Lets start with the pin:
A pinner said:Homemade Carpet Powder. I think I'm going to try this! Some comments mentioned If you add a cup of borax to this mixture it will kill any bugs that may be in your carpet! (fleas, etc!)Another said:I use nutmeg or clove ground with baking soda, and everyone can't find why my house smells so inviting and homey.
So with a house full including dogs and cats I had to give this one a try!
Off to the kitchen I went, luck has it I was able to find an almost empty cheese shaker, and we even had baking soda in the cabinet! They say to add a scent...Scent! I went straight to my Scentsy collection and grabbed a Room Spray!
I started to mix them up in a mixing bowl and added about 10 sprays of my Vanilla Cream Room Spray. After I got the mix to smell like the spray I made sure that it was all mixed together with no chunks. I put it in the bottle and stuck it on a shelf. I knew it was there but I had family in town and I just didn't have the time with no one on the carpet for 15 min.
Fast Forward to today I put the girls in quiet time and grabbed my container that was half full of room spray and backing powder. I didn't think that it would still smell but to my surprise it did and it was still mostly powder. I added more baking soda to make it a full container and shook it up to mix in the scented powder with then non scented. Then I started to shake it onto my carpet in the living room, it was the perfect amount for the space we have that is most used. Not only did the powder spread easily but it started to make the room smell like Vanilla Cream!
After spreading it I let it sit on the carpet for 15 min. and then went to get my vacuum and cleaned it all off the carpet, this step was one that seems like it would be easy and it was for me. Others had said that it clogged the filters or had issues getting it off the carpet. I had no issue and it even made my vacuum smell better, BONUS! From the looks of it this really works! I even put it to the sniff test (don't laugh you would of done it too) and the dog smell is gone, all that's left is the scent from my Scentsy Room Spray!
I am sure many of you are thinking, "that's great and all I can get the same thing at the store and not have to mix it myself". You are right. But I look at it this way. I did this with products that I had in my house. I can make it smell like anything I want (including over 80 different of my favorite Scentsy Fragrances) and I looked up prices for the amount of the power I used it would cost me around $7 each time I do this. Here are some numbers:
Resolve Pet Deep Clean Carpet Powder(at wallie world): $7.17
Baking Soda: $2.12
Scentsy Room Spray: $7
The first time I do this I will spend the money to get the room spray of my choice, but any time after that I can use the same spray, there is a ton more in the bottle!
Over all for me this Pin was a WIN! I will be doing this again!
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