The vinegar will work to dissolve the slime so that you can wipe it off the carpet. The best way to remove slime from carpet after it dries is to use a rag to apply white vinegar directly on the slime. Tip #18: Oh my gosh this worked perfect for me I took Goo Gone and some hot water with dawn soap in it and mixed some Goo Gone into it and scrubbed and it all came out with in 10 minutes (just keep scrubbing)… Quincey Tip #17: I used OOPS! Just dampened a clean rag with it and rubbed it on the silly putty spot, and it was off in seconds! Then I rubbed the rug with clean soapy water and it was good as new… Lauri Removed clumps by hand and dumped rubbing alcohol on the remainder. Rubbing alcohol didn’t hurt my carpet, I already had some, so I didn’t have to go out and buy anything. Tip #15: Rubbing alcohol! I thought I was “stuck” with silly putty, but then I went to this site.
Tip #12: Thanks for the tip about using rubbing alcohol – it worked great! Silly putty had “melted” into a mesh chair - it was a mess!… Alise Went to this site and tried the tip for rubbing alcohol.ĭampened the area with the alcohol and rubbed with a clean dry cotton cloth. Tip #11: Found the kids’ thinking putty stuck in new charcoal shag carpet. Tip #10: Rubbing alcohol got silly putty out of my son’s favorite bear in about 10 seconds… Melanie
I rinsed with soapy water and you would never know there was anything on it ever… Tiffani
I rubbed with a dry cloth for a few minutes and poof! It was gone. After picking out what I could I then sprayed WD40 on it and let it set for 10 minutes. Tip #9: WD-40 works wonderful! I found bright green silly putty in my tan shag-style carpet. I sprayed it on and used a butter knife and paper towels to scrape off the residue, but it all came off, every last little bit!… Loren They didn’t have it but the woman at the store suggested KrudKutter. Tip #8: My daughter “lost” silly putty and I found it…on our couch, a fuzzy throw blanket, denim jacket and pajama top! I asked my husband to pick up goof off when he went to the store based on someone else’s tip. I had to repeat about 2 or 3 times and it’s totally gone! Thank you!… Sheila Tip #7: The Goo Gone worked for taking silly putty out of carpet! It only took about 5 minutes putting Goo Gone on a towel, blotting, and rinsing with hot soapy water. Tip #6: Soak the spot with WD-40, let the WD-40 sit for 20 minutes, pick the large pieces of silly putty off with a butter knife, take 3 Tsp of Oxi Clean and warm water and pour it on the area, take tooth brush and brush the spot, take a cloth and rub it over the area… Ronda Literally dissolved the silly putty instantly. I was absolutely amazed at how fast Goof Off worked. Tip #4: For removing silly putty on carpet, I used WD-40 on spot for 10 minutes as recommended on your website but I had no rubbing alcohol so instead I followed with Oxi Clean in hot water, a little rubbing with an old toothbrush, and the silly putty came right out. Silly putty dissolved completely and we blotted the goof off out of the carpet. Tip #3: I just used Goof Off, (water based). This was in a shag style carpet with a ton of silly putty. A little goo remover and hot water and presto. I used the previously mention method: Goo Gone and hot, soapy water. My little two year old got silly putty into our carpet. Tip #2: Now, this is from a 30 year old male. The whole process took nearly an hour for a 1 inch spot. It will never be perfect, but since the carpet is beige with brown flecks and a medium pile, it will be pretty much invisible unless you know where to look. That was what seemed to really do it, but the Goo Gone loosened it up first. I used Goo Gone Sticker Lifter following the directions. Note: The tips for removing silly putty from carpet are first, and the tips for removing slime are at the end of the article.