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Viral Carpet Cleaning Hacks That Are Quietly Ruining Your Carpet — And What Actually Works

Baking soda and vinegar, Dawn dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, shaving cream — the internet is full of carpet cleaning hacks, and some of the most popular ones cause permanent damage. After 24 years cleaning Bay Area carpets, here's an honest breakdown of which viral tricks are harmless, which are quietly wrecking your carpet, and what genuinely works instead.