One of bleach's defining characteristics is its ability to leach the color out of almost anything. Once a carpet is bleach stained, the only true way of removing the stain is to apply carpet dye to the stained area or to even cut that piece of carpet out and replace it with a new piece of the same color. Fortunately if you act quickly once bleach has spilled, you can prevent bleach stains from ruining your carpet, and on color-fast or bleed-resistant carpeting, you may be able to remove bleach stains entirely.
- Skill level:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things you need
- Rubber or latex gloves
- White rags or paper towels
- 1/4 teaspoon dish washing liquid
- Small bucket
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Put on rubber or latex gloves to protect your hands. Dish washing gloves are usually a quick, easy solution.
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2
Blot as much of the bleach up as possible with a clean white rag or paper towels.
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3
Dampen another rag or paper towel in clean water and blot this water onto the bleach-stained area.
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4
Mix 1/4 teaspoon dish washing liquid and about 8 cups of warm water together in a small bucket.
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Dunk another clean white rag into the dish washing solution you made and blot the solution on to the bleach stain, working from the outside of the stain towards its center.
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6
Let the detergent sit for 5 minutes.
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Blot the detergent away from the stain with clean white rags or paper towels until there's no more bleach coming away on the rag and almost no bleach smell remaining.
