Carpet Browning; What Is It? Carpet Cleaning Castle Rock 

When it comes to clean carpets it's not just about removing soils and stains. Carpet actually have a ph level to it just like everything else. Ph levels can be either acidic, neutral or alkaline. A healthy ph level for carpets is neutral or slightly acidic. However it doesn't take much to alter a carpets ph level, and when that happens bad things can start to happen to your carpets.What causes carpet browning?

Lets take a closer look. 

 

Many things can cause carpets to brown out. Something as simple as water being spilled and then if not wiped up immediately this can cause carpet browning. One of the main causes of carpet browning is when you carpet spotters and cleaners are not effectively rinsed from the carpet. Leaving chemicals and soaps in your carpets will indeed raise the carpets ph to an alkaline and cause carpet browning. 

 

How will you know if you have carpet browning. Your carpets will have a distinct brown haze on the surface of the carpet, The carpets will feel rough as you glide your hands across the surface of the carpets. It will kinda of look like surface dirt on your carpet, but won't come up with normal cleaning. 

 

So how do we get rid of carpet brewing. Well your going to need an acidity to lower that alkaline level back down to a normal ph. Can you do this on your own? It depends on what's in your carpets and how much is there. You can always try mixing a solution of 50/ 50 vianajer and water and spray the carpets and the apply a dry towel to extract the contents form your carpets. If that doesn't work you will need to hire a professional carpet cleaning company, 

 

TLC Carpet Care in Castle Rock are experts in carpet brown outs and are well equipped and experienced at reversing carpet ph levels. For professional carpet cleaning company reversing brown outs are one if the easiest problems to correct.

 

There’s only one step you need to take to guarantee your carpets will be free of carpet browning. Call us now at 720-314-0178 to schedule your carpet cleaning appointment and you can also schedule online on our website at tlccarpetcare.net.