If someone in the house has copd bare wood floors are best says schachter.
I spread damprid on my carpet.
Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with.
My clients would hang their damprid bags in their closets pantries and even in vehicles.
Plug in fans and position them in the doorway of the room or on dry areas of the floor in the direction of the wet carpet.
Step 2 pour small amounts of hot water over the stain.
This will dilute the calcium chloride.
They topple over easily and if you have them in your carpeted bedroom closet they can leave an unsightly oily looking stain on your carpet i ve seen it first hand.
Press the carpet firmly onto the tack strip using the blunt back.
Remove the spilt calcium chloride crystals and moisture from the carpet by vacuuming the area thoroughly with a wet dry vacuum.
Plug in a dehumidifier to suck in the moisture from the room.
You may need to repeat this process more than once depending on the thickness of the carpet and amount of damp rid spilled.
The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried.
Damp rid is calcium chloride that pulls moisture out of the air and deliquesces into what they describe as a saltwater brine.
After you clean your carpets open the windows use fans and a dehumidifier or put the ac on a moderate setting 72 to 78 degrees to remove excess moisture from the air.
I encountered leaked out damprid bags at 4 different unoccupied properti es i service.
The cat spilled a container with some of this liquid in the bathroom so a puddle of liquid calcium chloride brine spilled onto small tiles with grout.
Doing this will pull the damp rid as well as the water out of the carpet.
Don t replace the furniture or walk on the carpet until it s completely dry.
Press the head of the stretcher into the carpet about 12 inches from the wall then press down on the handle to stretch the carpet.
After 24 hours check the area again for dampness.
If you are cleaning a carpet fold the towel in half and apply pressure to the saturated area.