removing salt residue

[prestige cleaner]

did a qoute for a tax office, anyway one room had salt residue from a fishtank spilling onto the carpet. olefin berber heavy build-up of this salt looks like water ring also, what would take care of this issue.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Distilled water.

 

[John Olson]

CTI's UPT and a water claw.

 

[GeneMiller]

I cleaned up one years ago and i just flushed it with hot water. I treated it with quat for the fish smell ( in case) and it turned out fine.

gene

 

[ACE]

sour prespray, extact, post pad

 

[J Scott W]

Pretreat with an acid, our product would be TCU Neutralizer. Flush with a lot of water to dilute the salt and then a lot of dry passes to remove the water with the salt in it.

Either spray on an encap product like Encapuguard or use a microfiber or cotton bonnet under a 175 rotary machine with Encapuclean.

Finish with an antimicrobial deodorizer. Microban would be a good choice or Benefect.

 

[Colin Nation]

If the backing and underlay has been wet, then you might need to uplift and deal with the microbes down there as well.

But smaller amounts, just pre-spray your normal detergent and then rinse a lot. Finish with a quat disinfectant and a bit of acid rinse wouldn't go astray because the backings may get wet if they haven't been already.

 

[DerrickH]

Wouldn't you want to flush the salt and dilute it first before applying any treatments on it? Could salt react with the cleaning products and damage the carpet further? I always worry when there are known particles like salt or toner powder or other common elements on the carpet as I don't want to create a chemical change and cause further staining or damage.


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