Although rust may seem impossible to remove at first, it really isn’t all so bad. But first I’d like to ask you a quick question that for some may sound odd? Are you sure it’s rust? As a carpet cleaning professional, I go into many homes under the impression that I am cleaning a rust stain only to find out that it really is a wood shellac bleed from a piece of furniture that use to be there. Most of the readers are confident in their stain identification ability, but be aware that the two stains may look similar.

Rust stain removal is accomplished by using very acidic ingredients. When I clean rust my rust removal chemical states it’s a 3 pH (very acidic). Using household ingredients, this is how you do it.

• Start with a lemon. Squeeze out a liberal amount of lemon juice onto the rust stain and agitate with a metal spoon. The citrus acid in the lemon will help remove the rust stain. Let it sit for 1 hour, blot with a white towel, rinse, and dry. How much of a transfer did you get? Did you get all of it? No…try this.

• Take some cream of tarter and mix it with a little water to form a paste. A quick note about cream of tarter is that it also can be used to clean brass and copper cookware. Spread on the paste onto the rust stain, agitate using a metal spoon, and again let sit for one hour. Blot, rinse, and dry.

• If all else fails go with vinegar. It smells terrible but I’ll show you how to use it to remove that rust stain on your carpet and how to get rid of the smell afterward. As usual pour or spray the vinegar onto the rust stain, agitate using a metal spoon and let sit for one hour. Blot, rinse and dry. To get rid of the vinegar smell afterward, just throw some baking soda onto it. Baking soda is an alkaline; and vinegar, being acidic, will neutralize along with its odor.

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Tags: carpet, rust, stain, stains, upholstery

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