

If you have kids, then you know that while they are bundles of joy, they can also act as unstoppable mess machines. Having kids means spilled food, crayoned walls, and dirt messes all around your home. While you love every second of it, your house can get really messy if it's not consistently tended to.
In light of those adorable little mess makers, we offer you the top 5 messes kids messes we notice in our customer’s carpets and how to get rid of them.
Bubble gum is a common kid stain that we see all the time when we clean our customers’ carpets. Kids will enjoy and chew on a nice piece of gum till the sweetness is gone, then they tend to stick it anywhere in the house that is not the garbage can. A very troubling place they tend to put it is in your carpets. Removing gum stains can be quite the hassle as bits and pieces still remain after your attempts to clean it and it leaves a very noticeable sticky spot.
Glue is a common item we see on carpets during holiday times. We notice glue as a common mess around this time because kids tend to do some sort of arts and crafts. The end product your child makes can be beautiful and very meaningful. But, it does not mean it they will not leave a mess, especially if your child enjoys working on the floor.
The trick with removing glue stains is to tackle them before they harden. So, if you are able to discover the glue stain early you will just need to dab it with a paper towel, to get the glue stain to stick to another surface.
However, if your glue stain were to harden on your carpet then you will need to scrap it off the carpet. Hardened glue stains can be quite difficult to remove, if you cannot remove the glue stain via scraping then it may be time to call a professional cleaner to help you get rid of it.
Kids love sweets, this is not news this is what all parents know. When kids get their hands on some sweets, they can easily move that candy to other parts of the house. Chocolate gets on their hands, melted sugar starts getting into different parts of your carpet and before you know it, there is a huge mess in the house again.
Chocolate needs to be taken care of as soon as possible. You do not want the chocolate to melt on your carpet and start becoming an attractor for bugs like ants.
Gather all of these items:
Spilled soda can really be a problem as the mess can cover a large area depending on the spill. If left to sit in your carpet the stain will become sticky and very hard to clean. The worst incidents we have seen when cleaning this specific type of mess is at a child’s party and many children begin to spill their sodas. This distributes a sticky mess all around the home and it will take time to remove.
If you see a soda spill, immediately tend to the mess to avoid a bigger hassle later.
Using a clean white cloth, sponge the stain with the cleaning solution until the stain disappears. Then sponge with cold water and blot dry.
Vomit is unfortunate, but we would be lying if we said it was not a common mess we encounter. Vomit can happen at any time, so it's best to be prepared! How we tackle vomit is similar to how to tackle any other stain, we tend to it right away.
COIT Carpet Cleaning is always here to help offer cleaning advice for all households and provides the best carpet cleaning service with our 100% customer satisfaction guarantees that is unmatched by any other cleaning service.