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My 4 year old grandson has used his Mam's pink lipstick to draw all over her new plain sandy coloured carpet.
As you can imagine, she's not best pleased about it!
Anyone know any tried and tested ways of how to get the lipstick out without ruining the carpet any further?

Jan

Oh dear.:(( Found this..

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf12630100.tip.html

Hiya Jan... try the advise on this site:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4907400_lipstick-out-carpet.html

and good luck... seems lipstick is one of the most difficult stains to remove ;¬((

Take a photo for when he's muc, much older, lol..... it'll be a fond memory by then!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Jan i found this ..dont know if it will be any good for you ....




There are all kinds of advice out there on how to remove lipstick stains from clothing, especially shirt collars. Now, we all know how lipstick gets there, right? What about when you somehow get lipstick on your carpet? How does that happen, you ask? Well, if you have little ones at your house especially, I know for a fact that accidents do happen, and I know how to get that pesky lipstick out of the carpet. There are quite a few ways.

The first thing you need to know is, what to do if you’re not able to remove the stain right away. Carefully pour a tiny bit of club soda on the stain; this will prevent the lipstick from setting in. Please keep in mind that you don’t want to soak your carpet. You will need to use your own good judgment on how much club soda to pour. Keeping this in mind, you also don’t want to let it go too long without treating it. The carpet may mold from the moisture of the club soda.




Please keep in mind that with any of these techniques, never scrub or rub the lipstick; only dab. This is very important. Rubbing will grind the lipstick even deeper into your carpet, as well as spread the stain around.

To start, take a scraper of some sort (a butter knife or a spoon will do) and carefully scrape up any excess lipstick, working from the outside of the stain towards the center to keep from spreading the lipstick around even more.


The first thing you need to do is pre-treat the stain. There are a number of ways you can do this. Take a soft paper towel or cotton ball and apply one of the following to it: hairspray, rubbing alcohol, castile soap, petroleum jelly, or toothpaste. Gently dab the stain (remember not to rub!) with the paper towel, making sure to always dab with a clean section of the paper towel or cotton ball.


Next, apply some sort of cleaner to the stain. This could include one of the following: carpet cleaner, ammonia (never mix ammonia with bleach), vinegar diluted with water, or even laundry detergent
diluted with water. Take some clean paper towels, and press a clean section repeatedly over the stain until the paper towel is not soaking up any more lipstick. Again, remember not to rub the stain.


Finally, take a spray bottle of plain old water and spray it over the area. Spray generously, but again, you do not want to soak your carpet. Take some clean paper towels and press over the area until most of the moisture has been absorbed.


These techniques should work on most carpets. If the stain remains, feel free to repeat the above process. If that doesn’t work, you may want check around for professional cleaners. If you can’t fork over the money and it really bothers you, you may want to find a small table, an indoor potted tree
or a small rug to cover up the stain.


Hazelx

Thanks very much to Marion, Daff and Hazel for all the tips you sent. I've sent them all on to my daughter and hope she manages to get the marks out!

Jan

http://www.home-carpet-cleaning-remedy.com/carpet-cleaning-lipstick.html

Thanks Janice - have sent it on to my daughter.

Jan

LOL

dont do what my son tried to do many years ago............he spilt paint on a nearly new front hall carpet.......he got a piece of carpet remnant , and cut out the part with the paint!! and tried to glue the replacement patch in........good try, but it didnt work.........!!

cost him a new carpet!!
fortunately it isnt a very big front hall.....

She could call out one of those miracle carpet cleaning companies. A friend did that when he spilt gloss paint in a shag-pile carpet and they did it!!!

Just a thought - if she's insured, she may be able to claim for a new carpet.

Hi Bob and Janice,
Oh dear Bob - dont think my daughter will be trying that one out! LOL

Janice - my daughter rents her house and only recently moved in, when all the carpets had been laid new!
She can't afford a carpet cleaning company either, which is a shame.
I'll be phoning her later on to find out if she managed to get rid of it!

Thanks to everyone for your tips.

HI, Jan, I can't add much to the others, but if you google Kim and Aggie, you always get good advice.

Thanks Annina - will do that now.

Try shaving foam or toothpaste or even hairspray .
I know all of these remove lipstick from cloths so no reason why it won,t work on a carpet.

Washing up liquid.......

I hope something works for her.
I'm just picturing a house full of foam coming out the door due to trying everything suggested lol


Marion

Thanks GeordieCath and Kempsinasunhat - have told her about your tips too.
Marion - I'm having a laugh too, thinking similar things as you! LOL

Reminds me of the song........Lipstick on your collar....

I'm thinking of a lipstick matchstick character coming out with its hands up!!!

Bob

Oh dear Jan, hope one of the tips works ok.

Your daughter should still have some sort of contents insurance so may be able to claim, even if she has to admit to the landlord what happened. Or he may have insurance cover so could claim and charge her the excess if necessary.
With little ones around, it's always best to get some sort of insurance in place anyway, especially when the place isn't your own.


Let us know how she gets on.
Lizx