When used correctly it should take no longer than 2 hours for your carpet to dry after deep cleaning with a rug doctor deep cleaner.
Carpet not drying after rug doctor.
To prevent stains if replacing furniture before carpet is completely dry place plastic or aluminium foil under furniture legs.
If you had done that then the carpet would have been left only slightly damp and dried.
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It s essential to dry out your carpet correctly after cleaning flooding or a leak.
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Otherwise the small space between the carpet padding and the floor creates a dark and moist area where mold and mildew can form.
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The rug doctor like all steam cleaners has a setting for vacuuming up the water it pushes into the carpet.
If a musty smell develops after carpet cleaning we recommend re cleaning using rug doctor carpet detergent and rug doctor odour remover combined in the machine.
This smell is caused by your carpet remaining too wet for too long.
To help speed the process along set up fans in the room to keep the air moving.
When drying open windows and doors or turn on air conditioning.
Over wetting can also cause stains to wick up from the base of the carpet.
You should recover 1 2 tank of dirty water for each tank of clean water used depending on your carpet type.
It s often out of sight but smelly.
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Rug doctor odour remover uses a special enzymatic formula to tackle the source of odours.
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Open windows and doors or turn on air conditioning dehumidifier or fan heater for faster drying.
Drying time is usually around two hours dependent on weather and carpet thickness.
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Some types of carpet and fabric may not be suitable for cleaning.
You can be assured that rug doctor has up to twice the power of other available carpet cleaning machines and is designed to deep clean and extract in one cleaning pass.
Mold is a fungal infection that can quickly ruin the surface it grows on.
Minimum of 8 hours longer or until fully dry is better.
Some of this depends on how wet you got the carpet and how.