Carpet Problems and Solutions by Chase and Sunny KhemKleen
Watch out with that stuff on your carpets
| There does seems to be some items that are impossible to get out of carpets. * yellow in American mustard* graphite* burns* colors in Popcycles* friction burns* wood stains from the furniture when the carpet gets wet+time*Oxiclean TM*Windex TM (window cleaners)* bleaches* Benzyl Proxide TM(anic medicine)* Should be more items, if I think of them I will put them in. Technology is always improving and if anyone knows of ways to safely fix them, eMail me. The above products mentioned above are very good products for what they are intended for, but the chemicals in them play havoc on carpets. |
Water Damage of the carpets
| Much of the general public does not know what is involved in fixing a water damaged area "Insurance Blue Book". One place to order that small book is Clean Quest, click on the web site for Clean Quest on this page. One way to think about inside a building is being dry. Whenever the inside gets wet there is some damage being done. The longer the water stays in the building the more damage is being cause. As soon as the inside of the building becomes dry again the damage stops. Now the trick is how fast can the inside of the building be dry? First look at areas that can be damaged first, like hardwood floors, get it handled right away. Next is the water white water, gray water, or black water? That means clean water, semi clean water, or sewage water, or an outside flood containing sewage. Black water damage takes a special crew with special equipment and a pump truck to hall away the black water. Next find out where the water came from, get it handled. For standing water, pour an antimicrobial throughout the wet areas. This will mix with the water and sanitize the area. Get as much water off that floor as you can. The best way is the suck up the water. Next check electrical and make sure that the water is not carrying any electrical current. At times the carpet is all pulled up, pad removed and replaced with new padding. The carpet is dried somewhere else, flooring dried with blowers and inside air dried with dehumidifiers. New padding put down and carpet placed back down the same way it came out. Sometimes the tack strips are replaced depending on their condition. Another way, the padding can be saved, a corner of the carpet is pulled up, a blower placed under the carpet and pad and another blower above the carpet, maybe a dehumidifier, depending on the amount of water in the air and air movement. An antimicrobial fogged under the carpets and padding. The blowers can move the air continually all night and day. Check to make sure the carpet is drying, the air is dry, walls and any glass (windows, mirrors etc.) is dry. A dehumidifier is always a good idea to use, but if one is not around, maybe one can do without it, but If the windows are wet at all you will need a dehumidifier to pull the moisture out of the air. Check the walls and make sure there is no swelling or dampness to them. When everything is dry, put the carpets back down, and clean up the carpeting. That is the basic way it is done, at times there is more going on than just that and additional things need to be done, but above description is most of the cases we run into. Expect the cleaner to ask for your insurance deductible up front and contact your insurance co. To come out and asses the damage. |
How to remove blood from carpets
| Blood, what to do with blood? Really its not that complicated Many times a pet will get hurt and come in tracking blood everywhere. Well, here is what to do. 1. Get a table spoon, or a sprayer bottle, or an eye dropper 2. Hydrogen peroxide (3%) 3. Old bath towel, 4. And a vintager/water mix or lemon juice/water mix (10 parts water to 1 part vintager or lemon juice Do not use any heat in anyway shape or form. Do not get the area wet. Only use the peroxide first. Try not the get the peroxide on your hands. Do not worry to much about the white showing up on you fingers, but we do recommend using gloves. Put the peroxide directly on the blood spot in the carpet, it will foam up, using the spoon lightly agitate the area. Blot with the towel (do not rub) repeat if needed. Later if you can see anything and the blood is gone lightly fog on the vinager/water solution. The above procedure does work for me and many of my clients, so don"t be afraid to do this, it works. Only once have I run into a case that I could not get the blood out of carpeting. I suspect that the customer tried and set it in by using heat. Upholstery fabric? I have removed blood from upholstery fabric many times. Upholstery is a tricky venture and does not alway work depending on the fabric and the circumstances Here are two other good sites you can go to that will help you. 1. Party noob 2. WikiHow |
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