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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ag on October 22, 2007, 08:51:50 am

Title: water mark on carpet
Post by: ag on October 22, 2007, 08:51:50 am

water mark on a carpet after flooding? Is this a straightforward HWE?

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: markpowell on October 22, 2007, 08:57:51 am

You may have to apply Browning Prescription diluted 1-1 with water, spray and leave 20 mins then extract with water.
Mark

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: ag on October 22, 2007, 01:31:47 pm

any recommended browning solution?I take it red rx wont achieve the same thing?

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: murky on October 22, 2007, 01:58:42 pm

ag,

I was called out to a flooded house over the weekend, a pipe had burst and flooded out the rooms to about 2" deep she said, I got there on Sat am. Water damage to polyprop carpet nearly all of a room about 12' x 9' and rooms off all had water damage of about a yard into the doorways.

The house is a 'Ponderosa' style and the rooms off are all plain coloured Axminsters where you could see the water very easily, she doesnt want the hassle of replacing them. I sucked up the water from the main room and blended it in by spraying an acid rinse around the area that wasnt flooded, that way blending in the damaged area so in effect all the carpet is 'wet'. So when it dries it should be the same colour. We took up the damaged underlay and installed a fan to dry it all out.

There is a study next door so we wet all the carpet to give uniform appearance, she is dead chuffed with it so far. Booked in a service call today at 4 to see how things are.

Oh and she runs a property maintenance co so am well based to get more work.


Regards

Murky

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: markpowell on October 22, 2007, 02:06:43 pm

Red rx is used to remove dyes, food colourings etc.
You need Some Prochem Browning prescription, its the only one i have tried but im sure there will be others that do just the same.
Mark

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: ag on October 22, 2007, 03:20:02 pm

Hi guys
thanks for the responses. I did know that about the red rx so I dont know why I asked it, my prochem supplier is about 2hrs away so was hoping to get away with it.
Its actaully a dark green carpet and I sucked up about 160litres of water.Put in dehumids but now I can see a water mark in the carpet.So will try the acid rinse, and shall order some browning solution.
Many thanks
agnes

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: murky on October 22, 2007, 06:42:58 pm

ag

Went back this afternoon and all has dried out OK.

She is very pleased, moved the furniture over to dry the other half of the room so all should be ok.

One in the eye for C--- D-- and all the others that didnt get in to it.

Murky

PS. ag you were looking for damp meters the other day, good ones are from Rapitest or Draper tools only about £16 or so, they will do for what you want, you only need the £600 jobbies if you are serious about doing flood work all the time where the Loss Adjuster wants records of drying out rates etc.

Title: Re: water mark on carpet
Post by: ag on October 23, 2007, 11:59:29 am

Thanks very much for the advice. thats the damp meters I was looking for.
Glad all worked out well for you re:carpets.
Cheers