I can not begin to tell my readers how often I go to customers’ homes, led to believe that I am “freshening up” their carpets, only to see 20 paint spots cemented into the carpet. Paint removal is not carpet cleaning. Paint removal is paint removal. It’s time consuming, the chemicals are very abrasive to both the cleaning technician and the homeowner. This is so prevalent when dealing with our contractor accounts. It seems that the “professionals” are the ones that get the most paint on the homeowners’ carpet. They think that steam cleaning will remove the paint quickly and inexpensively. It will not. The best remedy to paint removal is any preventive measure taken to protect your carpet from paint coming into contact with it. It’s painful for both myself and my customer when I advise them to purchase a new carpet because the paint removal service will cost more than a replacement. But any company sending a technician that will spend 4 hours breathing in acetone fumes will expect to be paid a lofty amount.

I may have gone a little off track there but I need the reader to understand the difficulty in paint removal. Water based paints are the easiest to remove. A little soap and water (1 TBs of dish washing detergent mixed with a cup of warm water) should take this out easily. If you have a few spots, here’s how to remove paint from carpet. First try rubbing alcohol. Scrape the paint off with a metal spoon. I’ve heard of people using vodka to remove paint. The alcohol in the vodka is what is doing the trick.

If rubbing alcohol works unsuccessfully move on to the dreaded acetone (nail polish remover). Scrape with a metal spoon. Acetone will work most of the time but I must warn the reader of the dangers of acetone. It’s highly toxic. It will give you severe headaches if you are exposed to it for a long period of time. It will agitate your skin. It can also make you extremely light headed. Please take care in using acetone. This is one instance where I will almost always advise my clients to hire a professional rather than do it themselves. I care about your safety. Please be careful.

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As a professional carpet cleaner I constantly have to explain why and how pet odors occur in my customers’ homes. Many seem to be under the impression that simple steam cleaning or carpet shampooing will remove the bad pet odors in their homes. It won’t (most of the time). Here’s the proper method to complete odor removal.

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When a pet urinates on your carpet the actual urine does not have too bad of an unpleasant odor. It’s when bacteria begins to grow on the urine, feeding off the proteins, that the odor occurs. To properly remove pet urine odor you must first identify exactly where the odor is coming from. If you are unsure, you may need to ask your local pet odor removal specialist to use a black light in your home. Once you find the source you must ask how deep the urine spot has traveled down your carpet. Is it just on the surface? Has it migrated down to the padding or even the flooring?

Enzymes work wonderfully. Enzymes will digest the proteins in the urine. I personally like to use an enzyme digester afterwards to be sure that I do not have any additional odor from the enzymes several days later. I’ll use this process on the front and back of the carpet and completely replace the small area of padding underneath the carpet. If the urine odor has gone as far as the hard flooring, I will completely disinfect and seal the floor to assure myself that the odor will not ever return. I’ll finish the job up with a nice smelling deodorizer and be on my way.

For the non professional, pet odor removal from carpet can seem a bit overwhelming and complicated so do not feel the need to tackle this alone. Contact your local carpet cleaning company for assistance if needed. Good luck.

Remove Ink Stains from Carpet

Like all other stains, you must hurry to make your best attempts to remove the ink stain immediately, before the stain sets into your carpet. Ink stains may be either water based or permanent. Permanent ink stains may be a bit difficult to remove from carpet. Water based ink stains are fairly easy to remove though. Here’s how to completely remove either stain…

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Remove Water Based Ink Stains

If you are faced with a water based ink stain first blot whatever ink residue you can absorb. Do not scrub the carpet. You will only dig the ink stain deeper into the carpet fibers. Next simply mix a teaspoon of dish washing detergent with a cup of water. Lightly douse the ink stain. Using a white terry cloth to lightly blot the ink stain from your carpet. It is important not to use a scrub brush. A scrub brush will only distort the carpet fibers and dig the ink stain deeper into the carpet filaments, making removal close to impossible.

Remove Permanent Ink Stains

Please note that permanent ink stains can be very difficult to remove from your carpet using domestic cleaning products. If you find that the ink stain is permanent and does not respond to water based cleaning methods, you next option is to use rubbing alcohol on your carpet. Be sure to first test the rubbing alcohol on an inconspicuous area prior to using it on your carpet. Add the rubbing alcohol to a white terry cloth and slowly blot the ink stain and check for ink transfer. If you see an ink transfer, continue to blot your carpet until the ink stain is completely gone or there is no more ink transfer.

At the point where there is no ink transfer onto the terry cloth, nail polish remover works wonderfully. First, completely rinse your carpet with water and blot dry. Apply a small amount of nail polish remover onto your terry cloth and, just like the rubbing alcohol, blot the ink stain until there is no more ink transfer.

Bleach - When All Else Fails…

If all else fails, mild bleaching techniques are very successful to remove ink stains from carpet. DO NOT use Clorox bleach on your carpet. Nylon and wool carpet will completely dissolve in sodium hydrochloride (Clorox) and olefin carpet may be stripped of its color. I’m talking about 3% peroxide. We all have it in our bathroom cabinet. Peroxide is an oxidizer. It will not remove the ink stain from your carpet but it will make it unseen to the eye. Pour a conservative amount of peroxide onto the ink stain, place a damp white terry cloth over the carpet and wait a full 24 hours. This last ink stain home remedy should do the trick over 90% of the time.

As a professional new york carpet cleaning technician., I used this method of ink stain removal for the first five years of my career and it works great. If for any reason you are unable to remove the ink stain from your carpet using these methods hire a professional nyc carpet cleaning company to remove it for you. He or she will use slightly more aggressive cleaning techniques to remove the ink stain.

Have you ever had a spot on your carpet, clean it or have it professionally cleaned, only to have in reappear in a few days. This can be extremely frustrating. This short article will explain the “why” behind this problem and hopefully a clear approach to prevention. As a professional carpet cleaning specialist, I commonly find this challenge among Berber olefin, Berber nylon and all other olefin carpets.

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Berber, although beautiful and a very strong style of carpet, can be difficult to clean at times. Its tight, often matted fibers sometimes only allow a cleaning technician to push a spot deeper into the carpet. It disappears. When it drys, due to evaporation, the spot finds the driest spot on the carpet fiber - the surface. To prevent this from happening your cleaning technician must pre-vacuum thoroughly, and go through extensive extraction methods to win against the spot. At the end of the job, be sure that your technician speed dries your carpet so any residue (although there shouldn’t be any) doesn’t reach the visible surface.

Olefin loves oil. The oil in your skin, hair, pet hair, and shoes from outside attach to your olefin carpets and will pick up any and all dirt it comes across. Be sure to tell you carpet cleaning technician that you have an olefin carpet. Cleaning solvents, citrus, and higher PH cleaning chemicals may be needed for success. Again, thorough pre-vacuuming and speed drying should be a carpet cleaning must.
So now you know why your carpets resoil and how to prevent future resoiling. Be vocal with your carpet cleaning technician. Let him or her know that you are an educated consumer and demand outstanding quality of service. And if you live in the NYC metropolitan area, give Steam Pro Carpet Cleaning NY an opportunity to earn your trust.

No matter how long the gum has been there, here is a really easy, quick way to remove it. The answer the citrus. I would recommend purchasing a citus solvent such as Citrus Solv. That’s what we use and it works great.
First take some ice and place it on the gum. This will stiffen the gum and make it a lot easier to remove.
Next apply the citrus solvent onto the gum and using a spoon or the blunt side of a knife, scrape the gum.
Blot the excess citrus solvent using a white cloth or paper towel.
Repeat until it’s gone. It shouldn’t take long. Good Luck!

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