Clean Playdough From Carpet

The carpet and play doh will look frosted over.

Clean playdough from carpet.

Dampen a cloth with hot water and place it on top of the play dough. Any great globs you can get up first is less you ll have to worry with later. Instead apply the solvent to a white terry towel and blot the stained area. Non volatile solvents do not dissipate at room temperture will remain in your carpet.

Make sure that you do not place too much alcohol on the stained area as you might destroy the backing of the carpet and weaken the bond between the fabric on the carpet and its backing. Never use highly combustible solvents such as gasoline or paint thinners. Don t get so aggressive that you damage the carpet. Brush the play dough off the carpet with a stiff brush to remove any small bits of play dough stuck to the carpet.

Don t soak your carpet use white cloth towel or sponge to work in small areas. This will soften the play dough making it a lot easier to remove. Make sure the white cloth is damp and not sopping wet. How to clean up playdough from your carpet so the playdough is spilled and you re ready to clean it up.

Let it sit there for about an hour. Afterwards blot the affected area until the spot is devoid of any playdough material or when no color is present in the area. But put a little elbow grease into it. As we mentioned above the very first step is to get up what you can by hand or with a vacuum.

Scrape or brush repeatedly in the same direction to loosen the dried playdough from the carpet fibers. Then run your hand over the area again to feel for more dried play doh. How to clean play doh from carpet. Try using soapy water to get rid of the color of play dough from your carpet.

Use a dull knife or butter knife only. Never pour solvents directly onto your carpet or saturate your carpet. Avoid using a circular motion with your brush as it could force the playdough further into the carpet. Rub a clean dry nylon bristled scrub brush firmly over the carpeted area if unable to loosen all the play doh with just your hands or scrape the fibers with the edge of the bowl of a plastic spoon.