I have a stain on my carpet. It's from tanning lotion cream. The carpet is beige, and wool. Is there any way I could get this out?
If your carpet cleaner hasn't worked you could try Blue Magic Automobile Upholstery Cleaner; it also will clean carpeting and is the best in a spray can I've ever used. I buy it in the Automobile Section at WalMart but many auto care and parts stores sell it. If the above doesn't work, call in a professional carpet cleaning company but don't wait very long before doing this; after all, the longer a stain sets, the harder it will be to get it out. If the cleaners can't remove it, get carpet installers in. They can cut the area out and replace it with a piece cut out of a closet. This may look different since it hasn't had any traffic on it so don't expect a perfect match unless all the carpet is fairly new. It might be time to remove the carpet in your bedroom and install hardwood or laminate flooring. I also suggest you be more careful in the future as finding a remedy to this problem will probably be rather expensive. You might offer to pay for half of the expenses to repair the area to show you are growing up and accepting responsibility.
You have to be careful with wool, a lot of products that can clean carpet can also damage it (though typically, good wool carpeting is very cleanable compared to the synthetics or cheaper wool). The solution is dependent upon the stain and color of the stain. Your best bet would be to have it professionally cleaned using hot water extraction (aka - steam cleaned), by a reputable carpet cleaner. By reputable, I don't mean one of the large corporately owned companies, as they seem to nearly always do a horrible job. They're very in-and-out trying to make a quick buck, though they may be cheaper. They should be using chemicals to clean the carpet, and have the proper knowledge and know how to diagnose the stain and then remove it. Even if the stain cannot be removed, a good carpet restoration person can dye it back to, or very nearly to, its original color easily. We do this all the time on all colors of carpet. Without seeing the stain, its hard to tell you what exactly might work. Also, if you don't know exactly what you're doing, and you try it yourself, you could actually make the stain worse, or set it in for good. Might be able to tell you more if there was a picture to see the stain though. Anytime you spill something on your carpet that you know is likely to leave a stain, the best thing you can do is put water on it, and just keep it wet until you can have it cleaned, preferably as soon as possible.
Sorry, I don't know much about cleaning carpets. I'm just trying to get this off of my recommended questions. Good luck!
