Archive for November, 2009

Black light to find dog urine stains?

I bought a small "black light" flashlight under the advice of a dog trainer. I was going to use it to find old dog urine stains in our carpet, and then treat the spots with an enzyme cleaner. Except, the blacklight doesn’t show urine stains where I know them to be. Could the flashlight be [...]

How do I clean old red wine stains from my wood baseboards?

My baseboards are wood painted white and on the last Halloween party, someone spilled red wine on the floor and it splashed on to the baseboards. I’ve tried to take them out every day, with 409, Advanage, you name it and nothing. The stains are black by now and nothing takes them out!

should i paint or stain the wood trim in my home?

im moving into my new home next week, but before i do i need to paint the inside. all the wood trim/doors in the house are unfinished, meaning the wood is natural with no stain or paint on it yet. im not sure if i should paint or stain it? i dont really know the [...]

Greasy stain in my new carpet?

My 2yr old emplied my makeup (oil based) onto the carpet 2 days ago. I used resolve right away but I am left with an orangy stain. Is there anything I can do at this stage or should I call in the Professionals – if so any tips on who’s the best out there for [...]

10 points! how to get out nail polish stains from carpet?

My daughter spilled blue nail pollish on her new carpet . she and her friends tried to get out the stain but dumping half a bottle of nail pollish remover on the stain, and then spraying it with resolve . it lightened the stain, but did not remove it . do you know how I [...]