The Shop-Vac

Sometimes a stain is bad enough that you'd just as soon burn down the house than deal with it. I woke up one morning and came downstairs to this. 

Poor dog didn't feel well in the middle of the night.

I didn't want to go near that horrible carpet with my hands and I didn't want it getting into my beloved carpet cleaner. I'm not sure how the shop-vac came to mind but I'm glad it did. I had never used it before that day, definitely not inside the house. I figured it was worth trying. I poured hot water and sucked up all of the mess. The carpet underneath was slightly discolored but the wonderful Folex took care of that.

Actually, the process took all day. Lots of rinse and repeat. Did I mention that the house was on the market at the time? Luckily, we had no showings scheduled for that day.

Silly dog started sleeping in the laundry room that night.