Damp Carpet After Cleaning

To leave a carpet clean and not soaking wet after a professional cleaning takes that combination of experience to use the right amount of water to achieve a clean carpet and the dedication to spend enough time vacuuming off the excess water to leave the carpet not overly wet.

Damp carpet after cleaning.

If you must walk across the carpet to get to another part of the house do it 30 minutes. After a professional clean you can expect your carpet to feel wet or damp for at least six to ten hours. Add more clean water to the wet carpet before vacuuming the dirty water out. Sucking out just the dirty water may cause the dirt to stay behind and stain the carpet.

However some rugs can feel moist for up to 24 hours depending on the time of year and humidity. Rent a carpet cleaner instead of just a vacuum and clean the carpet using carpet cleaner before vacuuming out excess water. Ideally avoid heavy traffic and keep children and pets off the carpet for at least 6 hours after cleaning. Steam has a high enough temperature to kill any toxins and also removes the toxins when the steam cleaner sucks up the dead mold spores.

Steam cleaning wet carpet removes any toxins and deodorizes it.