I had a mishap last night and spilled a good ammount of water (I'd say a gallon or so) on my new carpet. Fortunatley, I don't have a wife around to explain things to. Anyway, I mopped it up as usual with a towel and went to bed. Now it's still wet. I really don't want moisture getting into my carpet pad and I really, really don't want it soaking into my floorboards. What's the best way to dry things out?
How do you clean up spills?
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I'd get some more towels and step on them..soaking up as much as you can. Then I'd get a fan out and have it blowing on the wet area until dry.
LOL..I'm the wife: when I spill water they laugh at me
LOL..I'm the wife: when I spill water they laugh at me
nursie said:I'd get some more towels and step on them..soaking up as much as you can. Then I'd get a fan out and have it blowing on the wet area until dry.
LOL..I'm the wife: when I spill water they laugh at me
That's what I'd do, too. If you have a de-humidifier you should run that in the room to speed up evaporation.
Blah, that's the hard way.
I have a Bissell Spot-Lifter for small spills. For big ones I use my Bissell Pro-Heat rug shampooer for larger ones. In most cases I can get the stuff up before it sinks into the floorboards. Sucks the water right up and you can use rug shampoo to get the smell out while you are at it.
Good investment, IMHO.
Roan
I have a Bissell Spot-Lifter for small spills. For big ones I use my Bissell Pro-Heat rug shampooer for larger ones. In most cases I can get the stuff up before it sinks into the floorboards. Sucks the water right up and you can use rug shampoo to get the smell out while you are at it.
Good investment, IMHO.
Roan
Well I'd use my shampooer for large ones.....but I use a fan after I shampoo my rugs too. Just helps dry quicker. I guess I wasn't considering that a large one.
would a shop-vac do the trick? do they still make shop-vacs or are they just called wet/dry vacs now? yeesh!
anyway, good luck with drying it out. I think barring some kind of shampooer or shop-vac solution the fan or dehumidifier with a thorough toweling would be the way to go (I'm glad I have hardwood floors)
anyway, good luck with drying it out. I think barring some kind of shampooer or shop-vac solution the fan or dehumidifier with a thorough toweling would be the way to go (I'm glad I have hardwood floors)
Well, I use the hand tools for aquarium spills if they're over a gallon in size. I've had a few accidents like thatnursie said:
I would *die* without that little Spot Lifter. It's great for cleaning up any small spill, and some medium ones too.
If one of the kids spills a glass of milk on the table, the Spot Lifter will suck the milk up faster than you can wipe it up with paper towels. Cheaper, too.
Roan
For small spills you ca sponge up some water with towels/paper towels and the put down a liberal pile of baking soda. Leave the pile over night or 24 hours the clean up the bakig power with any old vacuum cleaner.
This works if you do not have a good wet-dry vac, ad the baking soda really gets rid of possible smell and mold problems. (Great for red wine too)
This works if you do not have a good wet-dry vac, ad the baking soda really gets rid of possible smell and mold problems. (Great for red wine too)
