Rugs, Carpets and Carpeting - bubble under carpet after water spill - fixing
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petcrows
03-04-09, 09:58 PM
About a week ago a beverage of some sort spilled onto the carpet in my apartment (probably a bit of Kool-Aid). This last weekend I noticed the stain for the first time. It was about a foot in diameter. I tried cleaning it using a lot of water and soap. The end result is this:
A much larger spot that's no longer a different color, just a different shade. When I smell the carpet it smells like there's a lot of soap in there. So I've thought about getting a wet vac to remove the extra soap, and once I do that the different shade will probably go away. But there's one additional problem I've noticed:
In the middle of the now much larger spot that's about three and a halt feet across there's a bubble where the flooring will press down when my foot is on it. The bubble is about a foot in diameter and it's in the center of the three and a half food circle spot.
So I feel confident about getting the carpet back to it's original color once I use a wet vac to remove the extra soap I poured on there. But what about this bubble.
This evening I pounded a nail (one of those leave no mark wall hanging nails) straight into the carpet to see if it would tack down the flooring under the carpet that's bubbled up. It didn't do it or it wasn't long enough.
Anyway I'm not sure what's under there, whether it's cork or what. But I'm wondering about options, such as a syringe with glue.
I think it's pretty well dried out by now, but having the bubble there in the middle of my living room is a bit annoying. And I don't want my landlord to notice it of course.
The bubble can be noticed just by walking across the carpet. When my foot hits the bubble I can feel that the carpet is slightly raised in that area. I can press the carpet down and the flooring underneath goes down a slight but noticeable amount.
What specific recommendations do you have, bearing in mind that I cannot replace the carpet, and I'm hoping to do something that will in the end not be noticeable by the owner.
A much larger spot that's no longer a different color, just a different shade. When I smell the carpet it smells like there's a lot of soap in there. So I've thought about getting a wet vac to remove the extra soap, and once I do that the different shade will probably go away. But there's one additional problem I've noticed:
In the middle of the now much larger spot that's about three and a halt feet across there's a bubble where the flooring will press down when my foot is on it. The bubble is about a foot in diameter and it's in the center of the three and a half food circle spot.
So I feel confident about getting the carpet back to it's original color once I use a wet vac to remove the extra soap I poured on there. But what about this bubble.
This evening I pounded a nail (one of those leave no mark wall hanging nails) straight into the carpet to see if it would tack down the flooring under the carpet that's bubbled up. It didn't do it or it wasn't long enough.
Anyway I'm not sure what's under there, whether it's cork or what. But I'm wondering about options, such as a syringe with glue.
I think it's pretty well dried out by now, but having the bubble there in the middle of my living room is a bit annoying. And I don't want my landlord to notice it of course.
The bubble can be noticed just by walking across the carpet. When my foot hits the bubble I can feel that the carpet is slightly raised in that area. I can press the carpet down and the flooring underneath goes down a slight but noticeable amount.
What specific recommendations do you have, bearing in mind that I cannot replace the carpet, and I'm hoping to do something that will in the end not be noticeable by the owner.
Arkon
03-04-09, 10:12 PM
Clean it first and then see if the bubble goes away. You've added a lot of water (which expands the carpet) and then soap that did not get expelled (still in the carpet and can keep it from shrinking back to size). Get the rug doctor and get it all out, put fans on the room to dry it as quickly as possible. The room may need to be restretched.
Docduck
03-05-09, 01:40 AM
you have put a lot of water in there from the intial spill to the cleaning attempts...before you do anything else...let it dry out for a few days see if the carpet shrinks... i would suggest against renting any diy machines...they lack power and will just be a waste..rinsing it out with a shop vac will give you better results....im guessing this is glue down? if so after it dries it may readhere...if its over padding its an expanding issue that should once it dries out restretch
you may not want you landlord to notice...but dont go overboard on trying to hide a minor issue .....with causing water damage to the subfloor
you may not want you landlord to notice...but dont go overboard on trying to hide a minor issue .....with causing water damage to the subfloor