[LWBrown]

Good Morning, All

We are a family who own a block of flats (and we live in one of them as well). We use prof carpet cleaners of course when tenants turn-over, but this time I am really puzzled cause they weren't able to get a certain stain out.

I am sure now it's that vivid blue/green Miracle Gro plant food...a full concentrate spill. Like the tenant mixed a concentrated batch and spilled a couple of ounces. Carpet cleaner just couldn't get it all out. The size of the stain was only about 5 cms, but it seems so deep. If using a foam, we just get masses of bright green foam and even scraping it, it just keeps coming and coming like a geyser! 

Our carpet is glued to the fire proof/noise system. It's a hotel grade short pile. Any ideas? If this is not going to come out, is it better to cut out and make a patch? 

Sad to say, we already had to cut out a huge part in front of the basin and replace with laminated floor type vinyl as the tenant had used THIN BLEACH to get something else out and the carpet which is fawn has gone pink. I wonder if the stain mentioned was the same thing...don't know. They were corporate tenants (ugh). They are the worst as it's not their own home and can be very careless. 

Further.... there are crusty black bits like freckles on the surface not far from all of this other damage. The carpet cleaner thought it was burn marks. From what? A sputtering candle would be wax wouldn't it? What would flying sparks come from...a sparkler?  These are non-smoking flats and some tenants try to smoke sitting in the windows, but in this case I know they didn't smoke.

If pics will help, I can try to put them in later.

Apologies for the barging in rant.... but it's very hard to find a new carpet cleaner in this area for a small job like that. We kept back £100 of the deposit to do the horrible state of the oven and the the cutting out of the carpet and replacing with the laminated flooring by the basin. I didn't see the green stain or the burn freckles, so am stuck now.

Thanks for any ideas...any at all!

Lauren

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

I've had this one. Believe it or not i found a microsplitter at 1 in 3 to be really effective. Any residue and I'd maybe try Prochems red rx with steam transfer using a hot iron and a damp towel. Final resort try Rust remover with dwell time and aggitation rinsing thoroughly with plain water - I recall that baby bio has a blood content

Sorry, just noticed it's miracle gro not baby bio so ignore the last bit about the rust remover

Hope this helps

Alan

[nick p]

you get little black burn marks from people who like to smoke illegal subtances senn it many times

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

What, like hotel carpet?

[Robert Watson]

Thats what I was thinking Nick.
Hot Rocks.

[spindle]

little pebbles of molten hot hash!!!!!!!!

got enuff holes in my t-shirts....

use the green stuff now

[LWBrown]

Thanks for the replies. It's just not shifting, so am having someone come in and do a patch. I have small amount of the carpet on the floor of a cupboard that can be used.

You mean the burn marks are from smoking out of a water pipe/bong/hash? Something else?    She was from South America and went home a lot. :  But why in that funny corner place by the window on the floor next to the basin. They had a whole flat to use FFS.    I've been snipping with my manicure scissors for days...almost done.

Have really appreciated the answers from you lot in the trade, and have been reading other posts and issues. There's great info here.

Cheers, all
 
Lauren

[spindle]

no......

when you smoke a hash joint..........if the hash is not heated properly when crumbing it into the joint before rolling it...........molten hot rocks of hash drops from the joint and makes holes in carpets,t shirts,sofas...

[LWBrown]

Well, it just goes to show that old saying is true. If you lived through the 60's and remember stuff, you weren't there, cause I don't remember that at all. 

Cheers!
  Lauren