How Carpet Cleaners Deal With Stains
Carpet Cleaning Toms River
Typically when professional carpet cleaners are called upon to take care of stains or spots in carpets the first question will inevitably be “can you get it out”? If the tech’s first response is a resounding “yes”, then you might want to look into hiring someone else. Not all stains are removable. Any potential hire should tell you that up front. A better response would be “Let’s take a look at it and if it can be removed, we have what it takes to get it out”.
Most dark colored, brown or black, spots are sugar or oil based. These can be removed 90% of the time. Cola, tea, coffee, and non-red juices would all be examples of stains from this category. Cola stains can usually be taken care of with a traffic lane cleaner. Stains from coffee and tea are sometimes a little more difficult and may require an acid rinse in conjunction with the traffic lane cleaner. Juices like apple or orange are relatively easy to get out. Red juices such as grape or cranberry are usually where you run into the most problems, especially on light carpets. Red juices fall into the red dye category and sometimes the only solution is a heat transfer dye process. This is usually kept as a last resort and even then there are no guarantees.
So what about stains such as blood, vomit, and urine? Well these, like all stains, need to be addressed quickly. The faster you get them removed the better. Refrain from using hot water or alkaline cleaning products when trying to clean up blood. You might think you’re helping the carpet tech out by using these treatments but you’re actually setting the blood in the carpet. It’s better to leave it to the professional. Urine and vomit are similar in that they are removed through a process. It is very important to get urine up as soon as possible. The longer you ignore it, the more it will continue to deteriorate your carpet. Normally, for spots like these, a pre-treatment is used to break down the stain. Then the spot is extracted. These steps are repeated as necessary and then an enzyme is sprayed that will continue to break the spot down.
Sometimes you can get stains through no fault of your own. These stains include yellowing, water rings, and filtration soiling. Yellowing is one of those deceptive stains that can either be easily neutralized or near impossible to remove. It is very common and can be treated with an acid rinse or citric acid. Water rings can often be hit or miss also. They are treated with an acid rinse or traffic lane cleaner. Filtration soiling is normally found in hallways near air conditioning units or where the carpet meets the baseboards. These are black lines that are caused by the carpet “filtering” soil. Getting rid of these stains requires manually scrubbing the area with a towel and a special spotter. Because of the extra labor involved, this process may cost a little more than you would prefer to pay.
The bottom line is that there are no guarantees with spot removal. What seems like an easy stain to remove could prove terribly difficult, and vice versa. But if handled correctly and in a timely manner your odds of removing a spot or stain can increase greatly.
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