Any stain on your carpet is the cause for concern. Carpet fibers absorbs the liquid (stain) quickly. Oil-based stains are significantly troublesome due to the greasy substance and residue they leave. Oil stains are often tough to totally eliminate.
But it is important to make notice of the stains as early as possible and treat them immediately, especially with oil stains. Oil stains are hard to remove when it gets older.Treating the stain in the wrong way is the next bad thing. If you aren’t sure on how to clean it, leave it to the experts.
Common oil based stains are:
- Adhesives,
- Margarine or butter
- Cosmetics
- Gasoline
- Wax
- Furniture polish,
- Mayonnaise
- Grease, wax, etc.
Steps to remove the oil stains from carpets
Use the following tips to assist you to remove the stains before it extremely becomes a permanent fixture there.
Use clean, white towels to dry up the stain. Blot the stain while not rubbing it in.
If it is dried, use the knife the scraping off the surplus stain. Blotting is the act of employing a white towel and applying pressure to the stain with the dry towel, in impact transferring the stain to the towel. It’s vital to use a clean and ideally white towel.
Repeat this till the stain is removed or till a lot of the stain can transfer onto the towel.
If the oil is not moving from stain to towel, you can move to the next stage.
Use a light detergent on the stain. Make sure that they contain no fragrance and dyes. (You can also apply low quantity of a volatile solvent and blot with a white towel, if necessary)
Blot stain with detergent; enable it to take less than 10 minutes and then rinse.
You are free from the oil stain now.
If you are still finding it hard to clean the stains, Call Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning Bay Area.
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