Strange Discoloration from Pressure?

Rocko1 · Jul 9, 2015

Carpet is one year old. It's developed an orange stain where there was pressure form furniture-couch legs, bed frame wheels, etc. Not all areas that had pressure turned color. Any ideas what would have caused this? The legs/feet/rollers where black plastic and never caused issue before.

Desk Jockey · Jul 9, 2015

It sure looks like normal furniture stains but off plastic is unusual. Its rare but I've see plastic do that on vinyl floors before.

Were you using a high PH solutions? Maybe it leached some color off???

Have you tried Stain Magic on them?

jcooper · Jul 9, 2015

Somehow the carpet got damp/wet - them cleaning, previous cleaner, dog piss, humidity, etc... The dye/stain is bleeding in to the carpet...

If clients put stuff back too soon it can happen. No tabs or blocks it's going to happen.

Depending on the type of stain used, these can be very difficult to remove...

Rocko1 · Jul 9, 2015

How can black plastic turn the caret orange? Never been cleaned. Somewhat humid location, not overly. Strange. Have not tried Stain Magic.

Desk Jockey · Jul 9, 2015

Rocko1 said:
How can black plastic turn the caret orange?

It must be the compounds in the black coloring. ???

Rocko1 said:
Never been cleaned. Somewhat humid location, not overly. Strange.

Concrete is porous and water vapor move through it, it was have reacted with the legs. Any other furniture like dressers or chest of drawers leaving discolorations?

Mikey P · Jul 9, 2015

Any chance you smelled for urine?

Could be off gassing I suppose.. Try some sodium bisulfate or citric acid..

Rocko1 · Jul 9, 2015

No urine. Stains are on slab level and second story. All bed frame impressions had from no staining to light orange. Couch had the picture shown to no staining. Very strange. Didn't see any pressure points from heavy furniture other than listed. Carpet looks very cheap.

Desk Jockey · Jul 9, 2015

I found this and it was Mark Saiger that posted it. LOL

Maybe when he gets a moment he can tells us what he did to resolve it.

http://forums.cleanfax.com/forums/1-cf-board/topics/324185-weird-stains-from-plastic-legs

FB19087 · Jul 9, 2015

Seems to happen more and more often with the plastic feet...

http://mikeysboard.com/forum/index.php?threads/plastic-feet-on-sofa-left-stain.269350/

Desk Jockey · Jul 9, 2015

Damn now we have to tab plastic too. :dejection:

Rocko1 · Jul 9, 2015

anon said:
Seems to happen more and more often with the plastic feet...

http://mikeysboard.com/forum/index.php?threads/plastic-feet-on-sofa-left-stain.269350/

Well, that explains it. Thanks for the link.

Rocko1 · Jul 9, 2015

Desk Jockey said:
Damn now we have to tab plastic too.

Well the customer does. It doesn't need moisture to happen. Cheap overseas plastic. I imagine it's only going to get worse.

mirf · Jul 9, 2015

Desk Jockey said:
Damn now we have to tab plastic too.

I was thinking the same thing!

GeneMiller · Jul 9, 2015

Rocko1 said:
How can black plastic turn the caret orange? Never been cleaned. Somewhat humid location, not overly. Strange. Have not tried Stain Magic.

We've seen that problem here for as long as I can remember. The plastic rollers on bed frames turn the carpet a purple color. The humidity here is always high. We tab all plastic feet including desk chairs. We also have a problem with black rubber like what you would find on drums and walking canes. I tested bleach on a Q tip on the marks left from the rubber but it didn't budge. I've tested some pretty narly stuff under the beds without any change to the stain. I've damaged a little bit of carpet. Oops.

Gene

Mark Saiger · Jul 9, 2015

Plasterization it ended up getting called...

I have had brand new wheels stain brand new carpets from the off gassing of the plastic....something to do with the way the plastic was made...and curing...

Seems to be similar to what a rug will do to vinyl flooring....

I have one clients couch that the front left leg left a mark....and the right rear leg left a mark....on Berber....

Nothing I have found will remove it....safely.

It will even stain Teflon tabs...

It is the weirdest thing and the manufacturers of the plastic and reps for the furniture companies won't do anything when it happens...

Like I mentioned....saw it happen in brand new bedroom carpet (nylon) with brand new kids beds....

Mikey P · Jul 10, 2015

But is water/ cleaning solution the cause or just the fact that the carpet is in contact with this "faulty" plastic?

ruff · Jul 10, 2015

Some plastics will stain.
Also some clients (many) are not aware of spills, wet feet from the shower, the water cup on the night stand that spills, etc. And the husband won't fess up, if his life depended on it.

Mark Saiger · Jul 10, 2015

Mikey P said:
But is water/ cleaning solution the cause or just the fact that the carpet is in contact with this "faulty" plastic?

No water involved at all... No moisture... Just chemical reactions

Lee Stockwell · Jul 10, 2015

No cleaning required. Cheap Chinese plastic.

We first discovered this in the large student housing facilities during turns.

GeneMiller · Jul 10, 2015

Lee Stockwell said:
No cleaning required. Cheap Chinese plastic.

We first discovered this in the large student housing facilities during turns.

My thoughts exactly but I didn't want to say it since it's not politically correct.

Gene

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