finished cleaning, empty and rinse both tanks. Check the bottom of the machine and remove any hair or debris in the brush rolls or wheels.
Let’s make the only reminder of outdoor fun be memories of great times, not stains on your carpet. Cleaning up after outdoor summer activities can be easy and it doesn’t take long, so you can get back to enjoying your time with family and friends sooner.
