Tuesday, July 16, 2013

New Discoveries

I love when I learn something new!

I love it even more when it makes my life easier :)

I learned today that Hydrogen Peroxide is magic. Pure magic in a brown bottle.

When we bought our house, it was carpeted in beige. It still is. Well, beige + extras. We have two kids people ~ one 5 and one 8. Things get spilled. A lot.

Listen to me ~ blaming the kids ;). Truth be told I spill just as much as them.

I try to clean it up. I really do. But, there is usually something left behind to remind me.

Then, last night our dog got sick off of cheap, generic dog treats. The kind of sick that doesn't need details or you may not read my blog again. But, let's just say that our marginal carpet was suddenly horrible. It was with Herculean self-control that I didn't just rip up the entire mess of carpet before hubby got home from work.

Then I remembered a friend told me about a hydrogen peroxide mixture for spot cleaning. I looked it up and there it was! But, even better, I found out that you can use straight peroxide for those "tougher, hard to treat stains". I looked around ~ yep, it fit that bill! The warning (which I share with you so you don't blast me with complaints) was to test it and make sure it didn't discolor your carpet. Again, I looked around and thought "couldn't get discolored worse than it already is". So, I got out a spray bottle and just dumped a bunch of peroxide in (from the $1.00 HUGE bottle in my medicine cabinet) and had a spray party.

Guess what???

It worked!!! Amazingly well. I couldn't believe it!! Neither could hubby when he got home from work. And it cost me pennies compared to commercial cleaners and worked in a fraction of the time with hardly any effort!

I'm so excited to have a new trick up my sleeve. Now for the energy to do the remainder of the floors!

I'm only sad it came from our sweet dog  being under the weather :(

So, let's recap ~ $1.00 for horrible dog treats or $1.00 for multipurpose hydrogen peroxide....

Pretty sure I know which belongs in the garbage and which belongs in my house!

What uses have you found for this magic household staple?


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