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SPOTS AND STAINS
ON CARPETING
Spots should be removed at once from any carpet. It is always easier to remove the stain before it dries. Most can be removed at home with ordinary' cleaning materials, but those which cannot be removed should be brought to the attention of the professional rug cleaners.
Professionals recommend that any excess be removed with an absorbent doth or knife edge, working toward the center of the stain so as not to spread it.
Then to remove oily materials such as butter, grease, oil, hand cream and ballpoint pen ink, it is recommended that the customer apply a dry cleaning fluid such as is used for removing spots from clothing, dry the carpet, and repeat the application, if necessary.
For the removal of oily food stuffs and matter such as coffee, tea, milk, gravy, chocolate, blood, egg, ice cream, or vomit, a detergent — vinegar — water solution made of one teaspoonful [white vinegar and one
| teaspoonful netural detergent in a quart of cool water should be applied. Then the carpet should be dried and the solution ■reapplied, if necessary. ; For heavy grease, gum and tar, !paint tar, lipstick and crayon, I alternate applications applications [of dry cleaning fluid and detergent — vinegar - water solution will be effective
After each application, the carpet should be dried thoroughly and the pile brushed gently. ! Alcohol and soft drinks may be removed by blotting up the [excess and sponging the area in 'clear, warm water.
If there is still a stain left after any of these administrations, a bleaching solution may minimize it The industry recommends a solution of two tablespoonfuls of
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