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The feet of my rosewood furniture stained my beige carpet a reddish color. Tried all carpet cleaners and none worked. Carpet is still stained. By the way, the carpet was never wet, etc. This was caused by the furniture on dry carpet. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Don't know that there is much you can do. You could try and bleach it, but that would turn your carpet white.

If you have a closet with this same carpet, in a corner, take some denatured alcohol on a rag and rub it in a small spot on the carpet to see if it changes the color in any way. Leave it for an hour or so and go back and look again. Then you might want to try this on one of the smaller spots in the carpet.

I will tell you that this might have chance of smearing not getting it out completely. Be very careful. You will need to use a shop vac and some carpet cleaner and then water after you use this. After you clean with the denatured alcohol, take the carpet cleaner to remove the residue, spray it on and clean it up. Use the shop vac to remove the carpet cleaner. Then take a spray bottle of water and rinse the area, using the shop vac to remove the water and residue.

This may or may not work, depending on what your carpet fiber content is. You might want to try this again with goof off if this doesn't work. If these don't work, go to your local paint store and ask a clerk there if they know what might work. I'm sure this question has been asked of them.

Good Luck

ToolQueen

The only stain that I can imagine coming off onto a dry carpet would be a fresh oil furniture stain, that had no varnish/sealant over it. In this case I would try something that would break down the oil in the stain for a release. I've gotten dark grease stains out of carpet (from Uncle's work boots) by using Goop Hand cleaner. Rub a bit onto a clean white cotton cloth and see if you can work some of the stain from the carpet onto the cloth? The Goop itself, is easy to wash out with a hot water extraction cleaner and some carpet detergent mixture.

I agree with Conrad--the stain is probably oil-based. I found some methods on findanyfloor.com and diy.com for you to remove this stain:


1.Treat the stain with a detergent solution (one teaspoon of dishwashing liquid with one cup of water), then blot with a dry white cloth or paper towels. Spray with lukewarm water, and then blot again with a dry cloth. Repeat until the stain is gone.

2.Apply a small amount of carpet stain remover (make sure to read the label first as some stain removers contain harsh chemicals for different types of carpet). Blot solution on the stain repeatedly with a white cloth or paper towels. Spray with lukewarm water, and then blot again with a dry white cloth.

•For the two methods above, after spraying with water, use a wet/dry vacuum to suck up the liquid. This method may be easier than continually blotting with a dry cloth.

Good luck!

Jenn

Go to a beauty supply store and get som 20 volume clear peroxide that will be your best bet. Your sucess will be better if the stain was of an organic nature, if it is an older antique it may come out if not you may have to live with it or replace.