DIY Homemade Carpet Cleaner Recipe for Machines
Ok, I’m a little embarrassed to say this… but my carpets are FILTHY! Or should I say….were filthy? I have been wanting professionals to come clean my carpet.. but I never got around to making the appointment and/or I didn’t have the money for it.
I finally got fed up with my nasty floors and decided to purchase a Carpet Cleaning machine. I bought the Hoover Max Extract All Terrain and I looooove this machine. My only complaint about it is that its noisy. But thats ok. It came with the sample bottles of cleaning solution. When that ran out, I needed more carpet cleaning solution. I wasn’t about to purchase a $20+ bottle of solution (when I would need multiple bottles) That would be costly. So, I came across this recipe and I love it.
Homemade Carpet Cleaner Recipe
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 Gallon Hot Water
- 2 Tablespoons Liquid Laundry Detergent – I used ALL
- 1 Scoop Awesome oxygen powder (you can find at Dollar Tree)
- 1/4 cup Awesome liquid cleaner (you can find at Dollar Tree)
- 1 Teaspoon Downy Fabric Softener
You will want to combine all of the ingredients and make sure everything is mixed well. I like to take the empty gallon container and fill it about 3/4 of the way full with the hot water and then add the remaining ingredients. After the remaining ingredients are added I like to top it off with hot water and then do a little shake to make sure its all mixed.
Here’s what your homemade carpet cleaner solution will look like:
Yours may come out a little more different in color depending on what type of laundry cleaner you used. Do a spot test in an inconspicuous area before using on your whole floor.
Here are some in progress shots of my floor:
As you can see, the top of the picture is the shampooed area, while the bottom is the un-shampooed area.
My floors were really filthy. Look at how it filled up this reservoir with dirty water:
DIY Homemade Carpet Cleaner Recipe for Machines
Welp… I won’t hold you up much longer. I know your getting ready to clean your carpets. Let me know in the comments how clean they turned out!
And Pin this image for later:
How much should I put in my canister? Or is this all you used without adding more water?
You can fill the remaining balance of your canister with water.
Anyone have theirs fizz up and overflow hot water on the counter? I think maybe my water was too hot or my mixture caused this reaction. I used fabuloso instead of the other cleaner. I added cold water because a lot of fizz came out and only about half of the gallon had liquid left. I’m still going to try it out with what I have but wondered if this happened to anyone else. Thanks!
I tried this recipe only I used Gain laundry detergent and fabric softner(since thats what I had). So far I love it. It smells really nice and is getting my carpets clean.
Yay. Im so glad you love it.