Have you ever had a situation where something is spilled on your carpet, you take action and clean the stain and it disappears. You go back to your daily routine, forgetting all about the incident but in a matter of a few days you see a mark on the carpet, you investigate only to find that the stain you thought you got rid of is back.
What has happened? You know you cleaned up the stain and there was no trace of it when you were finished, how could it possibly reappear?
Professionals who are involved in carpet cleaning in Stillwater call this phenomenon “wicking.” Wicking is something that happens when the liquid that was spilled on the carpet actually had a chance to soak through and went straight into the carpet backing material and in cases, even into the under pad. When you clean the stain at home all you really did was to clean the surface fibers of the carpet. The spill that managed to soak deep into the backing and under pad was not eliminated and after a couple of days it shows up as the carpet fibers have reabsorbed it. It is like travelling up the wick of a candle, this is where the term wicking came from.
How do you get rid of it?
Other than for calling a professional carpet cleaner in Stillwater there is a couple of things that you can do, what it is depends on the size and severity of the stain.
If the spill is quite small the first thing to do is blot up as much of the liquid as possible. Use either a clean white towel or a stack of paper towels to do this, place either one on the stain and place as much pressure as you can on the spot, a pile of heavy books is great, leave them on the towels for a number of hours, overnight is even better. The weight of the books will draw as much liquid from the fibers and backing as possible, once you do this then clean it in your normal fashion.
After doing this the stain may reappear, if it does the spill was much larger than you originally thought. In cases like this you may have to pull the carpet back and let both the carpet and the under pad completely dry. At this stage you might want to consider doing it right and call for professional carpet cleaning in Stillwater.
Regardless of the size of stain or what is was that caused the stain you are better off having it removed by companies that do professional carpet cleaning in Stillwater. You are invited to contact Steamatic of the Twin Cities.
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