Today we have the theme day of smells and they are not pet urine smells. On this sunny day of May, Luv-a-Rug has received a Turkish rug that is a week old and got wet from an salt water aquarium.
The rug resides in a law firm here in Victoria and yesterday it was discovered that the fish tank had a leak and the rug was soaking up the water. There is no colour bleed. The lawyer who owns the rug rolled it up and called us immediately to pick it up, which we did first thing this morning.
Other than the rug smelling strongly of salt and algae there is no other water damage. Once we do a thorough rinse of the rug and dry it completely the rug will be nice and fresh to enjoy again.
The next smell we had was a carpet from a trunk of a car where gas additive leaked. The owner of the car tried to wash out the spill, but it wasn't budging. The smell got to be to the point where she couldn't have the carpet in her car at all.
She brought it to Luv-A-Rug for a deep cleaning. We can do a thorough wet wash on the trunk carpet because it is synthetic nylon. The only cleaning concern is there are three pieces of stiff under pad glued to the under side of the carpet. These may or may not remain glued on. This was explained to the client and if they do come off we can easy re glue them, or if they fall apart the client knows she can replace them.
Luv-A-Rug cleans car mats as well, if they are removable from your vehicle.
The third smell to come into Luv-A-Rug was a hand tufted rug with a strong latex glue smell. When they make hand tufted rugs they glue the fiber loops and the cotton backing on and this glue can give off a smell from moderate to very strong.
If your hand tufted rug has a latex smell it cannot be removed since it is part of the rugs construction. The best thing to do is when you are purchasing a rug with a cotton backing is to fold back the fibers and smell the rug. That way you will know before if the rug has an odour already.
No matter what odour your rug may have due to spills, pet accidents, or flooding chances are Luv-A-Rug has cleaned them all.
Here's to your rug not having an odours and being clean and healthy, RugloverMary
6 comments:
Great post Mary, I have many customers coming to me with smelly rugs. And I always have to tell them about the way they make the rugs and the latex used.
I love the map you have as the background of your Blog.
Keep up the good work Mary, Im looking forward to the next installment.
With warm regards
Captain Rug Wash
Hi Mary, I was wondering if there is a home remedy for smelly rugs if I can't have it cleaned by a carpet cleaning team right away.
Wet carpets can really be a trouble if not dried well. I hate the smell of a wet carpet. It is disgusting.
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It would depend what caused the odour, if it was pet urine or accident, bacteria smell from water flooding, musty from being stored.
There is no one way to get rid of all rug odours. Using air freshener sprays only mask odours and are not good for area rugs or your home.
It is always best to call your area rug cleaner to get their advice on dealing with odour problems.
When you rug develops an odour there is a reason why. Odours are not the issue the cause is whether it be any of the fore mentioned reasons.
Is there anything worse than a semlly rug?
I totally agree with what most people in these comments have said.
Very well written article, Mary!
Mary those gas smells are a problem. I am always surprised at how many people are carrying gas around inside their car and don't secure it so it can't fall over.
Besides gas I had a customer the other day that spilled 5 gallons of mango flavored water in her car and she doesn't like mangos. So to her it did not smell good. I had to pull up all the carpet in the car to get the water out and then dry it. On the plus side the cleaning vans smelled like mangos which we thought was great.
Kevin Pearson
www.pearsoncarpetcare.com
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