We ll start off with the gloves.
Carpet feels sticky.
This is the biggest reason why even hard core do it yourselfers should occasionally use a professional.
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.
Residential carpet cleaning units use suction to remove dirt and detergent.
While these products clean your carpet they can leave some of the cleaning agents behind that results in a sticky feeling.
I always do a second or third pass over my carpets with no cleaner in the machine as a good rinse.
You have to follow a 6 step process to get the sticky feeling out of your carpet.
If your shampooer has a separate rinse water reservoir add 1 4 cup white vinegar to the rinse water as well.
The adhesive is colorless so any residue on the floor will be invisible at first.
Once dry the deposits rise to the surface causing the fibers to stiffen and clump together.
It is quite similar to how your hair would feel if you rubbed shampoo into it but did not properly rinse the shampoo out.
It is this residue that gives the carpet a stiff sticky hard or crunchy texture.
The stickiness is caused by detergent being left in the carpets.
As the water slowly evaporates and the carpet dries the residual soap and chemicals dry into the carpet fibers.
In severe cases the carpet will feel sticky and the problem will be very obvious.
Carpet cleaning products are applied with hot water and high pressure.
Over wetting occurs when too much water soaks into the bottom of the carpet.
The vinegar solution helps rinse out and remove detergent residue in your carpet.
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.
I just never seem to get the stickiness out.
If they don t the build up of soapy residue can be impossible to clean out leaving a carpet that is a virtual dirt magnet.
Some cleaners leave this residue.
If the amount of adhesive left behind is relatively small you may not even know it s there until weeks or months after removing the film.
