Big patches of light colored stains are appearing randomly on my carpet.
Black spots appearing on carpet.
Sometimes just starts as one yarn strand of a tuft.
Solution first try cleaning with plain water.
Whilst drying cover the spot with a moist cotton towel.
I don t recall this spot encountering any particular moisture so i m not sure what could be causing the spots.
Traditional cleaning methods simply cannot extract all of the.
The other common cause of reappearing stains is something referred to as wicking.
I have some dark grayish spots appearing on the tan carpet in my living room see pic.
Clean them and during the drying process the spot wicks up again but into a larger spot.
You may notice brown stains on your carpet after a thorough carpet cleaning.
You likely have a problem known as filtration soiling occurring.
Several days later when the spot begins to appear they have long forgotten the little splash of sugared tea they got on the carpet that didn t immediately show a stain on their medium colored carpet.
Sometimes the stain becomes the visual focal point of the room due to its size and discoloration.
Sometimes these line up lengthwise or widthwise one instance or more and sometimes they just appear randomly.
The sticky residue attracts dust and other dirt particles appearing in the form of black marks on the carpet.
Is your carpet appearing to turn gray or black along the edges of your room.
The carpet is a soft gold beige color.
The carpet has been down about 8 10 years and this has just started happening.
We have gas logs in our great room.
Why do brown spots appear on carpet.
These stains are mainly in the dinning and great room.
If spots and stains reappear several weeks after your carpet has been cleaned excessive soap residue is most likely to blame.
These stains occur if there is too much cleaning solution and water used during the cleaning process.
Wet a cotton towel with plain cold water wring it out and wipe the stain with wide sweeping strokes.
The affected area is about 10 x6 or so in size.
They are now beginning to appear in our bedroom same carpet.
These brown stains are often in the middle of wall to wall carpet and are not pleasant to look at.
Start as a small dark pencil eraser sized dot in the carpet.
Another reason these brown stains occur is that dirt that is usually deep down in the carpet resurfaces as the carpet dries.
Kids drip popsicle juice causing little dark spots many days later.
Wicking occurs when the substance that was spilled on the carpet has soaked through into the backing of the carpet and sometimes even the underpad when you clean the stain you are cleaning the surface of the carpet.