Wow, can you believe it. We made it through the winter. Spring is finally upon us, which means one thing. Cleaning time!
Between the rain showers here we’ve had some beautifully unseasonal weather this March. Since I have a new little one arriving in less than 3 months I’ve been making the most of it by getting started early. Of course one of the first things on my list, the carpet. It’s hard for me to even imagine that I’ve had it less than 2 years, because to be honest at this point it looked like more than 5.
Since our last Febreze™ giveaway I have banned almost all foods in the living room but…. they almost always make their way there when I’m not looking. We had stains galore. Yogurt, cheese puffs, juice, milk, and even melted crayon. Tons of melted crayon!! We have a small blower type furnace in our living room. One morning I awoke to see that the crayons left out overnight had melted on my beige carpet! The very reason I got new carpet in the first place!
New Febreze™ Carpet Care Products
I was so happy to see that since the last time I teamed up with Febreze™ they have added 3 new products. Allergen carpet care, Toughspot Oxy stain remover & pretreater, and pet stain & odor remover.
I had it all planned out that Saturday after returning from shopping I would test out the Oxy stain remover before cleaning my carpets with the Oxygen action carpet care but upon my return my husband had already done it (which is a miracle in and of itself)! I was amazed to see that almost all the spots were far less noticeable. Some spots were completely gone. It made a HUGE improvement. In fact both products together removed all the stains except for the melted crayon. Unfortunately I don’t have a before and after since my husband jumped the gun before I could take them. I do have this after picture when I started testing the product myself on one of the remaining stains.
You can see the color coming off the carpet onto the rag
As you can see the color is actually coming off on the rag. Now you must remember I did nothing to treat these stains or remove them for probably a good 3 months. The ToughSpot Oxy Stain Remover does not include ‘melted crayon’ amongst the things it can remove so it was a long shot to begin with but overall I am happy with the progress that was made & I feel if I keep working on it I can probably get most of that color out of the carpet. I really believe that had I used the pretreater to begin with I probably would have been able to remove it (just my thoughts).
Lessons Learned
Soo.. some important lessons learned here. First, the Febreze™ ToughSpot Oxy Stain Remover & Pretreater worked for me on yogurt, dirt, juice, (even baby poop stains – don’t ask). Second, next time I have a stain I’m grabbing the pretreater immediately, not waiting 3 months!! Third, always pick up crayons before going to bed!
Overall I definitely, as always, recommend the Febreze™ Carpet Care products for your spring cleaning. They leave your house smelling & looking amazingly clean.
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A whole plate of ketchup falling on the floor.
My kids got silly putty in our carpet once!
dessicated ferret feces in the corner
just cat puke, just can’t help himself
Paint is the worst, though I doubt it’s “bizarre”. I’m more careful these days.
ground in clay
WARNING THIS IS GROSS(cat hairballs)SORRY GROSS
Kitty throw-up here as well. Yuck! Thanks for the chance! )
The most bizarre stain was some gear oil had been spilled on the carpet. My husband set a bottle down, and somehow spilled it. It never came out completely.
The worst is probably a cat hairball stain.
Nothing bizarre, but stubborn for sure.. dog threw up. Nothing ever really got it all out.
snake guts when my cat brought it in the house.
Thanks for the contest.
Pink Gak!
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Not too weird, but finger nail polish.
horse poo
Ground up M&Ms, it was at least colorful
olive juice! i love olives and i spilled the jar once in my living room, it stunk so bad!
I don’t think I have had any bizarre stains, but I can guarantee that ALL the stains in this house have SOMETHING to do with ONE of my three cats!
chocolate was the hardest thing to get out of my carpet.
my daughter decided to tye dye some clothes on my living room rug.. GRR
nothing bizarre but the hardest to get out have been any kind of red or purple juice stains
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Red wine
Candy that got wedged between the carpet hairs. 😮
When we were moving out, one of our filing cabinets had rusted onto the carpet. It was horrible.
had my english sheepdog track in mud all the time but once he tracked through spilled juice not fun
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The most bizarre thing that got on my carpet was toothpaste
Those berries that fall off the tree next door. When somebody steps on it and walks inside it leaves a red stain.
a mystery gray stain! not sure how that happened!
I haven’t had that many bizarre stains, just your run of the mill dog and cat poop/vomit/pee. The funniest one was when my niece was little she picked up a bottle of shampoo from the bathroom and carried it upside down and open from the bathroom in the back of the house to the kitchen. We couldn’t get all the soap out so that line from the bathroom to the kitchen always remained dirty.
Orange Gatorade that came back up when my son had the flu!
Red Crayon..
the boyfriend gave the dog a bunch of left over taco meat … which he immediately puked up, all over our white rugs in our brand new house!!! i treated it immediately and it all came out! AMAZING! 🙂
melted crayon
Red wine! Awful!!!
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I can’t think of anything bizarre…just animal “accidents”.
cat puke
The weirdest stain would be apple cider that my husband made from a nearby apple tree. It exploded onto the wall and carpet.
Baby poop is our bizarre stain!
Bizarre, not really. Cat pee—my sick cat could not get to the litter box.
Worst stain ever was vomit!!
A bizarre stain we encountered was nail varnish!
One of my daughters dropped their blush and it got tracked all over the carpet
Taco salad was the worst stain I’ve had.
red hair dye
My son decided to color the rug with lipstick
cat vomit
my most bizarre stain has been the dog getting sick on the carpet – yuck!
dog puke
I had this mysterios yellow stain appear on my carpet, nothing I tried would get t out. I just assume it was a spill from a bug spray I used sometimes that was cinnamon based, but I am not sure as it was in the middle of my bedroom that is not a place I would use it at.