Day 12 - Homemade Carpet Cleaner

If I can find a way to get anything in my house cleaner without having to use harsh chemicals or things that cost more, I am all for it.  I have a board on Pinterest dedicated just to Tips and Tricks where I keep these kinds of ideas to try.  The carpet in our townhouse is atrocious.  It was disgusting when we moved in and it's been a struggle to clean over and over again. We're not terribly rough on our house either, so it's a testament to how cheap and nasty the builder-grade crap is that they install when you don't get the upgrade (Thanks previous owners!).

Source: pktaswegrow.com via Erin on Pinterest

The carpet in our basement is especially gross.  Especially, after last year I threw a birthday party for my husband.  We had a bonfire in our driveway and beers were spilled in drunken sloppiness.  This led to wet, ashen covered shoes making their way into our house to use the bathroom.  Gross.  Two cats, a toddler, beer, friends, movie nights...you get the idea.  We live in our basement, and the carpet is proof.

I thought I would try this Pin out at first and if I found success, I'll attempt bigger stains on a weekend when I have more time.  I would say I found success.

So I didn't really measure anything out.  I just poured some hydrogen peroxide in a bottle, squirt some dawn soap in it and swirled.  Then I took a beige sponge and went to work.

Here's the before...

Here's the after...

Needless to say, I'll be attempting this on larger sections of yucky cheap carpet.