Solvents usually will not do the carpet any damage but the smell may linger and cause toxic fumes.
White spirit smell carpet.
The smell will evaporate in time but will cause discomfort if you want to sit in the room.
Sliced onion laid in a saucer gets rid of paint smells but goodness knows if that would work.
If you have foam backed carpet the white spirit will rot it.
I ve had the windows open for almost two days but i m worried that it s too cold for the solvent to evaporate.
You can create the following cleaning solution to spray on your carpet to eliminate any odors.
You could paint the floorboards and get a rug maybe if funds are a bit tight.
White distilled vinegar white vinegar is a highly acidic product which means it kills bacteria on contact eliminating the odor in the process.
Blot the carpet with paper towels.
Wearing disposable gloves press the paper towel into the carpet to make sure it sops up all the vinegar.
White spirit is flammable and so hard to get rid of the smell.
Don t worry if a vinegar smell lingers.
In an artist s studio mineral spirits may be used to clean silkscreen templates or to dissolve collected paint from between brush bristles.
Place a layer of paper towels over the vinegar soaked area of the carpet.
I really need this smell to go by this evening flatmate needs to sleep in there.
To cut a long story short my bedroom absolutely stinks of white spirit due to a massive spillage on the carpet.
I ve had a bit of a nightmare.
I can t believe you used white spirit so much the stuff will ignite if yoy switch on a gas appliance light a fag whatever eek.
It is even potent enough to remove the smell associated with pet urine.