Your first order of business is to get as much water out of your car as possible as quickly as you can. If your floorboards have an inch or more of standing water, you’ll want to use awet/dry vacto suck it out, taking particular care to get into the nooks and crannies between t...
If your car has a wet foam under the carpet, here’s how to dry it. First, remove the carpet and set it aside. Next, use a hairdryer on the low setting to dry the foam. If you don’t have a hairdryer, you can use a fan or even just let the foam air dry. Once the foam...
For a wet carpet cleaning or steam carpet cleaning, there is a lot more moisture used and you will need to wait at least six hours for the carpet to dry and you may need to do some extra work to help it dry faster. If you don’t help a wet cleaned carpet to dry, it could allo...
Carpetgrass is a common grass in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states where wet, infertile soils make other species of grass hard to grow. Also called “petit gazon,” carpetgrass has moderate shade tolerance and crowds out most weeds once established. For homeowners who have given up on mor...
Use your wet/dry vac to suction the liquid from the carpet, working in sections if the spill is large. Step 1:Saturate the stain with hot water using a spray bottle. Step 2:Vacuum up the water and detergent with your wet/dry vacuum. ...
When you’re faced with a wet basement, no matter what the cause, it can be particularly heartbreaking. All manner of personal possessions will be ruined. The first thing to do is to dry the basement, which can be a big task. You need to do it before you can investigate the source ...
Depending on several factors, how long carpet takes to dry after a cleaning can range between 30 minutes to a few days. Here's how to speed things up a bit.
Are you worried that you might ruin your colorful carpet if you clean off the dry-erase ink after you accidentally drop your marker? Read the tips that I’m about to share onhow to get dry erase marker out of carpet. Before we begin, let me quickly inform you that cleaning a stained...
Dryer sheets are supposed to keep clothes from creating static electricity; if you don't use one, you might have to peel your clothes apart as if they were glued together. What's going on is similar to the shock you get after you shuffle your feet across a carpet on a dry winter day...
Baking Soda Sprinkle over the wet area and let sit before vacuuming up. Cornstarch/Borax Apply to absorb excess oils, then vacuum. Rubbing Alcohol Dab onto the stain to break down the oils, then blot dry. Some natural dyes in the carpet may react with these solutions, so always perform ...