Cleaned Carpet Now Smells

A bad smell coming from your carpet isn t just a bad smell it s a threat to your home your property and the health of your family.

Cleaned carpet now smells.

If your carpet continues to smell long after it has been cleaned it. Did you just pay for a professional carpet cleaning service and feel like your carpet smells worse than ever. Now give the rug a healthy sprinkle of. I ve cleaned my carpets beautifully with a machine and now i ve got strong pet urine smell all over my living room.

Musty earthy or dank smells whatever you want to call it are the result of excess moisture. Log in or sign up to reply posts 232. You can use a commercial odor removing cleaner or you can mix your own cleaner with white vinegar and water. Nylon is the most durable and resistant to wear out of the four.

Reasons your carpet smells bad after cleaning it. Kimberly from san diego ca. The gold standard method for cleaning carpets is a process called hot water extraction. But it s common for carpet to smell immediately after being professionally cleaned and there are some tricks to help the odor clear up quickly.

Removing dog or cat pee odors from carpets can be a challenge. Firstly most carpet cleaning uses water. Posted about 11 years ago my husband and i cleaned the carpets in one of the houses day before yesterday. Here are some tips on how to get mildew and musty smells from the carpet.

Real estate investor from toledo ohio. There are a few possible reasons your carpet now smells like a wet dog. If not dried properly the underlying material becomes susceptible to mildew problems which can cause the musty smell. Every now and then we get a call from a customer that says i shampooed my carpet and now it smells like urine the smell was not present prior to the cleaning leaving a frustrating situation for homeowners without pets or one who didn t smell urine prior to cleaning.

The leading cause for a bad smelling carpet after cleaning is that the carpet backing absorbed some of the moisture in the process and is still wet. Ugent cleaned carpets and now it smells. Run the cleaner over the entire carpet and then let it dry. Next blot the area dry with a clean dry cloth or paper towel.

Cleaned carpet now smells like wet dog. If you have a lot of set in pet odors you may need to treat the entire carpet with a carpet cleaner such as a green machine or a rug doctor. Use a carpet steam cleaner. Especially if the area was flooded getting rid of the odor should be a walk in the park.

There s nothing more frustrating than feeling like you ve wasted money. By michawn 18 posts 487 comments. To rid your carpet of foul smells first blot any strongly affected spots with a damp cloth. There are 4 basic types of carpet fibers nylon polyester olefin and wool.

So the area was definitely wet before the smell started.