Cleaned Carpets And Now They Smell

My husband and i cleaned the carpets in one of the houses day before yesterday.

Cleaned carpets and now they smell. I ve cleaned my carpets beautifully with a machine and now i ve got strong pet urine smell all over my living room. The carpet backing and padding can hold moisture and odors from old spills stains or ground in dirt. Lillyofthevalley wed 02 mar 11 21 54 29. Sunflower6 tue 21 aug 12 16 54 10.

Every now and then we get a call from a customer that says i shampooed my carpet and now it smells like urine the smell was not present prior to the cleaning leaving a frustrating situation for homeowners without pets or one who didn t smell urine prior to cleaning. Help just had carpets professionally cleaned and now they smell. The vinegar will absorb pretty much any odour including wet carpet smell. The gold standard method for cleaning carpets is a process called hot water extraction.

Hubby goes over this afternoon and said the smell hit him like a brick wall when he walked in. They were cleaned monday and obviously have had the heating on to dry them out. When these materials become wet from deep cleaning the smell resurfaces stronger than ever. Use febreze for carpets but test the product for discolouration first on an inconspicuous area of your rug.

It s like a dirty sock smell and i m sure it s from the carpeting not being totally dry. In carpets that have just been cleaned the odor almost always comes from the materials underneath the carpet fibers. Be cautious if you have cats as they can treat it as a bathroom. I bought a vax carpet washer last week and cleaned my carpets.

Place a kitty litter near the carpeted area to soak up the bad smell. Help i ve washed my carpets with a vax carpet washer and now they smell damp 7 posts add message report. If you suspect a mold problem either because of visible growth or a musty smell consistently coming from supply vents cleaning ducts won t do much good if it doesn t eliminate the mold. By michawn 18 posts 487 comments february 22 2007 0 found this helpful.

We couldn t leave the windows open to help air it out due to thunderstorms here. Cleaned carpet now smells like wet dog. There are a few possible reasons your carpet now smells like a wet dog. 17 posts add message report.

Leave the baking soda on the carpet for several hours or overnight. Kimberly from san diego ca. They look like new again but there is a horrible musty smell. Step 1 sprinkle 1 2 cup baking soda onto the area of carpet that smells like pet urine.

Add more baking soda for larger portions of carpet. Two household products lift and clean the urine smell from the carpet without the need of harsh chemicals.