Carpet Feels Sticky After Steam Cleaning

I just never seem to get the stickiness out.

Carpet feels sticky after steam cleaning. No matter what the cause is you don t have to deal with matted stiff fibers between your toes. Step 1 fill the detergent reservoir on your carpet shampooer with the instructed amount of water and 1 4 cup white vinegar instead of carpet shampoo. If a carpet is clean e d too quickly or too much soap is used it can leave behind a soap residue that hangs out on the fibers and creates the dry crunchy stiff feeling. Professional carpet cleaning extends the life of the carpeting and contributes to better air quality reducing allergies and illness.

A single misstep when cleaning carpets has the potential to turn once soft flooring into a stiff crunchy mess. While your carpeting may not require the regular cleaning that other types of flooring demand your carpet should be professionally cleaned once every year to 18 months even if you vacuum regularly. Rinse the carpet as normal removing as much of the soap as possible. Well i steam cleaned my carpeting with my bissell and followed the manufacturers recommendations on how much solution to put in my steam cleaner.

More than likely it s that the vinegar dissolves the acidic crystals in the puppy s urine and leaves the residue making the carpet sticky. Wearing your gloves rub the area gently with the rag. A professional carpet cleaning will clean and disinfect carpet and remove years of cleaning residues and other products in the carpet. Clean the carpet as normal using the desired cleaning product such as a mix of half a cup of liquid laundry detergent per gallon of hot water.

Add in the fact that some carpet fibers naturally stiffen as they dry no matter how thoroughly you clean which makes the chances of plush carpets turning brittle increase. It will not however remove 20 years accumulation of those products in cushion and dog urine. You ll need to make sure that the solution doesn t get into the glue that s holding the carpet together. Well now the carpeting is sticky and if anyone runs through the house it automatically shows the dirt.

Rinse the cleaning solution tank and mix one half of a cup of fabric softener per gallon of warm water. It is this residue that gives the carpet a stiff sticky hard or crunchy texture. Dog urine in cushion will continue to attract the dog. When your hair dried it would not feel soft and clean.

After you ve let the cleaning solution get into the carpet fibers it s time to remove the sticky texture. If you are renting a machine it is not uncommon to run it over the carpet too quickly and not fully extract the cleaning solution back out of the deepest areas of the carpet. I ve rinsed the carpet for hours with warm clear water a solution of half vinegar and warm water and a mix of baking soda vinegar and warm water. Proper carpet shampooing techniques can prevent detergent residue but if it does occur you can remove it so your carpet is truly clean.

It looks horrible and i want a clean carpet not one that smells like feet and old socks.