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Dear Barry & Michelle:
We woke up this morning, to find a little "gift" our cat - the hunter - had left us in the middle of the night. She deposited her "prize" at the foot of the bed, on our brand new offwhite carpet. There are about 6 small, red, blood spots that I have been unable to remove. What will remove them?
Seeing Red
Dear Seeing:
Hydrogen Peroxide will remove the blood spots. Test your carpet first for color fastness by putting a small amount of the peroxide on a scrap of the same carpet or in the back of a closet. If there is no loss of color, apply a small amount to the blood. Let it sit for about 30 seconds, then blot the area with a white cloth. Re-apply if necessary. Once the blood is removed, rinse the area with carpet spotter, or plain tap water. Blot again thoroughly and hug your cat.
Dear Barry & Michelle:
My three-year old daughter painted her toenails and the carpet in her bedroom with fingernail polish. I’m afraid to touch it. HELP!!!
Kristina’s Mom
Dear Kristina’s Mom:
If the nail polish is on the surface of the fibers and not too deep, the carpet can be saved, but you must be careful.
Apply a small amount of nail polish remover to a white cloth and test the carpet for colorfastness as above. If there is no color loss, dab at the polish with the cloth, working towards the center of the spot. Do not scrub or press down hard. Be very patient and work on a small area at a time. Do not pour the polish remover onto the carpet. If any nail polish remover reaches the carpet backing, it may dissolve the latex that holds the fibers in place, leaving you with a bald spot, which no amount of Rogaine will restore.
When you have removed as much as possible, rinse the area thoroughly. If there is still polish remaining, it is better to let it dry overnight and work on it again the next day, than to overdo it and cause permanent damage. Good Luck. If you need our help, please call us.
Dear Barry & Michelle:
We recently moved into a 3 year-old house. The carpet is in great shape, except for one thing: There are indentations in the carpeting where the previous owners had their furniture. How do we remove them? Will cleaning the carpet help?
Mrs. Dent
Dear Mrs. Dent:
Deep furniture indentations are a combination of compression of the carpet pad (which is most likely irreversible), stretching of the carpet backing (which can sometimes be improved), and distortion of the face fibers.
Cleaning alone, will not remove the dents. It may help improve the carpet and backing, but will do very little for the carpet pad. Over time, the pad may slowly return to it’s original shape, but that rarely happens - especially if the pad is of lower quality.
You can try a couple of things:
1. Place a damp, white towel over the dents and set a steam iron over the towel. Remove it after 1 minute, then fluff the carpet fibers up and allow to dry.
2. Try the ice cube trick: Put an ice cube on each dent and let it sit over night. I have never tried this, but I’ve heard that it works in some cases. Don’t ask me why.
If none of the above works and the indentations are really bugging you, as a last resort you could have the carpet pulled back and have new pieces of carpet pad inserted where the compressed pad is.
