Scrubbing Brushes

How well would boiling water, some liquid dish soap, and a scrubbing brush work for a carpet?

Thank you in advance for your answers!

Public Comments

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2. It depends on what sort of carpet you've got. I have an old beat up carpet, my cat often coughs up fur balls. I use a small scrub brush and dish soap or oxydol in warm water. I scrub the spot abit, scrub alittle more with fresh water, blot abit with paper towel, let it dry several hours or longer, then run a vaccum cleaner offer it. The results aren't perfect, but good enough for a old carpet. I live in a rental apartment.
3. You'll have a terrible mess. First, try a carpet cleaning solution. The reason: dish soap suds and the suds will be almost impossible to remove without lots and lots of effort. The boiling water could set stains that might have come out with a lot of elbow grease and could cause the carpet or its backing to shrink. I imagine you are talking about working on a spot rather than the whole carpet. I'd still go with various spot removers made for carpets and lots of effort rather than your idea. I found this article on how to use liquid dish detergent and warm water for spots: http://www.ehow.com/how_10038_clean-carpets-with.html Note it only has two stars. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_clean_a_carpet I'd still try commercial products first.
4. Not good. Especially the dish soap. If you use too much (and just a little would be too much) you will never be able to rinse it all out and when the carpet dries dirt will be attracted to the leftover soap. Your carpet will probably end up dirtier than it was in the beginning. A spot cleaner works really well for me. Otherwise, call around and I bet you could find a carpet cleaning cleaning company that would clean three rooms for less than $100. I would look for someone who cleans with as little water as possible. You don't have to soak carpet to get it clean.