Ink Stain Removal From Carpet In Vancouver, BC

Families with young children will likely have an aspiring young artist who uses the walls, carpet, or upholstery as his or her canvas.

My name is Harry Deligiannidis, and as an owner of a carpet cleaning company we get calls about ink stain removal in Vancouver, BC all the time.

Because you need solvents to tackle this type of stain it is best left to a professional cleaner if you do not have spotting equipment that can spray water and vacuum at the same time. You can find machines like the Bissell “SpotBot” at Walmart, London Drugs, and Canadian Tire for about $120.00. If you do not have equipment, white terry clothes, Q-tips, and cotton balls can be used.

For starters it is best to apply a neutral spotting solution or water around the ink stain but not on it to provide a barrier so it will not spread when you apply a solvent needed to remove the ink. 

The challenge is to dissolve and suspend the ink with the solvent and quickly extract before it dries or further penetrates into the fabric. Most solvents can smelly so careful to open windows doors to ventilate the area. You can try odourless mineral spirits, or other solvent solutions that can be found on the shelve in the paint department at Rona or Home Depot.

Dip a cotton ball or Q-tip into the solvent and blot the ink area. Absorb with cotton balls, white terry clothes or vacuum out with your wet/dry machine. Be patient, repeat steps until no more absorption is taking place. After absorption is complete, rinse and vacuum with machine or spray water, place white terry cloth over area and step on terry cloth to absorb moisture. Make sure it is white paper towels or white terry cloth, because you are using solvents if you use coloured towels there is a risk of colour transfer from coloured to carpet that will not be correctable.

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