Even when you’re extra careful, spills can happen when drinking hot coffee from your mug. While we’re always on the end of the phone for anyone looking for carpet cleaning in Northampton, we have created a guide for anyone who wants to remove the stain themselves.
A fresh stain is always the easiest to remove, so a dried coffee spill on the carpet may necessitate some additional effort to clean up. As soon as you see the stain, gather some cleaning supplies from around the house and attack it.
Problem: I spilt coffee on my carpet and it has since dried
Why is it so difficult to remove a dried coffee stain from your fluffy carpet? Coffee has tannins that are more difficult to remove when y dry and have had time to set. In addition to that, if you have your coffee with milk, that adds protein into the equation, which makes the stain even more challenging to remove. But the dried coffee stain on the carpet can be removed if you know how to go about it.
Prepare the Area by Spraying Water
First and foremost spray the stain with water and blot it with a cloth, ensuring you don’t overwet the carpet as this is what causes that lingering wet carpet smell. You may find that some of the stain transfers onto the cloth. Blot away for as long as the transfer from carpet to cloth continues.
If water alone isn’t enough to remove the dried stain, you’ll have to use a cleaning product. Coffee stains can be removed using a commercial cleaner, but many everyday household items are just as good at removing them.
Before testing a cleaning product, test it on a hidden area of the carpet first. Do this whether the cleaner is commercial or homemade, because this will inform you of whether the product will damage the carpet or not.
You’ll need the following household items to remove the stain. Dish soap, baking soda, white vinegar, or hydrogen peroxide.
First of all put some dish soap in a sprayer bottle of warm water. To ramp up the cleaning power, add a tablespoon of white vinegar to the mixture.
Spray the solution on the affected area and let it dwell for 30 minutes
Rinse the area using a terry cloth and warm water
Dip a dry section of the terry cloth into some rubbing alcohol and blot away the remainder of the stain
Rinse the area again using a terry cloth and warm water
Let the treated area air dry
Finish with a Rinse
The cleaning process may need to be repeated several times for stubborn coffee stains.