New carpet & my children got playdoh on it (where from goodness knows. they aint had playdoh in months) how do i get it out of the carpet, picking it will just spread it. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
2006-11-08 14:16:19 · 12 answers · asked by dark-knight 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
To Remove Playdough From Carpet
Filed under: Personal— DarthVOB @ 10:58 am
From fabriclink.com…
Remove as much of the foreign material as possible by blotting with a white paper towel or scraping with a dull knife.
Apply isopropyl rubbing alcohol to a clean white cloth, white paper towel or cotton ball. If the spot extends deep into the pile use a blotting motion until the spot is removed or no color is transferred to the cloth. Do not allow the alcohol to penetrate into the backing as this will destroy the latex bond. If the spot is on the surface only, rub in one direction at a time. Never us a circular motion to remove spot as this may destroy the texture. Stop if spot is removed. If not, go to the next step.
Apply a small quantity of detergent solution to the spot. (To make the detergent solution mix 1/4 teaspoon of a hand dish washing detergent which does not contain lanolin or bleach with 1 quart of water; examples of safe detergents are Dawn� and Joy�.) Use a blotting motion to work the detergent into the affected area. If spot is being removed continue applying detergent and blotting with a white paper towel until spot is removed.
Rinse with tap water using a spray bottle, blot to remove excess moisture.
Spray lightly with water, do not blot this time; apply pad of paper towels and brick and allow to dry.
If there is still some stain on the carpet and blotting is not removing it, then moisten the tufts in the stained area with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Let stand for on (1) hour. Blot and repeat until carpet is stain free. Light will cause peroxide to change back to water so no rinsing is necessary. Apply pad of paper towels and weight down with brick.
2006-11-08 14:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't try to get it out while it is still wet and pliable. This just gets it into the carpet deeper. Let it dry and take the edge of a sharp knife and scrap it out and then follow up with a carpet cleaner afterwards if any is left. The best thing is to let it dry.
2006-11-08 14:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by hehmommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use an icecube to freeze the playdough into the carpet fibres. Then after getting it as cold as you can, scrape the playdough inwards and NOT outwards as spreading it outwards will spread the playdough.
Good Luck.
2006-11-08 15:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by sugar candy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New carpet...kids...what were you thinking? You can ony ban shoes, pens, paint, ribeana & coffee from the room for so long and then wham...back to having rugs everywhere!
2006-11-08 20:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by soggykipper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a carpet stain remover called "Awesome" which u can get at the dollar store it is in a ugly case and the formula is yellowish
2006-11-08 14:18:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
let it get good and hard(dry) then pick the dry pieces out. Hairdryer on cool. then clean the rest with wd-40
2006-11-08 14:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by justcurious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids don't you just love em! I have to agree with Trixi (let it go hard and pick at the bits.
2006-11-08 22:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mermaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze it first with ice cubes /frozen pea bags ect
2006-11-11 07:29:19 · answer #8 · answered by Robert B W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try putting ice on it to make it go hard like u would if it was gum then pick it out.
2006-11-08 20:31:26 · answer #9 · answered by dumb bunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let it dry. It'll go really hard and you'll be able to just peel it off then.
2006-11-08 14:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by trixi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋