Do Carpet Stains Disappear With Morton Salt?

Juice

• Salt has the power to lift a juice stain out of your carpet, by absorbing the juice into the salt crystals. Begin by spraying water on the stain to moisten the area. Pour a liberal amount of salt onto the juice stain. Let it set a few minutes before you vacuum up the salt. Repeat the process until the stain completely disappears.

Mud

• When the family dog comes running through the house after a heavy rain, leaving muddy paw prints on your carpet, don’t be tempted to mop up or scrub the carpet. That can make more of a mess, by embedding the mud into the carpet fibers. Instead, dump table salt over the mud prints. Generously heap the salt on and allow it to soak up the moisture in the mud. Wait for the area to dry, before you vacuum up the mess.

Paste

• Use salt to make a cleaning paste for removing carpet stains. Mix salt with white distilled vinegar, adding just enough vinegar to make a paste, similar to the consistency of toothpaste. Rub the paste into the carpet stain, and allow it to dry. Vacuum up the salt after it has thoroughly dried.

Other Uses

• Salt isn’t just effective in removing carpet stains. Salt mixed with vinegar or lemon juice makes a metal cleaner. Sometimes the cleaning solution includes flour, salt and an acidic liquid. A quick way to clean copper is by dipping a lemon half in salt, and then rubbing the salty lemon over the copper. Salt absorbs grease, making it a good grease cutter. When used with water, it can destroy bacteria through dehydration. When you burn food in an enamel pan, add salt and water, and bring the water to a boil. Let it set overnight, and in the morning the food washes away easily.