FireBoard Site Syndication http://www.cottiercarpets.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:38:08 -0500 FireBoard 1.0.5RC2 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/components/com_fireboard/template/default_ex/images/english/emoticons/rss.gif http://www.cottiercarpets.com FireBoard Site Syndication http://www.cottiercarpets.com/forum?func=view&catid=2&id=6#6 I have a cat who will pee in unapproved places if he's miffed. I had his water bowl sitting on a burgundy carpet sample, and he got miffed about something and peed on the sample. That left a slight but large burgundy stain on the carpet underneath, which is pretty light. I used Bissell's Pet Stain & Odor on it & put a damp cloth over it so it wouldn't dry too fast (as directed). Usually that works. You lift up the cloth and the stain is gone. This time, after I put the cloth over it, I had an accident that made moving around & esp. bending over, very painful, so I left the cloth on the stain for 4 days. Apparently that pissed him off, because when I lifted the cloth, there was a BLUE stain (about 2" dia.) where he had peed. :( Since then I've used the Bissel Pet stuff, Bissell Tough Stain remover, club soda, peroxide (hoping to bleach it a little), elbow grease, detergent (diluted & not), non-acetone fingernail polish remover, and WD-40, which works on ball-point ink, just for kicks. Not necessarily in that order. I cleaned up each chemical as best I could using detergent, water, and a wet vac. Last night I used my Bissell heated carpet shampooer, set for high traffic, using their regular shampoo. The burgundy is all gone, and the blue stain has diminished by about 2/3, but is still there. I don't know what chemical in cat urine interacts with what chemical in Bissell's Pet Stain & Odor remover, but the result is royal blue. Any hope of getting the rest of the blue stain out? I'm not sure which of the chemicals I tried reduced it. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:50:16 -0500 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/forum?func=view&catid=2&id=4#5 Now your problem is stain from ink, do you know that all inks are not created equal. From the base of the chemical composition to colorants and additives, there are many varying combination used when ink formulas are composed. Of the three chemical bases used to formulate inks, water and petrochemical solvents are most common. The third and most atypical base used is oil, found mainly in wide-format commercial printers. Meaning inks can be remove, the first solution to try is chem dry kansas (http://www.cdkansascity.com) cleaning solution. If the ink in your carpet is a permanent stain be sure to test in a hidden spot before applying chem dry to the permanent ink stain. Next, you chem dry solution must be mixed with water into the ink stain. Rinse thoroughly.:) Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:34:40 -0500