It isn’t always red juice, paint, or a little gift from your pet that causes nightmarish stains on your carpet. No matter how hard you try to keep your home clean, there is almost always inevitably a little bit of dirt dragged in from outside. If you’ve ever wondered how to remove dirt from carpet, you’re certainly not alone.

You will need:

• Multiple clean, old cloths or wash rags

• A bucket

• Warm  water

• Dish soap

• Undiluted white vinegar

Once you have gathered the necessary supplies, try these steps. This is a proven method of how to remove dirt from carpet without damaging it:

• Get a dull knife or a cleaning brush. Use that to brush the dirt loose from the fibers in the carpet. Be gentle! You don’t want to pull threads loose from the carpet.

• Use a vacuum cleaner to pick up the loose dirt. Keep running it back and forth until it doesn’t pick anything more up.

• Fill up a bucket with about a half gallon of warm water. Put about two tablespoons (three good squeezes) of dish detergent into the bucket and mix it into a sudsy blend.

• Use a dry wash rag to soak up the soapy water and wring it out onto the stain. Make sure the entire stain is soaking in soapy water.

• Grab a dry cloth or wash rag and dab at the stain. This will pick up a lot of dirt, so make sure you continuously turn the rag so you’re using a clean piece of cloth to dab. You will probably need multiple rags for this; the exact number depends on the size of the stain.

• If the stain is not completely gone, cover it with undiluted white vinegar by soaking a clean cloth in the solution and wiping it on the stain. Be sure you soak the entire area to the point of saturation.

• Dab at the area again with old rags.

• Once the stain is gone, rinse the carpet off by soaking a new cloth in clean water and dabbing at the stain until it is soaked. Then use dry cloths to dab until the area is dry.

Got A Stubborn Stain?

If the stain is simply too stubborn, you could always hire a professional carpet cleaner. TalkLocal is a perfect tool to connect you with professional cleaners in your area.

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