Before you decide to clean your carpet with any liquid solution you should be prepared to spend a lot of time drying it.
Diy carpet cleaning with vacuum.
I have been using this with my vacuum cleaner for many years and it is an old vacuum.
My in laws own a steam vacuum and offered the cleaner that came with it but with a soon to be crawler who will be ingesting everything on the carpet and my general tendency toward natural green cleaning products i knew i had to figure out a green alternative homemade carpet cleaner and one that i could find fast.
It does well with it.
If you re cleaning thicker high piled or shag carpets be prepared with a little patience and sharp eye because it s easier for dirt to become embedded in the fibers.
When the carpet is fully dry and there s no cleaning residue left that you can feel with your hand vacuum the entire carpet with your regular vacuum cleaner.
Carpets hold on to stains solid soil bacteria and mildew.
The only thing i would make sure of is to allow this mixture to dry a bit before vacuuming it up.
Without a vacuum you can still clean a rug with a stiff bristled broom and a dustpan.
A wet dry vac is a vacuum that picks up dry dirt and liquids from many types of surfaces so it can clean up spills or cleaning solutions in your carpet.
This will suck up any dirt and debris that are in the carpet and complete the cleaning process.
I have a vacuum cleaner that is the filters that i clean and the container i empty out.
John also was sleeping on.