It s super cheap to make and the fabric softener leaves your carpet nice and soft as well.
Tide and vinegar carpet cleaner.
The creator of this homemade carpet cleaner uses it in her bissell machine and loves it.
How to clean a carpet with laundry detergent.
Pour water into the steam cleaner up to the fill line.
Homemade carpet cleaning solution with fabric softener.
Rinse your carpet with the steam cleaner.
Remove the fluid canister from a steam cleaning unit.
2 tablespoons liquid tide laundry detergent.
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With allergies in the house and four dogs as well this has proven to be a great inexpensive solution.
Add the lavender oil and the salt to the spray bottle.
For every quart of water put in the steam cleaner add one tablespoon of laundry.
You can use a quart jar a gallon jar or a container that will help you keep track.
The water hydrates the area while the vinegar goes to work devouring the stain.
Get a bucket of soapy water and a scrub brush and scrub the spots that didn t come up.
This works great on most stains.
Then either pretreat the stains by spraying the vinegar and water solution or go straight for the bissell.
Water plus vinegar is a complementing combination.
You want to make sure to not rub the stain in.
Although vinegar is an eco friendly and useful substance it s not appropriate for cleaning your carpet.
Put the cap back on and thoroughly shake.
After you steam clean.
Clean your carpet with your steam cleaner with one scoop of oxiclean in the hot water.
1 4 cup awesome cleaner dollar store brand.
Add water to the fluid canister.
Pour 1 capful of your regular laundry detergent into the canister along with 1 2 cup white vinegar if you wish to add a disinfecting element.
For stains and using the peroxide too dab and gently rub the area.
Using vinegar to clean carpet is not effective.
You can even sweep it over the pile to help it fall deeper into the carpet where the stubborn dirt and grime is.
If just using the vinegar baking soda to refresh carpet you can scrub it.
To maximize the use of vinegar in a bissell carpet cleaner sprinkle baking soda over your carpet first.
Mix the vinegar and water in a glass spray bottle.
I rinse one time with just hot.
Vinegar will also loosen and lift dirt from surfaces.