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Floor Cleaners and Floor Polishes

Vinegar: A few drops in the cleaning water will help remove grease panicles. Dull, greasy film on no-wax linoleum can be washed away with 1/2 cup white vinegar mixed into 1/2 gallon water. Your floor will look sparkling clean.

Linoleum: Mild Detergent. Damp mop using a mild detergent and water for day to day cleaning. Keep water away from seams and edges to prevent loosening of the tiles. To preserve the linoleum floor you may wish to add a capful of baby oil to the mop water.

Wood Floors: Vegetable Oil and Vinegar. Mix a 1 to 1 ratio of oil and vinegar into a solution and apply a thin coat. Rub in well.

Painted Wooden Floors: Mix 1 teaspoon washing soda into 1 gallon hot water and wash the floor with a mop, sponge, or soft bristled brush. This solution can also be used to remove mildew.

Rubber Tiles: Mild Detergent. Avoid oils, solvents, and strong alkalis as they will harm the surface. Wash with clear water, a mild detergent, and a clean mop.

Brick and Stone Floors: Mix 1 cup white vinegar into 1 gallon water. Scrub the floor with a brush and the vinegar solution. Rinse with clean water.

Ceramic Tile: Mix 1/4 cup white vinegar (more if very dirty) into 1 gallon water. This solution removes most dirt without scrubbing and doesn't leave a film. Washing ceramic tiles with soap does not work very well in hard water areas as it leaves an insoluble film.

Club Soda: Polishing your floor with Club Soda will make it sparkle.

Oil Soap: Use according to package directions.

[mctrness]

I happened to be flipping thru the channels and stumbled upon this guy name Graham Haley on PBS. He's a genius when it comes to removing stains! I tried this 'recipe' and it works like a champ!

Foam Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner
• 3 Tbsp Dish Soap
• 1 tsp White Vinegar
• ½ tsp ammonia
• ¾ c water

Stir and place in foaming soap dispenser. Place foam on carpet and rub with sponge to remove stains. You'll only want to use the foam for removing stains, not the liquid. If you don't have a foaming pump just use a wisk to make foam in the bowl. The vinegar smell isn't too appealing but it quickly goes away.

[YouPdWhat]

When I had carpet I use to use this method ( - the amonia ) all the time & it does work great!

[arahzel]

If you spill red wine on your carpet, dab up very lightly what you can, then pour salt on top of it. Pour a little salt, let it soak up the wine, then vaccum. Repeat till the wine is gone.

No staining! I've seen this in action. :)

[costcuttingmama]

Has anyone tried to clean a Berber carpet by themselves? I'd rather not hire someone else to shampoo it if I can do it myself. Any help would be much appreciated!

[moxi]

With 4 kids 2 dogs and 1 cat, my carpet gets dirty spots. I have tried every commercial cleaner out there, this is by far the best:

Cornstarch! If the stain is wet, sprinkle a generous amount of cornstarch on the spot. Let dry (I let it dry overnight) and vacuum.
If the stain is dry I squirt it with water then sprinkle the cornstarch.
This is excellent for pet stains(yuck, I know). Please test this in a non visible spot first.

[kval07]

I use regular old salt. When my puppy had a urinary tract infection he was peeing all over the place all the time. (Glad that's over.) I would put the salt down asap and let it sit overnight. Next day vacuum and you could never tell anything was there. No chemicals, no rags, no nothing.

[carisal]

Has anyone tried to clean a Berber carpet by themselves? I'd rather not hire someone else to shampoo it if I can do it myself. Any help would be much appreciated!

I have a Hoover Steam Vac Silver that I bought at WalMart maybe 5 years ago. model F5900 900 . I dont remember the price of it but I'm sure it was under $200 when I bought it(not on sale... I was an impulse buyer back then....). I just used it to clean my apartment's living room carpet.... we've lived here a year and this is the first time I've cleaned it. It looks great, except for just a few spots that I'll have to work on some more. It got up a lot more than I expected. I'm happy with how well it did..... the first time I used it was on REALLY badly damaged, dirty carpets in a old run down house that we rented at the time, so I wasnt sure what to expect.

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anyways, I came here looking for tips and I think I'll try some of the stain removal recipes already posted.

My question is...
does anyone have any recomendations for fixing a small burn spot on berber carpet?

I'm thinking , that I will cut off the burned tufts and then snag a piece of remnant and ... maybe superglue? undamaged carpet on top..... I guess thats really the only way to do it.....