My home smells dirty and musty – the smell never goes away even when I eliminate rubbish bins, compost buckets etc. Yes, it could be damp or rot but there are no signs of this so I have concluded that it must be the carpets. Do fellow oily
Do fellow oily raggers have any tips ideas for cleaning carpets without going to the expense of hiring a carpet cleaning machine? I prefer to use natural products having developed an aversion to the smell of chemical cleaning products.
Wellington – Silvana, Wellington.
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It is surprising how few people give their vacuum cleaner bag and filter a regular clean. Often this is the cause of room smells. You can also sprinkle baking soda on the carpet, brush it into the carpet, leave overnight and then vacuum (with a ‘cleaned’ vacuum).
I recommend baking soda, sprinkled onto the carpet and brushed in, leave overnight if possible. I repeated the process twice following a leaking toilet (tank not bowl luckily!) and the awful smell has completely gone. Baking soda is cheap and even comes in a ‘sprinkle’ container. – Karen, Palmerston North.
If you sprinkle on baking soda, mix in a few drops of essential oil, it will come up smelling lovely.
My daughter used orange and cloves, it was beautiful!