How to clean play doh from carpet.
Clean playdough from carpet.
But put a little elbow grease into it.
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.
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.
As we mentioned above the very first step is to get up what you can by hand or with a vacuum.
Avoid using a circular motion with your brush as it could force the playdough further into the carpet.
Use a screwdriver or butter knife or something to chip away at the play doh.
Brush the play dough off the carpet with a stiff brush to remove any small bits of play dough stuck to the carpet.
Scrape or brush repeatedly in the same direction to loosen the dried playdough from the carpet fibers.
Any great globs you can get up first is less you ll have to worry with later.
Afterwards blot the affected area until the spot is devoid of any playdough material or when no color is present in the area.
Then run your hand over the area again to feel for more dried play doh.
Make sure the white cloth is damp and not sopping wet.
This will soften the play dough making it a lot easier to remove.
The carpet and play doh will look frosted over.
Dampen a cloth with hot water and place it on top of the play dough.
Never use highly combustible solvents such as gasoline or paint thinners.
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.
Let it sit there for about an hour.
Use a carpet brush or butter knife to begin chipping away the hardened playdough from your carpet.
Don t soak your carpet use white cloth towel or sponge to work in small areas.
Never pour solvents directly onto your carpet or saturate your carpet.
How to clean up playdough from your carpet so the playdough is spilled and you re ready to clean it up.
Don t get so aggressive that you damage the carpet.