Can you use one of those carpet cleaners or do you need to use a steam cleaner if so how do you scrub the stain out of the fabric or does the steam just do it? Bought a used sofa that didn’t see all the stains on it until we got home.

Apparently no other product can kill fleas in some state of their development cycle, but steam can burst their shell. I am taking a heavy class load and have no time for this. I need something FAST, EASY, that gets steam to temps greater than 140 degrees (needed to kill fleas). I have hardwood floors so I want one that does not drench the floor. Since I have animals I would like the cleaning aspect as well…like if I am going to spend the money and have an appliance cluttering up, I would want it to be able to clean grout too. I am not expecting it to clean everything in my house, just floors. Carpets are a don’t care…I have throw rugs and throw them in the wash. I do not want to pre-mop or vacuum. I want one product to do it all. I am not very picky but it has to be hot to kill fleas and it has to do at least a fair job of cleaning so I don’t have to do it twice. I don’t want to spend over 0. And it should be light weight (or it won’t be easy). I don’t think I ‘d mind refilling it partway in order to keep the unit light. The right product might turn me from an indifferent housekeeper into a clean freak. Thanks for any help!
I bombed, it did no good. Only steam can kill fleas in all stages of growth. I guess I will premise spray to kill the adults, then steam to kill everything else.

I bought an amazing leather jacket at an vintage store in NYC yesterday, I tried it on and it was perfect fitting so I bought it, it was brown leather with faux fur lining "like a rug type texture" for comfort , it was very retro hipster type. Thing is, When I got on the train going home I started getting ichy all over!! "On arms specially" I am thinking its from the lining of the jacket, After-all it was 2nd hand vintage so I dont know what the original owners did or didnt do / had or dont have? It itched like as if I had flea’s "Like a dog, and no I dont know what thats like" Well, I figured I would give it to the dry cleaners and have them dry clean it "Vaccine the jacket" , Question is , Do Dry Cleaners actually wash the jacket or do they just pressed it up ?? I asked because most of the time I dry clean stuff, it just seem like they just steam press it and starch it to look crisp. Also because I wanna wear this jacket but I dont wanna catch the itch, AGAIN!!!

When my carpets are cleaned at first, they are perfectly clean and I have a friend who owns a carpet company who doesn’t just steam clean the carpets. After a few months, the same stains seem to re-emerge from where they were before as if they were cleaned on the surface but re-surfaced.

I have 2 cats where I have cleaned hairballs, and a lot of throwing up, and I think that’s what the stains are from. I use the MIracle stuff for cat stains/odors and it seems to work at first, but again they come up especially in the hallway upstairs.

The rest of my my carpets are not bad, even after a year. I take good care of them and keep them as clean as possible but these round stains in various places make it look really bad! How can I make them go away permanently. I’m tired of hiring expensive carpet cleaners where they look great for a month or so; then these same spots seem to come back plus additional hairballs which I try to catch as soon as I can.

Thanks.

I’m on a budget and these two look pretty good, which would you say is better?

http://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Devil-PD20005-Hand-Steamer/dp/B003OAB5AM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

http://www.amazon.com/PROlectrix-Handheld-Steam-Cleaner-Tangerine/dp/B00460K5P0/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

We’re debating getting a new vacuum (hubby wants outrageously expensive Dyson) and maybe a steam cleaner like the Hoover All Terrain.

I don’t know if it wouldn’t just be better to hire Stanley Steamer a few times a year to do the job. I’m asking in Parenting because the whole reason we are needing all this for our carpets is our kids. I want to know how other parents with young children keep their floors clean.
Zorro, lol.
He’s got allergies and the pets and all are adding to it. He’s not one to complain so when he does I try to do something about it if i can. I just don’t know if spending 00 on carpet cleaning is the best way to use our money.

Alright, so again you have probably seen my story a million times on here. Our cat peed in my room, but I don’t have to worry about that anymore because the cat has been moved. I didn’t know where the smell has been coming from for about 5 months, so I couldn’t treat it. Then I found a HUGE cat pee stain in my closet. I had to eventually cut out the carpet in my closet because nothing worked. Natures Miracle, Resolve, professional cleaners, baking soda, vinegar, nothing worked. It can’t get into the padding because it has a plastic cover on it, or something like that to protect it. I also treated another area that had cat pee, which was under my TV on the wall. It was in a straight line under my TV almost like getting under the wall. I treated that the same, for months, and finally the smell started to fade. Then all I smelt was those cleaning products. All the time. So I got so sick of it that I pulled up that part of the carpet to look at it, and there are huge stains on the carpet, some of them even BROWN. It’s so nasty. And then I found even more cat pee spots on the right of my bed, and I don’t even want to try anything, because nothing works. But today my stepdad got the carpets steam cleaned, all of them. I thought it would be okay now, but no. It’s still there. And it’s never going to go away now unless I get a new carpet. I have asked and asked and it looks like I am never going to get a new carpet. I think there are really some health problems that that could cause, being around it all the time, breathing it in. Also, I have a pet bird, and he has to breath it in all the time too. So I don’t know what to do.

Okay its been about 2 years now since my husband and I have adopted 2 dogs from our local animal shelter…… We love them dearly! We were told they were house trained when we adopted them but noticed they had quite a few accidents after we brought them home but we thought hmmm well it because its a new house….Well no matter what we did they continued I am a stay at home mom so I let the dogs out all the time every hour…..our trainer said every 3-4 hours and after meals and after naps and such but I do it every hour because no matter how often they still go in the house! I do not understand this we reward them if they use the bathroom in the correct area…..if we catch them using it in the house I pick them up and rush them outside……We don’t crate them I am not sure if they were crate abused but one goes crazy if confined in a crate so we don’t do that….if we are going to leave for the day we do put them in our master bath which is pretty big but has tile floors so that we can clean up accidents easily…..We just got a new house and the living room has carpet and I am having to steam clean the carpet once a week…..I can not think of anything else I have taken vet advice and trainer advice! anyone know any other solutions? I use the correct cleaners and I have used to home remedies to clean the urine……I don’t think its so much as marking because I have noticed one of them goes and hides when he does it……The other I noticed he will do it out in the open so I think his is just because he actually has to go……I am thinking the problem is they are too busy exploring while outside to use the bathroom……I know they won’t go while on a leash being walked what so ever we tried that you could walk them 50 miles they will pee everywhere just not poo…..I was thinking maybe putting them on a tie out for like 30 mins every couple of hours because husband has not got around to fencing in our yard yet…..but I am afraid a stray dog will come in the yard……we live out in the country on 5 acres I don’t have any close neighbors but I would hate for something like that to happen……ughhh any advice or help is needed we really do love them and need to live in harmony I am tired of scrubbing up dog pee!
1 yorkie and 1 poodle both male both 4 years old boy fixed sorry should probably add those details….normally they use the bathroom when I take them out……but sometimes they can just go pee and they will go back to the door and a few mins later one of them has pooped on the floor or the other way around! and im like ughh can’t win for losing but any little thing is a victory! They were both raised by a elderly lady that we know of and her husband and I know the yorkie didn’t like men at all he sleeps on my pillow and if my hubby trys to get in the bed he will give him a warning that its his pillow not my hubbys lol but the elderly lady passed and the next day her husband dropped them off at the shelter so not only did they lose their mommy the next day they were at a animal shelter and a week later at our house but its been 2 years and we love them to death just need to solve the bathroom issues!

When suits are dry cleaned they come back with a stronger scent (which I don’t like) than when they are steam pressed. Thus, I prefer to get them steam pressed (it’s also cheaper). After having my suits steam pressed last month, they looked and felt perfectly clean to me. Even though I wear the same two jackets, two pants, and one skirt four days each week, I only take them to the cleaners once a month. This is my second month of wearing them, and I am going to take them in tonight.

Do you think that I need to get them dry cleaned rather than steam pressed? If so, why?

Thank you!!!
Thank you for the response. However, I am specifically wondering whether I should have them dry cleaned versus having them steam pressed.

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