Imagine spending hours cleaning your carpet, making it look clean and shiny. But after a few days, you notice that the stains and bad odor are back. This problem also arises when the carpet is treated with unsuitable cleaning agents. We provide you with tips for sustainable and gentle carpet cleaning.

Carpets smell unpleasant due to various factors. Below, we will examine the reasons for carpet stains and bad odor.

Handmade carpets may have an unpleasant odor due to the use of natural fibers.
Machine-made carpets smell unpleasant after washing due to high moisture absorption. Some people react very sensitively to this odor.
– If you have a pet at home, you may have experienced urine leaving a very unpleasant odor and stains on the carpet.

If milk is spilled on the carpet, it must be cleaned immediately to prevent the odor and stains from penetrating into the carpet.
One of the most common causes of stains on carpets is the spilling of tea, coffee, and other beverages. If liquids like tea and coffee are spilled on the carpet, you should clean it immediately; if this stain becomes old, it will not be easy to remove.
Spilling candle wax on the carpet causes stains that are difficult but not impossible to remove.
Residual cleaning agents and incomplete drying of the carpet result in the carpet smelling unpleasant after washing.
Spilling food and grease on surfaces causes stains, and carpets are no exception.
Dropping a cigarette on the carpet creates small stains and an unpleasant odor in the carpet.
If chlorine cleaner is spilled on the carpet, it stains the color of the carpet fibers and, in addition to causing stains, its unpleasant odor remains in the carpet.

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However, the main question here is why the stains and odor of the carpet reappear even after re-washing. What factors cause this problem? What are the ways to solve this problem?

We divide the answer to this question into two parts.

1. The return of carpet stains
2. Common carpet odors

Common Carpet Stains

When you wash your carpet or entrust it to a carpet cleaner, stains penetrate deep into the carpet either on their own or through the excessive pressure exerted by the carpet cleaning machine. Carpet cleaners typically use a lot of water to clean the carpet, but some machines are not powerful enough to remove all the water from the carpet, leaving water or moisture in the carpet. In this case, the carpet’s appearance may look very clean, but the stains still remain deep in the carpet.

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The main problem arises when the stain seeps into the fibers of the carpet during the drying process. The stains may seem to have disappeared, but they reappear after a few days.

Solution:

Seek the assistance of a professional carpet cleaner to wash and clean your carpets, ensuring that the deepest stains are removed and that the stains are completely eradicated rather than merely set in.

Another reason why carpet stains reappear is the detergent used. It’s not the original stain that reappears; rather, the cleaning agent used to clean the carpet remains in the carpet, causing it to attract dirt and dust, thus creating new stains.

Solution:

When washing the carpet at home or through carpet cleaning services, be mindful to use the correct detergent and the right amount to remove the stains so that your carpet no longer attracts stains and dirt, but rather the stains can be completely removed.

Common Carpet Odors

Most recurring carpet odors are attributed to pet urine. Even after cleaning the carpet, it’s very difficult to completely remove the effects of pet urine, often causing unpleasant odors. Pets usually urinate repeatedly in the same spot on the carpet, leading to accumulation of urine and moisture on the back of the carpet. When this moisture completely dries, odor particles remain. Using cleaning agents may make your carpet appear clean and remove the odor for a few days, but these odor-filled particles become trapped beneath the carpet and are released again, causing frequent odors.

Solution:

To solve this problem, entrust your carpet to experts to remove these particles and any bacteria in the urine using simple methods, providing you with odor- and stain-free carpets.

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How to Remove Stains and Odors from Carpets?

 

One of the worst carpet stains is burn marks. You accidentally drop a candle, or the iron falls on the carpet in its hottest state. Here’s what to do to Removing Stains and Burn Marks from the Carpet:

If the tips of the carpet fibers are burnt, you’ll need a sharp and small pair of scissors, cleaning solution, water, and a sponge.

First, carefully trim the tip of the burnt fibers with the scissors, making sure not to create any unevenness in the height of the fibers with adjacent areas by trimming the fibers too much. Then, dip the sponge into a mixture of cleaning solution and water and gently dab the area with the sponge. Repeat the same with another sponge dipped in clean water. Repeat these steps until you feel the carpet burn is completely gone.

You can use sandpaper and gently rub over the burnt spot. Then vacuum up the remaining particles. This method can help remove smaller burns.

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Removing Tea Stains from the Carpet

Pour half a liter of white vinegar into a container and add half a liter of water, mixing everything well. Pour the resulting solution onto the stain and gently rub the carpet with a clean cloth. Then, thoroughly clean the carpet with water.

Removing Urine Odor from the Carpet

To eliminate urine odor, sprinkle some baking soda on the area where the urine was spilled. For better effect, you can also add some cornstarch to the baking soda. Let this mixture sit on the spot overnight, then rinse and clean the area thoroughly.

Tobacco and Nicotine Stains on the Carpet

The best cleaner for these stains is glycerin, with the instruction to pour some glycerin on the desired spot and slowly clean it; Repeat this once again and apply some stain remover on it, let it sit on the spot for half an hour, then wash it off.

Eliminate the Odor from Wool Carpets

Natural fibers in handwoven carpets also cause bad odor in carpets and wool carpets. To get rid of this odor, it is effective in most cases to use scented sprays with fragrances like lavender. If the unpleasant odor still bothers you, wash the carpet thoroughly and gently to remove the bad odor.

Removing Oil Stains and Odor from the Carpet

To get rid of the oil smell, place some lime or orange slices on the spot where the oil was spilled, and let it sit for a few minutes, then clean the carpet with water and carpet cleaner.

Conclusion

The carpet is considered a valuable accessory of the house, whose cleanliness and beauty are very important. Furthermore, the way the carpet is cleaned is also very important. In this article created by Rugeast, we have explained that improper washing leads to stains and odors reappearing on your carpet. Therefore, it is recommended to leave washing to professional carpet cleaners for better carpet care and to get rid of carpet stains and bad odors.