Homemade Carpet Stain Remover Recipe: Simple & No Scrub (2024)

I use a mixture of Dawn dish soap and hydrogen peroxide. 40/60 - put it in a squirt bottle, spray on spot, let sit for 15 minutes and use a scrub brush or sponge. After it dries, I vacuum.

My husband cut his finger and 5 large drops of blood ended up on my cream colored wool carpet. The more I tried to get the blood out, the worse it spread. I was sick to my stomach at the resulting approx 3 foot x 5 foot brownish orange stain (from 5 drops of blood!!!). I spent 5 days using various store bought cleaners and homemade recipes with no success—it just kept spreading. I then found this recipe and OMG it worked. It took 3 applications over a 3 day period with vacuuming between each and the stain in gone!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

I mix this up in a little container, not a spray bottle. I rub it with a damp cloth on the stands and leave it there until later and either brush out or vacuum out. This works great on the stains I get in my camper carpet.

Will the peroxide bleach my carpet?

Over a decade ago I heard a guy comment, "I only use Dawn!" I hadn't thought of it before, so I started paying attention.

I don't care if it's an emergency stain remover when you get something on your shirt: nothing beats Dawn! I've tried all sorts of dishwashing liquids now, and nothing is as strong.

(oh, and for grease over your stove range hood, use LA Awesome!)

I read the comments and tried sprinkling the baking soda on the stains first then the spray. I waited until it was all dry and the stains from the puppy came out! This is my go to method from now on for stains in the carpet.

This worked well with a dish scrubber dipping into the solution in Tupperware. But trying it in 2 different spray bottles the backing soda clogged both sprayers.

The mixture will be too thick to spray so you will need to add water to the spray bottle so it will spray onto the stains.

Will it remove dog urine from a rug

Well I just made the "recipe". Like many people, I found the mixture too thick for my spray bottle. It is about the consistency of dish soap, so used it straight. I think I'm going to save the Meyer's dish-soap bottle and make up a triple batch to put in it. Then I can squeeze out as munch as needed.

It looks like the areas I scrubbed came out. Waiting for it to dry and vacuum.

This will be my go-to until I can get a little steam spot cleaner machine again.

Do you add water to this to fill up the bottle

Does the Remedy clean poop and dog smell out of the rug?

I didn't have any baking soda so I added a little Biz liquid detergent. My dog was getting sick from some chocolate and it took the dark brown stain right out of my cream colored carpet.

This recipe is amazing!I have tried a lot of things but this works the very best.

I simply could not get the baking soda to dissolve. I have tried all day, shaking the bottle every time I went thru the kitchen, but to no avail. I just tried Dawn & peroxide and it has already made a difference.

How long will it last. Does it deteriorate after a while. I make the larger quantity

Clogged up my spray bottle. Too thick.

This works great! My carpet is off white and this was wonderful!

I tried two different sprayers and it was just too thick and clogged up. I ended up spreading it with a sponge. I thought a bit and if I had an empty stain remover gel container that has the bristles, it would be perfect.

This an amazing. When my mom cut the top of her foot she also cut an artery. I use a commercial cleaner and still left a blood stain. I put this on, let it sit until it was dry and vacuumed. No stain left.

I have tried everything to get the mustard stain out of my cream colored carpet! Although this is a great stain remover it will not take out mustard.

Does it work on odor as well?? We have dogs and a carpet that doesn't show stains, but with dogs you know there is odor.
Thanks for the great ideas!

This recipe can be used on dogs who have been sprayed by skunks. Works better than store bought cleaner.

I put hydrogen peroxide in my carpet cleaner. Just peroxide and hot water. Love it!

Hot water, vinegar, and a squirt of dish soap. Scrub, scrub, scrub! I have yet to find a stain that doesn't come out with this.