Add more baking soda for larger portions of carpet.
Cleaned carpets and now they smell.
The carpet backing and padding can hold moisture and odors from old spills stains or ground in dirt.
The gold standard method for cleaning carpets is a process called hot water extraction.
There are a few possible reasons your carpet now smells like a wet dog.
Be cautious if you have cats as they can treat it as a bathroom.
When these materials become wet from deep cleaning the smell resurfaces stronger than ever.
In this method a significant amount of water and solution is applied to the carpet.
If you suspect a mold problem either because of visible growth or a musty smell consistently coming from supply vents cleaning ducts won t do much good if it doesn t eliminate the mold.
Sunflower6 tue 21 aug 12 16 54 10.
We couldn t leave the windows open to help air it out due to thunderstorms here.
Use febreze for carpets but test the product for discolouration first on an inconspicuous area of your rug.
Help i ve washed my carpets with a vax carpet washer and now they smell damp 7 posts add message report.
The vinegar will absorb pretty much any odour including wet carpet smell.
Firstly most carpet cleaning uses water.
Hubby goes over this afternoon and said the smell hit him like a brick wall when he walked in.
It s like a dirty sock smell and i m sure it s from the carpeting not being totally dry.
Step 1 sprinkle 1 2 cup baking soda onto the area of carpet that smells like pet urine.
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Cleaned carpet now smells like wet dog.
Every now and then we get a call from a customer that says i shampooed my carpet and now it smells like urine the smell was not present prior to the cleaning leaving a frustrating situation for homeowners without pets or one who didn t smell urine prior to cleaning.
It can t have got all the water out because th e carpets smell damp can anyone give me tips on how to get rid of the damp smell it s.
Place a kitty litter near the carpeted area to soak up the bad smell.
They look like new again but there is a horrible musty smell.
My husband and i cleaned the carpets in one of the houses day before yesterday.
I ve cleaned my carpets beautifully with a machine and now i ve got strong pet urine smell all over my living room.
They were cleaned monday and obviously have had the heating on to dry them out.
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Lillyofthevalley wed 02 mar 11 21 54 29.
Help just had carpets professionally cleaned and now they smell.
In carpets that have just been cleaned the odor almost always comes from the materials underneath the carpet fibers.
I bought a vax carpet washer last week and cleaned my carpets.
