. This was definitely a good investment. If you have kids or pets it is almost a neccessity! The carpet shampoo for the steamer is very expensive. I have never seen this product on sale or coupons for this product. Even the generic ones cost around $10 a bottle at Wal-Mart.
I found a recipe for Homemade Carpet Steamer Shampoo in "The Naturally Clean Home
" by Karyn Siegel-Maier. If you like to or are interested in learning how to make homemade cleaning supplies this is a great book.Homemade Carpet Steamer Shampoo
- 3/4 cup very Hot Water
- 1/2 cup White Vinegar
- 1 Tablepoon Liquid Castile Soap (available at health food stores)
- 30 drops Thyme Essential Oil (also available at health food stores)- this provides antibacterial properties and a very refreshing scent
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As I was vacuuming our living room rug I just minutes ago I was thinking I need to shampoo it. I'm going to see if they carry that Castile soap locally. I'm bookmarking this so I don't forget the recipe! Thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteAmy--
ReplyDeleteI just purchased the Naturally Clean Home book and was looking at this recipe (I had seen it on your blog a while back!) Anyways, I was wondering how much success you've had with it. We're getting ready to move into a new home and really aren't prepared financially to have the carpets professionally cleaned--but the previous owners have pets and we have a little girl who will be crawling on the carpets---and we really want to get them cleaned beforehand.
thanks a bunch!
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI really like this recipe. I have used it mostly for spot cleaning but I have used it a few times for cleaning high traffic areas. I think the results are as good as with the store bought stuff.