Drying Carpet Padding

Fold the carpet away from the wet carpet padding.

Drying carpet padding. Remove as much water as you can until the carpet is only damp and excess water doesn t come up when you press down into the carpet. Run a wet vacuum over the wet or damp area of the carpet to bring up as much of the water as possible. Use your body weight and soak up the water by walking over the carpets until the towels are fully saturated. Cut the pad into strips roll it up and haul it outside.

Place the damprid in shallow plastic containers and leave the car sealed up overnight. When you leave moisture sitting in a warm dark place these toxins will invade your home and once moisture and mold permeate a carpet pad it s impossible to. Keep at this until the areas is completely dry. Use the wet dry vacuum to suck as much water from the padding as you can.

Carpet cleaning dry time depends on several factors most importantly the humidity. You ll then need to walk back and forth over the toweled area until the towels are completely saturated. Leaving wet carpet sitting risks not only damaging the carpet and the padding beneath but risks damaging your subfloor as well. Once the water is out peel back the carpeting watch out for those rusted sharp nails on the tackless stripping and remove the wet pad.

Remove the seat s and peel back the carpet. If the weather is hot dry and sunny you can try drying it yourself by rolling it out on your driveway. Carpets dry by function of evaporation meaning the moisture or leftover water in the carpet fibers has to evaporate into the air. Stuff newspaper under the carpet and replace frequently.

Stomp on the padding with a clean shoe to force water to the top and vacuum it away with the wet dry hose. Keep doing this until the area of the carpet is dry. Take those towels away and replace them with dry towels in the same area. If the air is drier than the carpet things progress rapidly.

Unattended wet carpet is prone to mold and mildew. The easiest way to dry an area of wet carpet is to lay down the appropriate amount of towels to cover the water stained area. The best way to dry wet carpet is by using a wet dry vacuum if you don t have one you can rent one from a local hardware store. Keep all electrical cords away from the water or wet padding.

Dry the carpet and floor after pulling up the carpet run fans at high speed to speed the drying process. The first step to drying out carpet padding and carpeting post flood is actually removing the water.