Due to the inefficiency of the steam cleaner sometimes the stain simply gets moved around or pushed deeper into the carpet rather than picked up.
Cleaned carpet stains came back months later.
This is most often a result of wicking which will be discussed below.
This sticky soap attracts more dirt and grime which cause the stain to reappear.
Other times the spots come back after several weeks have passed.
Get rid of.
There are two possible reasons carpeting and rugs can be cleaned after a spill appear to be fine and then have the stain reappear later.
I went to home depot and spoke to the specialist in the overhead lights isle and he recommended i use the spot cleaner the professionals use.
Sometimes spots can reappear as soon as the carpet dries.
At other times the spots and.
When you clean the stain you are cleaning the surface of the carpet.
Maybe you spot cleaned it yourself or hired a professional carpet cleaning company but the stain just keeps coming back.
Sadly that s not always the case.
The spot came back a little bigger and uglier a few weeks later.
Two reasons carpet and rug stains reappear after cleaning.
After cleaning a spot or stain from your carpet there are times where it will return just shortly after the carpet dries.
When the carpets dry the stain comes right back to the top.
What a 400 disaster.
Sometimes they come back with a vengeance.
But then the spill that is trapped in the backing and or underpad can be reabsorbed by the carpet and make its way up the fiber strands back to the surface like traveling up the wick of a candle hence the name.
This is common when carpets are steam cleaned.
Well 2 out of 3 is pretty good.