How to Remove Ink From Carpet & Upholstery
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Are you about to have a nervous breakdown because your three year old decided to express her artistic abilities all over the living room carpet? Try these simple steps first before resulting to pharmaceuticals.
Ink removal can be one of the trickiest things to remove from your carpet and upholstery. A spot the size of the head of a pin can grow to the size of a softball if you aren’t careful. Don’t attempt this if there is a lot of ink on your upholstery or carpet. It may call for a professional with some experience in the matter. Make sure that if you do call a professional that he is IICRC certified. Eco Clean Carpet Solutions of Knoxville is an IICRC certified firm. An amateur could make things worse for you. If you are going to attempt this yourself, make sure that you test any products that you use on an inconspicuous area first. You don’t want to end up with a bleached spot in the middle of you living room.
1) Use a dropper to drip a barrier of hydrogen peroxide around the ink spot. This will keep the ink contained within the peroxide barrier so that it doesn’t get bigger.
2) Put some ink remover (can get from janitorial supply store) or acetone (nail polish remover) on a white cotton towel.
3) blot the spot with the acetone/ink remover from the outside of the spot while working you way to the middle until there is no more ink transfer to the towel. Be careful not to take color out of the fabric or carpet you are working on. If you do, you will be trading one problem for another.
4) drip a little acetone/ink remover onto the spot and vacuume with a wet/dry vac. DO NOT saturate the spot with acetone/ink remover because it will delaminate the carpet.
5) Stop when the spot does not transfer to the towel anymore or is completely gone.
6) Rinse the spot well with a neutral pH spot remover. A few drops of Dawn dish detergent to a half cup of water will work fine. Don’t make it too soapy or the soap will attract soil. Rinse again with plain water until there is no more residue.