CONCORD — Spills on the carpet are never anticipated, but knowing what to do in the event of one can help you prevent a permanent stain. Follow this thorough stain prevention procedure:
1. With a tightly folded, 100 percent cotton towel, begin blotting the affected area. Why 100 percent cotton? Because cotton is the most absorbent material—much more so than nylon carpet. As you blot (don’t scrub, it’ll only spread the stain), rotate the towel as each section becomes inundated with liquid. Depending on how much liquid there is, you might need a second towel.
2. Once you’ve reached a point where your towel ceases to absorb liquid, take some table salt and spread a generous amount over the area. Gently rub your hand over the carpet fibers to further spread the salt. After letting the salt sit for 15 minutes, run your vacuum over the area to remove it.
3. Using a simple mixture of one part white distilled vinegar, two parts water and a splash of dishwashing liquid, wet a new towel and blot the affected area. Keep an eye out for color transfer—it’ll tell you if your towel is still picking up anything from the carpet.
4. When you see you’re no longer getting any color transfer, place a dry cotton towel over the affected area and put something heavy on top of it (equivalent to the weight of a 1-gallon water jug). A plastic container works best; don’t use wood or metal containers, as they can potentially stain the carpet themselves. Leave that to set for at least an hour, allowing it to absorb any remaining residue in the carpet. Finally, after letting the carpet sit for 24 hours, run a vacuum over the area to reinvigorate the fibers.

A Thorough Procedure for Preventing Carpet Stains

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Video: Cleaning Spills on Your Carpet


when a spill occurs on your carpet
knowing how to deal with it properly can
make all the difference in preventing a
permanent stain today we're in conquer
with diamond certified expert
contributor Dave Steely of Maximum
carpet cleaning to learn more so today
we're going to address what to do when
something gets spilt on your carpet this
is a proper way to absorb and this can
be any kind of liquid for this
demonstration we're going to use red
wine which is unfortunately a common
occurrence with our clients but anything
will do we got a little bit of a red
wine spill here so first thing you want
to do is grab a 100% cotton towel you're
going to place that towel right on top
of the affected area now cotton is much
more absorbent than nylon
carpet so as you can see we're getting
color transfer and that's what we're
looking for so we're going to rotate
that towel and we're just going to keep
blotting we're trying to get as much
liquid out of here as we Poss possibly
can now this may take one or two towels
maybe more depending on how much liquid
but we just keep repeating repeating
repeating once we got it to the point
where we're no longer getting any
transfer we're going to just kind of
lightly spread this apart we're going to
grab some table salt and we're going to
put a generous amount of salt on there
the salt is going to absorb the liquid
so what we want to do once we get it on
we're going to spread that carpet again
let that salt work its way all the way
down to the back end of the carpet just
by gently rubbing it here then we're
going to apply some
more now we're going to want to let that
sit for at least 15 minutes once that's
done we're going to take our vacuum and
we're just going to vacuum it up
then we're going to take a simple
mixture this is one part white distilled
vinegar two parts water and just a
splash of dishwashing liquid we're going
to apply that on the affected
area once again we're going to get our
cotton towel we're going to put that on
there and we're going to blot
again what we're looking for is color
transfer we want to see is anything
still coming off onto the towel
once we see we're no longer getting
transfer we're going to take it and
we're just going to gently raise that
carpet up we're going to take a dry
cotton towel we're going to place that
on the affected area and then we want to
take something that weighs about the
equivalent of a gallon of water we want
to make sure this is a plastic container
we want to be sure we don't use wood or
metal wood or metal can both stain the
carpet and create much more damage we
leave that set roughly for at least an
hour let it absorb the rest of that
liquid out of there once it's done we're
just going to pull that up remove it let
it sit for 24 hours run a vacuum over it
and that should take care of
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Video: The Proper Way to Vacuum an Area Rug


in order to maintain a fine area rug
you'll need to know the proper way to
vacuum it
today we're in Pleasant Hill with
diamond certified expert contributor
Dave steely of maximum carpet care to
learn more so here's a pro tip for all
you homeowners with area rugs today
we're going to talk about the proper way
to vacuum your area rugs especially
wools Orientals Persians things of that
nature wool fibers tend to trap a lot of
dry soil in there most homeowners will
take the vacuum cleaner and just do a
quick single pass right over the rug and
think that that's good enough well it's
not you really need to thoroughly vacuum
these rugs in order to get all the dry
soil out of them it's gonna require to
go a little bit slower make multiple
passes so the first thing you're gonna
want to do is allow your vacuum to work
properly the way you do that is by
adjusting the height to the thickness of
your area rug if your vacuum is set too
low and it becomes too hard to push it's
actually not moving air it's not
breaking up the dust it's not pulling
anything
it is simply creating a suction almost
like a seal to the area rug itself and
will not remove any of the soil so you
got to adjust that correctly then we're
gonna go over it nice and slow you're
gonna go up once bring it back so make
two complete passes on there and then
we're gonna go in different directions
you're going to go up and down
vertically then we're gonna go side to
side to make sure we're hitting those
fibers from every angle once that is
done once we're finished back into the
top of the rug we can lift the rug up
and sometimes we'll see visible dry soil
underneath the rug at that point we're
gonna want to sweep the floor to remove
that get rid of all of that
flip the rug over and then vacuum the
other side when we vacuumed from behind
we will pull even more soil out of there
so then we flip it back over once again
we'll be back to the surface of the rug
and then we'll go over it one more time
not quite as aggressively not quite as
slowly just to vacuum it and finish it
off this is a process that should be
done probably about every one to three
months depending on your lifestyle
depending on if you have kids pets is
the rug being used every day where's it
located at things of that nature and
again this is all something to help
preserve the life of your rug so just
follow these simple steps and this will
go a long way to properly maintaining
your area rugs in between professional
cleanings

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