Carpet on Carpet

Hey y'all,

I've got a friend in an old, poorly maintained building. A pipe broke and soaked the floor leaving a stain.  They dried it up with some fans but there is still a stain.

She asked me to take a look at it and we found there was no pad, but only two layers of carpet. The current (old) crappy carpet was installed directly on top of older crappy carpet.

Can you give me any advice on how best to clean this office?

It really ought to be replaced, but the landlord is not likely to do that, so she wants to bill the cleaning to him.

 I love having you guys to bounce these things off.

While we're at it, any  tips for best drying cushions on a sofa? I don't want to put a damp cushion against anything that might by harmed by it.

HokieClean wrote: While we're at it, any  tips for best drying cushions on a sofa? I don't want to put a damp cushion against anything that might by harmed by it.

Glad you asked...click here to see a neat little air mover that would be perfect for speed drying upholstery. In fact now that I think of it you should always use this on upholstery even if it is to impress your customers.

When placing cushions for drying always stand them up on wax paper. Dye bleeding from cushion to carpet, carpet to cushion or cushion to cushion is an expensive and nightmarish problem created by many cleaners.

As Steamer says: "Common Sense"