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carpets by a professional carpet cleaner. Chem-Dry (registered name) is one company that I know of that is
able to put the protector into the cleaning solution so that they can clean and protect at the same time. Another
type of protector is built into the carpet fiber itself, such as Duponts (registered name)Stain Master Carpets
(registered name). Many other carpet manufactures also have that type of built in protector.
There is one thing that all consumers must know about protectors. They will wear off.
Even the built in blockers will wear off with traffic, or cleaning. Dupont had a course given to carpet cleaners
some years ago about the protectors and has said that the protectors that are built into the carpet will wear off
with normal traffic in about two (2) years. These blockers can be put back into the carpets with certified
protectors. How does one know which protectors are certified? The only way is to ask the manufacturer,
otherwise if you have any kind of warranty, one may void it if the rules are not followed by the manufacturer.
Interesting about fleas, if you have fleas in your carpet and you happen to have carpets with blockers built in,
you could lose that ability of the blockers by using products that get rid of fleas. Have no fear though, that
blocker can always be put back.
Another thing is to remember that no amount of protector will keep the carpet from getting dirty. Its all in how
easy it is to get that carpet clean again.
stain out, but to the customer its an extra cost and not always is it done with total success. New carpets with
stain blockers built in will be as simple as club soda in a sprayer bottle and wiping off with a bath towel. Other
carpets will need treatments with red out, or red alert, or what ever product that is out there. For an average
home owner to take that stain out is not as easy as one would like. Really, leave that one to a professional and
remember to not always expect a full recovery.
of tufts falling over at the tips. Because every fourth or fifth row of tufts is involved, it produces a regular
pattern. It generally occurs perpendicular to traffic direction in carpets that have fine, soft yarn with a fairly
high cut pile. The ultimate cause is that the overall density is not adequate to support the yarn and keep it
upright. Cleaning the carpet may bring this problem to light, but wear, not cleaning, produces this problem.
Vacuuming and raking perpendicular to the traffic patterns may help this condition.
produce a fuzzy ball or pill. If these are not removed by vacuuming, they can be removed by lifting the main
ball portion and using scissors to cut the fibers that hold the ball into the carpet or fabric. They will come back
over a period of time.
yellow.
that will be a simple one for you. What you need to do is put some kind of buffered acid on it, like lemon juice
or white distilled vinegar. Get a spray bottle, an old bath towel. Mix 4 parts water, 1 part lemon juice or
vinegar, spray the area lightly, or fog it over the area. Brush with your hand to work the solution into the
carpet,you will see it start to change. Now blot with the towel to dry up the carpet just a bit. Refer to
Oxidizing for the reason why this happens.
back the newness of carpets. If the urine was just on the surface of the carpet there would not be a problem.
Blot it up with a terry cloth towel and wash the towel. Using an antimicrobial and then cleaning to get rid of
the contamination must be done. Not letting the urine get to the pad is the main trick. Once the urine gets to
the pad, then you do have a problem. At that point really the carpet will need to be lifted and the pad taken
out, floor treated and the bottom of the carpet treated then new pad put in. That right there can be a major
expense. Its like doing a water damage job, which the general public does not seem to understand the cost of
having that done.
Okay, lets see if I can help you at least a little bit here. First think about the urine and where its going. What
you want is not to have the urine get to the pad or under the carpet. The first thing you want is to get the urine
up off the carpet with a towel. Next when you treat the carpet with some urine treatment solution, you want
to make sure that you don't get it so wet that it goes down into the carpet. Next a lot of the urine treatment
solution needs to be rinsed off, so again you need to think about not over wetting;
How can you tell where your pet has been? Use a black light, and shine it around the carpets, that will let
you see whats going on.
If you know you are going to have pets, having the pad with the plastic on top is the way to go.
