Hard to believe we are already a month into 2020!  Our new house has been officially started🎉, and I am excited for this year.  January seemed to drag on and on, but I took the time to make new goals and really look at where I am with this blog and where I want it to be. I have A LOT of content that I have been wanting to write and post, and I am ready to hit the ground running this month. The first post for 2020 is one you will probably need if you are a mom: How to Remove Slime from Carpet.

Two years ago, I discovered this sparkly red slime dried in my youngest daughter’s carpet. Every time I vacuumed, I ran over the worst spot and cringed.  After months of hoping it would just go away, I finally decided in the fall of 2018 to deal with it and of course, I filmed the process.  

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How to Remove Dried Slime from Carpet

Over the many years of being a mom, I have cleaned just about everything out of the carpet. In fact, one of my most popular posts to this day is How to Remove Acrylic Paint from Carpet.  For this mess, I think my daughter tried to wipe it up but it smeared and dried the carpet fibers flat.  Once again,  I took to Google and found a couple of ideas that sounded like they might work and got started.  

  **Disclaimer**-This is what worked for me on my carpet.  Carpets are all different, so if you are worried about how your carpet might react, PLEASE test it first on a hidden or unseen spot or call in a professional!

Step One

To start, I boiled water and poured on the spots to soften the slime.  I covered it with a washcloth and let it sit for about 15 minutes.

Step Two

For one spot, I sprayed Goo Gone on the washcloth and then dabbed at the slime.  I read before that you don’t want to spray it directly on the carpet because it can damage the carpet pad underneath.  I dabbed plenty on the spot and then let it sit for 20-25 minutes. For the second spot, I used vinegar.  I dabbed it on the spot and let it sit as well.

Step 3

After letting each spot sit for about 20 minutes, both the vinegar and the Goo Gone softened the slime a bit.  Next, I used my Bissell Carpet Cleaner (similar to THIS ONE) to rinse each spot with hot water. Then, I used carpet cleaning shampoo on each spot, rinsed again with hot water, and then scraped out the slime that was left.  As I scraped, there were a few fibers that came out, but they weren’t noticeable.  

Shampooing, rinsing, and scraping got most of the slime out.  I finished cleaning the rest out with a little more Goo-Gone and another boiling water rinse.  Once everything was out, I used the carpet cleaner to suck out as much water as I could.  The carpet was almost as good as new and you would never have guessed that dried slime had ever been there.

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