Borax On Carpet Stains

Vacuum the spot for a stain free carpet.

Borax on carpet stains.

Using borax to clean carpets is a natural alternative to using commercial carpet cleaning solutions. Close off the area for a minimum of eight hours so people and animals aren t tracking borax through the rest of your home. Dissolve 1 2 cup of borax for every gallon of warm water. If the stain is a tough one use 3 tablespoon borax to the same mixture of vinegar and salt rub it through the stain and let it dry completely.

And borax also kills fleas which is helpful if they bother your dog or cat. Once the area is dry vacuum the carpet. Work borax into the stain once you ve blotted as much liquid as possible mist the carpet with cold water and sprinkle some borax on the spill. If it s on a sofa be sure to just blot the solution onto.

Work the borax into the carpet fibers with a broom. Borax a compound of boron is a natural element that has been used as a household cleaner throughout the 20th century. If there are light stains on the carpet you need to rub a mixture of 2 tablespoons of salt and mixed in 1 cup vinegar. Borax can be used to rid carpets of odors dirt and stains as well as flea infestations.

Combine the borax and warm water and blot this stain removal solution onto the carpet stains with a clean white cloth. Let that sit for about an. Sprinkle a mix of 2 parts cornmeal to 1 part borax over the entire carpet. Borax not only helps laundry detergent work better as discussed above it also helps remove baby stains laundry stains and carpet stains.

Let the solution stay on the carpet for approximately half an hour. Cleaning carpets with borax is an inexpensive way to remove stains and odors. Next use plain cold. If you will be using the solution on a carpet then use cup borax cup salt and cup vinegar.

Cloth diaper soak borax is a great cloth diaper soak. Then cover it with a damp rag. Just add a 1 2 cup of borax to the. Sprinkle borax across the carpet.

You can remove stains before they have a chance to set by making a liquid mixture. First sweep your carpet to lift loose dirt out of the fibers and then give it a good vacuuming. Apply cleaner use your sponge or towel to apply the mixture to the stain. Pre soak your laundry items for about 30 minutes in the borax solution.

Set in stains can be removed by making a borax paste.