Best way to clean up after a saltwater spill?

[snakeblitz33]

ok - simple and to the point: I spilled about 3g of saltwater on my carpet. I've used a couple of towels to sop up as much as I could and I'm putting down a fan to blow on it a bit.
What is the best way of cleaning a saltwater spill out of the carpet?

 

[bang guy]

 

[deejeff442]

yep my wife has a good carpet cleaner and it works great .but i also do what you are doing.i always spill water on my carpet.it was so much nicer in my last house when it was tile.next house it going to be all stained concrete .

 

[btldreef]

Yup, Good carpet cleaner, or
Dehumidifier....
And then soapy water and dehumidifier again...

 

[snakeblitz33]

Alrighty then. I'll just keep on keeping on and borrow a cleaner from my mother in law sometime today. Thanks all.
Bang Guy, thanks for the pic. Now I'm wondering if you can answer other threads with just pics? LOL I think this little game we are playing is pretty funny.

 

[bang guy]

 

[flower]

I keep Sham Wows....they pull up water like nothing else....Then I use my carpet cleaner, mostly to dilute the salt since it's so distructive to the fibers. When my carpet, which was new when we moved into the house 3 years ago, is ready to be replaced....we are planning to put down Pergo flooring, it looks like wood flooring but more durable. My mother had it in her last house, I like tile myself but it gets too slippery when wet.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I'm thinking about getting a couple of shamwows ... If I can remember where I saw them for sale.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389608/best-way-to-clean-up-after-a-saltwater-spill#post_3444667
I'm thinking about getting a couple of shamwows ... If I can remember where I saw them for sale.
On the TV or Walmart has them. Oh and don't put them in the dryer...wash and let them air dry, they quit absorbing if you put them in the dryer...I don't know why.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Don't you have to get them kinda damp before they can be used?

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389608/best-way-to-clean-up-after-a-saltwater-spill#post_3444703
Don't you have to get them kinda damp before they can be used?
Nope...they absorb straight away...I stand on the spot...the commercial claims you just set it over the spill and it will draw it up... that wont work unless its a spill that pools on a hard floor, and not absorbed into the carpet.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Ok. Thanks. Store was closed today. Will be closed tomorrow too. By the it should dry relatively well with the fan. Salt creep will start coming up through the carpet. I vacuum once a week anyways. Plus, the carpet is semi-white.

 

[deejeff442]

semi white.does that mean it was white when it was new lol

 

[snakeblitz33]

Lol. You got it. I've never seen what color it's supposed to be.

 

[flower]

Hey...I thought I would throw this info out to anyone interested. My brother used to do carpet cleaning professionally. Once you clean a new carpet you wash out the scotch guard. That's the reason it gets dirty faster after you clean it....However, Scotch guard is just liguid starch. After you clean your carpet, spray 2 parts starch to 3 parts water in a spray bottle while the carpet is still damp and it will protect your carpet from stains and it will stay clean longer.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Thanks for that, flower!

 

[travelerjp98]

Haha, my sister spilled 15g of water during a water change earlier today. Luckily it's mostly cleaned up!

 

[deejeff442]

lol. i did a wc on my tank today.i fired it back up ,came back a bout a half hour later and my external skimmer went nuts and dumped 3-4 gallons on the floor.thanks for the jinx snake

 

[snakeblitz33]

Lol. Your welcome.

 

[alpha]

Don't feel bad. My overflow box lost suction at 2am, and i flooded about 55 gallons of water on the floor..... i unfortunately am still soaking it up with a towel... now its squishy. was this xmas the year of the flood? Im just wondering seems like a bunch of us have spilled water today.