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    Posted: 31/March/2010 at 6:38pm
Hi!

I got a Hoover Steamvac. My carpets have gone at least 2-3 years with no cleaning. I have been working on one room. I have completed gone over it 7 times now. I wait about a week in between for the carpet to dry. The dirty tank is still pulling nearly pure-black water from the carpet. I don't know if I should just accept that and give up or just keep going at it until it's clearer water. Do you think it will ever get better or will I be wasting my time if I keep going at it?
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What do you think you vaccuum bag would look like if you added water????  Guitar
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Have a pro with a truckmount clean it first then your Hoover will do just fine maintaining it. Or simply just keep cleaning until the water clears up. But you run the risk of over-wetting and damaging your carpet.

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a week to dry???
 
OMG that carpet is full of mold and needs to be ripped out....
 
This is what happens when you wanna play carpet cleaner... get a professional next timeEmbarrassed
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Originally posted by MR. STEAMER MR. STEAMER wrote:

a week to dry???
 
OMG that carpet is full of mold and needs to be ripped out....
 
This is what happens when you wanna play carpet cleaner... get a professional next timeEmbarrassed


It didn't take that long. I just waited that long before doing it again.
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Confusedhow long did it take????
 
1 day???
2 days??
 
does it smell???
has the carpet changed color???
is it hard to breath in that room???
 
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Originally posted by mdb311 mdb311 wrote:

Hi!

I got a Hoover Steamvac. My carpets have gone at least 2-3 years with no cleaning. I have been working on one room. I have completed gone over it 7 times now. I wait about a week in between for the carpet to dry. The dirty tank is still pulling nearly pure-black water from the carpet. I don't know if I should just accept that and give up or just keep going at it until it's clearer water. Do you think it will ever get better or will I be wasting my time if I keep going at it?
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Originally posted by MR. STEAMER MR. STEAMER wrote:

Confusedhow long did it take????
 
1 day???
2 days??
 
does it smell???
has the carpet changed color???
is it hard to breath in that room???
 


Everything is fine. Doesn't smell, no color change, it's all good.
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if it isn't mold in the underpad...what couldl it be...
 
when the last time you cleaned the machine out???
 
personally I think your carpet is wet for 3 or 4 days...  it needs to dry in 24 hours anything more than that causes mold..
 
exactly how long does it take the carpet to dry...
 
with a small machine like you're using it will take days if you do more than one pass on the carpet..
 
the black has to come from somewhere
 
 
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