Your brand new carpeting has only been in your house for a few weeks and suddenly somebody in the house spilled food or a beverage on it. Maybe you have small pets, or even dogs and they had an accident on the carpeting.
This is usually enough to cause somebody to go into a full state of panic. When you panic, that’s when you usually make mistakes. You can certainly make a mistake in trying to clean up that spill so it doesn’t stain the carpet, so in order to avoid making matters worse, follow these important first steps.
Step #1: Take a deep breath.
Yes, you want to get that stain, food, beverage, or whatever else it is up as soon as possible. Just remember that if your carpeting was treated with stain resistant chemicals, it’s going to hold those chemicals up toward the top of the carpet fibers, the pile, for a while.
Step #2: Get a towel, paper towels, warm water, and get ready to blot up the staining material.
Many people begin scrubbing back-and-forth or around in circles. This is just pushing the staining substance down deeper into the carpet pile, beyond the stain resistant features. You want to blot up the stain by lightly pressing down and allowing the towel or paper towels to soak up the substance. Keep doing this until the towel is coming away relatively dry.
Step #3: Call a professional cleaning service.
When you call a professional carpet cleaning service to come to your home after a spill on your brand new carpeting, you’ll know that your carpeting will be returned to almost like new condition. You won’t see the stain anymore and you be able to breathe a sigh of relief once again.
