Now that s out of the way i want to throttle whoever painted this place last.
White powder coming out of carpet.
Posted by newstuffoldstuff at 4 36 pm on august 28 2008.
Efflorescence is a process where salts leach out of the concrete carried by water and end up on the surface as a white dusty residue.
Carpet inspector face many different challenges as they attempt to figure out what is causing the problems that the clients are claiming.
If growth has occurred on more than one area of the carpet or if there is a large area of growth the carpet.
As a hand tufted rug owner you may notice a strange white powder or residue on the floor or padding when lifting up a corner of the rug.
In addition when you do vacuum the carpet flip it over and vacuum the back side as well.
It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem.
White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab.
White residue and powder explained.
One interesting case that comes up more often than usual is the report of a white powdery substance underneath a carpet.
They made what looks like minimal effort to tape and get clean lines on the ceiling and trims.
In many cases if mold has grown on carpet cleaning will not be possible.
To understand what this powder is one must consider the construction technique of fabricating such a rug.
The best thing to do is to not wear shoes inside the home.
You ll be shocked by the amount of dirt the comes out of the top of the rug once it s flipped.
Removing mold from carpet.
Plug outlet coax even onto the cable coming out of the coax.