Messes - Getting Coffee out of the Carpet

Messes. A normal everyday occurrence in the life of a stay-at-home mom. Especially when you add two drooling dogs plus two cats who hack up hair balls every other day. With so many messes happening one becomes quite the expert at cleaning them up. Over the next several days, I will be adding some of my favorite save-all cleaning solutions for the everyday SAHM messes.

I was overcome by this brilliant idea of blogging cleaning methods after my daughter dumped an entire coffee mug full of coffee smack dab in the middle of my living room floor. She stared at the fresh stain and giggled up at me. All I could do was sigh and begin cleaning (hurriedly, as I had to leave for a play date in fifteen minutes). Here are two methods to get coffee out of carpet. (Pro-tip: Invest in some Resolve, even if you don’t have animals).

Resolve Method

1. Use some old rags to soak up most of the coffee. 
2. Wash and rinse out the rags with warm water and dab the carpet to pull up more coffee.
3. Spray Resolve on the spot and let sit for at least 5 minutes.
4. Scrub with a rag or brush and then soak up the remaining moisture with rag.

Other Method (if you don’t have Resolve)

1. Use paper towels/old rags and blot stain to soak up most of the moisture. 
2. Flush the stain with a bit of cool water and use a new clean towel and continue to blot at the spot.
3. Mix 1 cup of warm water to 1/8 cup of lemon juice. If you don’t have lemon juice, you can also use 1/3 cup distilled white vinegar to 2/3 cup water. 
4. Apply mixture with clean rag or sponge. Do not soak. Gently rub the spot in circular motions, beginning at the edge working you way to the center. 
5. Finally, rinse the spot with cool clean water and soak up using dry clean towels.

There you are! Two methods of cleaning up coffee stains that I have tried and approved.