Increase Live Span Of Your Carpet  Dont Dig or Scoop food spills Digging or scooping can work the stain into the carpet. If there are solids on top of the stain, use a spoon or dull knife to carefully scrape the food toward the middle of the spill and into a white towel and then treat the stain Act quickly If you get to a stain immediately, there’s a 99 percent chance you can remove it. The longer a stain reacts chemically with the carpeting, the harder it is to remove. Try water first Eighty percent of stains can be removed using plain tap water. To remove a stain, press a clean, dry, white cloth over the stain to absorb the spill. Repeat until the spill is absorbed. Then gently work water into the stain with a damp white towel and blot until the stain is gone. Change cloths when necessary. For a particularly stubborn spot, go to the online “spot solver” resource at The Carpet and Rug Institute (the carpet manufacturers’ trade organization)...

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Advantage Kwik-Dry offers these services: We have been servicing Rockford, IL and surrounding areas since 1992! Commercial Cleaning and Restoration Premium Carpet Cleaning Upholstery Cleaning Fabric & Fiber Protection Tile & Grout Cleaning Urine Damage Treatment Hardwood Cleaning & Recoating Oriental & Area Rugs Drapery Cleaning Pet Odor Removal We will saturate the affected areas with our enzyme deodorizer, let it dwell. Then we have a special sub surface extraction tool that is used to extract all the way to the carpet pad. Major odor treatment This process involves pulling up the carpet in the affected area. Cleaning and treating the backing. Removing and replacing the pad. Then we treat and seal the sub floor. Finally reinstalling the carpet. Water Removal Our water damage division, Flood Pros, can help you with all of your water damage needs. We are a full service restoration company. Sewage Cleanup

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