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Pat - 26 Jun 2007 19:57 GMT

Yesterday I had a gallon jug of water, with the cap on it, sitting on the
living room floor waiting to be taken outto the porch to water the Norfolk
Island Pine now living out there and recovering remarkably well) and I
stepped out of the room for a few minutes... and returned just in time to
see Billy push the jug over, with enough force to pop the cap off.

I was able to stand the jug back up before it was half empty, and toss a
bath towel on the carpet before much of the water soaked in... but then
while I was out of the room grabbing another bath towel, he tipped the (now
uncapped) jug back over, and this time the water had time to soak into the
carpet.

From now on I'll be using a jug with a screw-on cap for this task, but in
the meantime, can anyone tell me how to get the carpet to dry faster? In
Arizona it would be no problem at all, but here... It's been extremely humid
and is raining again today.

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CatNipped - 26 Jun 2007 20:14 GMT

> Yesterday I had a gallon jug of water, with the cap on it, sitting on the
> living room floor waiting to be taken outto the porch to water the Norfolk
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> humid
> and is raining again today.

Do you have a blow-dryer? That's usually what I use to dry spots on the
carpet.

Hugs,

CatNipped

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Magic Mood Jeep - 26 Jun 2007 21:15 GMT

>> Yesterday I had a gallon jug of water, with the cap on it, sitting on the
>> living room floor waiting to be taken outto the porch to water the
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> CatNipped

Ummmmm I think that this may be too big a spot for a blow dryer. Try a
simple fan. That's what we do. Plus we leave a towel over it since damp
carpeting "attracts" more dirt (actually, the dirt just sticks to the damp
carpeting much more readily, and it STAYS) than dry carpeting, and that
would leave a spot.

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jofirey - 26 Jun 2007 20:20 GMT

When I spilled a fish tank on my office carpet, I called a rug shampoo guy
(and friend) that has one of those trucks to steam clean carpets and he got
it virtually dry right away.

Next step down would be rent a rug steam cleaner, they suck out water pretty
good.

But for strictly do it yourself, I'd be using every towel in the house and
anything else that will absorb water and can be washed, Keep putting them
down, walking on them to suck up the water, until they don't come up wet.

Then direct a fan at the area for 24 hours.

Jo

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Takayuki - 27 Jun 2007 08:10 GMT

>When I spilled a fish tank on my office carpet, I called a rug shampoo guy
>(and friend) that has one of those trucks to steam clean carpets and he got
>it virtually dry right away.
>
>Next step down would be rent a rug steam cleaner, they suck out water pretty
>good.

If it's cheaper, maybe a simple shop vac would work as well in a
situation like this.

Incidentally, I'd recently bought a steam cleaner (Hoover Agility),
and I found it comes in handy for spills. I spilled half a bottle of
Worcestershire sauce (it was brand new but the cap was broken in
pieces under the seal) onto an upholstered chair last weekend, and
found that the steam cleaner works well on upholstery too.

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