How to Remove Chocolate Stains from Carpet

There are a few methods to removing chocolate stains from carpets and I'm going to cover those here.

Method 1

First use a knife to scrape off as much chocolate as possible if it has already dried then vacuum the area to get rid of any extra flakes. Cover the area with paper towels then use your clothing iron on its lowest possible setting to heat the area so the chocolate will begin to stick to the towels. Make sure you don't burn your carpet while ironing or risk burning your carpet which could end much worse than a chocolate stain. Keep repeating these steps until there's nothing left and if there are any stubborn spots use a household cleaner to get rid of any more residue.

Method 2

use the knife again to scrape of as much as possible and using a white cloth or carpet stain removal try and lift the chocolate stain. If there's still some stain there use a half teaspoon white detergent mixed with a cup of water directly on the stain. Start blotting the carpet working the outer edge of the stain to the inner part. This makes sure you don't spread the stain further. Leave the area to dry and repeat if you need to and the stain should disappear.

Method 3

Run water directly over the carpet stain and rub with a clean cloth and some dish washing detergent then let is sit for a few minutes. Keep repeating until the stains gone. This method takes the longest but with enough time the stain should disappear.

Cleaning Red Wine Out of Carpets

Red wine stains are very difficult to get rid of and its an issue everyone will have at some point in their lives so here are a few different ways to get rid of those tricky stains.
 
 

Be Fast

 

The more liquid that sets the worse the stain will be and the harder it will be to clean. Make sure to be quick and get a towel as soon as possible to start soaking up as much wine as possible. Make sure to use an up and down motion instead of a rubbing one. Rubbing will pick up some wine but also push more of it further into the carpet at the same time making removing the stain substantially harder in the end and increasing the size of the stain. Up and down motions starting from the outside inward picks up as much wine as possible without rubbing it in.

Blot the Wine with Cold Water

 

When it gets impossible to blot out more get the stain wet again with a small amount of cold water to help dilute the wine a bit more and repeat the above step until the carpet is dry again. Remember not to use too much water or again risk making the stain larger.
 

Salt

Pour salt over the stain while its still wet and it should drain most of the moisture and stain out over the next few hours. This doesn't work at all on dry stains so make sure to get this applied fairly fast after the original spill.