artep

Help!!! My son has a drum kit and one of the pedals has made a horrid black mark on the BEIGE carpet!!!! I don't know if its rubber or oil :scared:

We have our 3 month inspection tomorrow....although we've been here for 4 months (think they forgot us....like they forgot to do a checklist when we moved in )...while they're here I'm leaving the pedal where it is so it can't be seen!!!

Does anyone have any good tips on what products are good here for removing stains on carpets???

artep

No-one?

Hmm it seems I may then have to just go through all of them in turn....trial and error so to speak to find which are gonna make it worse and which may fix

Hels

Depending on the size of the stain, find some carpet in a hidden spot, like the bottom of a cupboard. Cut it out and then cut out the stained bit and replace it with the fresh bit of carpet.

Have done that loads in rentals in Oz throughout the years and never had ane problems.

Or you could just wait until you move out and hope the carpet cleaner will be able to get rid of the mark.

Good luck,

Helen

rancid

or just leave the drum kit where it is and worry about it when you have more time! :scared:

aussiesoon

We just put a rug over the honey stain. Mind you, if anyone actually knows how to remove it from a carpet, that would be even better!

Bella Donna

Is this any help? Drop down menu for different stains.

http://www.drclean.co.uk/surgery_sta...s_carpets1.asp

HTH.

Sue

ABCDiamond

Removing stains from WOOL Carpets
http://www.carpetdealers.com.au/carp...in_removal.htm

other carpet stain info
http://www.fabriclink.com/carpet/carpetstain.html

Bella Donna

http://www.carpetinfo.co.uk/pages/aboutpp/cleaning.htm

Might be of use too?

logan

not sure what happened there...but puter got stuck in a loop and I had about 15 windows open for that website! never mind...anyone know a good way to get cat sick stains out of a carpet!!!???? moving outta the rental soon, and our Mischief's a bit of a 'gobbler'/'purger'!

artep

Thanks to all of you for your replies!!!! I have put all those sites in my favs to look at this evening.

For the inspection we just covered the mark with the pedal again!!

Thanks again everyone.....karma on its way to y'all if it lets me!!

Petra

Bella Donna

Have you tried plain soda water? I find that if I treat vomit (or urine) stains swiftly with soda water they lift immediately, plus it removes the smell. If they're old stains they might not lift, but it's worth a try. Our Rusty is also a bit of a gobbler/purger. I thought we had the only one!!!

Sue

Bella Donna

Well that answers the question about the google ads. Having mentioned urine stains, there is now an ad for *UrineOff*!!

toon williams

Not nice I know, but my 2 year old being potty trained and having done so exceptionally well obviously had a moment of lapse and left a rather large slightly runny parcel on the bedroom floor, cream carpet, having scrubbed and scrubbed still leaving very obvious what it is mark, any clues, have looked at websites offered above and none seem to offer the solution for "plop plop" as my darling son calls it!!

Any help very gratefully received as husband is still heading towards Mars like a rocket as carpet only laid 2 months ago!!!

Vash the Stampede

OK, here's a challenge for ya: that nasty black stuff from the inside of an alkaline battery. :scared:

Accidently whacked a couple in the charger (having mistaken them for my NiCads) and they blew up a few hours later, scattering black powdery stuff all over the shop which proved impossible to vaccum up.

Any ideas?

Bella Donna

I've had a look around my usual sites for info like this. They don't seem too fond of talking about faeces! I shall be glad when I get all my books back!

Have a look at http://www.drclean.co.uk/Retail_DrClean/StainSort2.asp. Given that all the proprietary cleaners I've found appear to use the same solution for urine and faeces, I think this would work. Certainly the vinegar (blessed stuff!) should do some good, and the hydrogen peroxide should lift it if all else fails. Do test it on an inconspicuous bit though first.

I see on that page above, they recommend rust remover - neat lemon juice is brilliant for removing rust... Maybe try if all else fails?

Good luck.