carpet cleaning

Barneysmom

I bought a Vax shampooer for about £60, it's really good and lifts the dirt easily. Best to do it at night so it has a few hours to dry out, though it doesn't overly wet it.

madnessandmayhem

The rug doctor is brilliant-where i work, I can hire it for free and i would rcommend it-i would even pay for it if i didn't get it for free!!! Where i work it costs £19.99 for 24 hours and £24.99 for 48 hours, then you just buy the cleaning fluid-i bought the bottle that cost about £8 and i've done my downstairs carpets twice with it, and i think i've prob got 2 more goes with it! I would deffo give it a go

bluetimone97

Another vote for the rug doctor here, you can hire them from homebase stores or dry cleaners, they are ace!

carolinejane_2

Hi everyone

woke this morning and I've got some unknown black spots on my stairs, every other step so must have been something on one foot
showered before I noticed it so don't know what it was???

anyway don't want to just scrub at it without knowing what it is, so how can I check and what can I use to remove it

geri1965_2

I use Vanish stain remover, it's in a pink bottle and gets rid of pretty much anything. Test it on a small area first.

carolinejane_2

worried it might be oil

will it work on that?

geri1965_2

It doesn't say anything about oil on it - could try it though.

carolinejane_2

worried about making it worse until I know what it is?

vanilla

Hairspray, i swear by it. DD spilt black ink on her cream carpet and hairspray got it off, the ink was really dryed in.

Spray it on, leave for a couple of minutes and dab it don't rub, once all the stain has lifted just clean with warm water.

all_change

carolinejane wrote: »

...must have been something on one foot...

anyway don't want to just scrub at it without knowing what it is, so how can I check and what can I use to remove it

Have you looked at your shoes/socks/feet to see if you can identify it from there?