Why you can't scrub rust out of your carpet

Rust is iron oxide. It's a dye, not dirt. If you use hot water, bleach, or a carpet spotter from Home Depot, you will set it. You will make it darker and you can bleach the color out of your Highlands Ranch carpet. Then you have two problems. Scrubbing also spreads it and frays the fiber, especially on those soft plush carpets common in Highlands Ranch homes built in the 90s and 2000s.

How to get rust out of your carpets (without making it worse):1. Don't add heat. No steam, no hot water. Keep it cool. 2. Don't use bleach or Oxi. It will not remove rust and it will take the carpet color with it. 3. Blot, don't scrub. If it's still wet, blot with a white towel. 4. Call before you pour anything. What works on rust is a specific mild acid that dissolves iron. The same acid that takes rust off carpet will dissolve your carpet if you leave it too long or mix it wrong.

This is not a DIY job for good carpet. How TLC Carpet Care removes rust in Highlands Ranch:At TLC Carpet Care in Highlands Ranch, we get calls for rust stain removal in every week.We do it in three steps: We identify your fiber. Nylon, polyester, wool - each reacts different.We apply a professional rust remover (low pH) just to the spot, dwell 3-5 minutes, and extract. No scrubbing. We neutralize and rinse with truck-mounted extraction so there is no residue to attract more dirt.Most rust spots in Highlands Ranch homes come out 90-100%  if we get to them before someone has tried to bleach them.

If you have a rust spot in Highlands Ranch and you have not poured anything on it yet, take a picture and text it to us. We can often tell you in 2 minutes if we can get it out. We are in Highlands Ranch daily. Open 5am - 11pm, 7 days.Call TLC Carpet Care at 720-314-0178. and feel free to visit us at tlccarpetcare.net. TLC Carpet Care - Carpet Cleaning in Highlands Ranch, CO.