cleaning soot out of carpet (floors, window, vacuum, painting)
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Due to a careless accident I had a kerosene fire in my garage. Nothing got burnt but the garage filled up with thick black smoke. I was able to put the fire out quickly and run a window fan to clear the smoke out. Everything in the garage was covered in soot. I vacuumed the ceiling, walls, floors and then washed everything and the garage is now clean.
My problem is in the finished room above the garage. There is soot at the edge of the carpet along the baseboards and I don't know how to clean it. I have tried Resolve and Spot-Shot and they don't do a thing. I would consider renting a Rug Doctor but I don't know how well it would clean at the edges and corners. There are no stains anywhere else - just the edges and corners along the baseboards.
Anyone have any ideas? I'll try anything at this point. Thanks!!
I had a house fire, as in the house is now in the landfill. The reason it's in landfill is not because it couldn't be rebuilt but because the soot has oils in, these oils will penetrate most surfaces including plastics and painted ones. The smoke damage was extensive through the entire structure. Getting that soot off of even glass is pretty hard especially if it has been baked on so eliminating that stink is not easy.
If it's on the edge of the carpet that means it was coming up through the floor so you're going to have those oils inside the structure itself. If it were me since I despise that smell to a degree you could not imagine I'd be ripping it down to the studs. Paint everything. They have special paint for this if you have any really bad areas.
If it's on the edge of the carpet that means it was coming up through the floor so you're going to have those oils inside the structure itself. If it were me since I despise that smell to a degree you could not imagine I'd be ripping it down to the studs. Paint everything. They have special paint for this if you have any really bad areas.
There's absolutely no odor, even if I shove my nose into the edge of the carpet at the baseboard. If there was then I would have already started tearing down to studs. I was just looking for tips about cleaning it. Thanks anyway.
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