How to Treat Wet Carpet
When carpet becomes wet it can cause permanent damage to the carpet and the flooring underneath. Even if it feels dry to the touch it may still be damp under the surface. To keep your carpet in great condition you need to treat this right away with machines.
Wet carpet can lead to serious damage down the road if it's not taken care of. Patterns and colors in the carpeting can bleed into one another, and the floor beneath the carpet can become damaged. Taking care of this problem is simple with a few basic tools.
- Rent a carpet cleaning machine if you don't own one. These can be rented for around $20 a day if you shop around.
- Remove furniture and throw rugs from the room you need to treat. Even if the carpet doesn't feel wet under the furniture if it was wet nearby you want to be able to access it.
- Set the machine so the vacuum is being used. Carpet cleaning machines are designed to suck up the water and moisture from the carpet.
- Slowly run the carpet cleaning machine over the wet areas of the carpet. You'll want to make several passes. When you don't see anymore water coming up through the machine you can move on to the next step.
- Place some old towels down over the area you just treated. Walk over the towels a few times. This will pull up any water that may still be under the actual carpeting.
- Open windows and turn on fans if the weather permits. You want to wait to move anything back in to the room until the carpet is completely dry. It can take a day or two for the carpet to be ready again.