I know this isnt about commercial carpet (my favorite!!) but I figure someone here might be able to help...I'm cleaning a 9x12 hand made oriental that on one corner (about a 2x4 section)is saturated with cat urine...Last night I started to flush it out on my driveway with plain water from my garden hose, and the red sections are bleeding bigtime, even w/ plain water...so I stopped and let it dry overnite. No colors have migrated (Luckily!) but I cant even put a wet towel over the red sections without it bleeding onto the cloth. Now i'm uncertain how to clean it...I was hoping to immerse that corner in hydrocide or odorcide, and extract it...

Any advice?

Thanks!

Joe

Dye-loc from interlink supply would probably do the job. I don't know of any other product that stops bleeding. Apply before cleaning and then after to prevent bleeding as it dries.

Rug Doctor can stop the Bleeding!

Why don't you e-mail Lisa Wagner the Rug Chic. She specializes in oriental rugs.

lisawagnercfi@aol.com

How come the cat urine damaged area hasn't shown any signs of bleeding ?
If it bleeds that badly, Dye Lok won't be any help. You'll have to use something like anti-dye to aid in flushing out ALL of the excess color without stopping before you let it dry. Get a waiver ie "at owners risk" and lay some white plastic under the rug so that you can see when no more color is washing out. Depending on the type of rug it is a Cimex with soft brushes or an RX 20 is great to use while the garden hose just floods the rug continuously.
Might also want to warn the customer that urine may have damaged the color in that area.

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I agree totally with Tony. AntiDye from ChemMax is an awesome product if you are cleaning rugs. It lets the rug bleed without letting the dyes redeposit somewhere else on the rug. Also, a lot of times colors that would not normally bleed will bleed when there is urine involved. The area may look different after you rinse out all the urine. Let your customer know before you proceed.

Joe also if you immerse a rug to rinse urine out, then a lot of time just a good rug shampoo or Releasit will rinse out the urine. The trick is soaking the rug long enough and lots of agitation and rolling with a roller.