Rust Away For Carpets

After removing the pinball game the rust looked so embedded in the carpet i had prepared myself for the inability to remove the stains.

Rust away for carpets.

Press dry sections of the towel repeatedly to the stain. Going slow and being methodical can bring the stain out of the fibers. Apply your choice of cleaning solution to the rust stain and let it sit for a minimum of 15 minutes. My rust was on a light tan carpet and was caused by many years of carpet steam cleaning around a pinball games metal legs.

I m new at this so i was kind of winging it. Before cleaning the rust stain with a liquid use a butter knife to scrape the rust gently away from the carpet surface and use a vacuum to suck up all the fragments before wet cleaning the stain. Use a vacuum to pick up rust or blot the affected area with a paper towel or clean white rag. As it turned out the rust was removed easily and thoroughly using the following steps.

Keep blotting the stain until your towel comes away clean and dry so after you press the towel into the stain there is no more transfer of liquid or rust. How to remove rust stains from carpet. Squeeze fresh lemon or bottled lemon juice on the rust stain and sprinkle some sea salt or table salt over the wet area. The rust stain should transfer from the carpet to the towel.

Then i poured vinegar directly onto the stain enough to completely saturate the stain. I started by making sure there wasn t any loose rust or dirt in the stain basically by poking at it with a spoon.