Coffee Stain Removal Scottsdale
Sometimes, it seems that the coffee in your cup crawls its way out and just appears on your carpet. Other times, some one decided to hip check your desk and send it pouring onto your flooring. Whether it is dripped, poured or spilled, coffee can make a horrific spot. Coffee stain removal Scottsdale happens to be a specialty of ours, and we have an awful lot of experience removing it. There are some things you can do to help us keep a great track record of getting the stain out for you. Let’s look at some things you can do to help us out.
It Starts with what’s in the Cup
When a client calls showing concerns about a coffee spill, we train our folks toast the same questions.
“Was it regular or decaf?”
“Cream or sugar?”
“Iced or hot?”
“What have you treated it with?”
Those are some strange questions, right? While we love our clients and value knowing them well, we are not interested in how you take your morning cup of joe. There are actually reasons for all of our questions. Let’s start with the first one.
“Was it regular or decaf?”
Believe it or not, there is a significant difference in our expectations depending on how you answer this question. Regular coffee is actually easier to remove. This is due to the fact that coffee, when decaffeinated, actually changes color. A dye is added to make it look more like coffee. Hot dye and carpet is not a good mix.
“Cream or sugar?”
Anything added to the coffee will add a new dynamic to the treatment of the stain. The best product used to remove the coffee color does nothing to a protein based milk or cream discoloration left on the carpet. If we know it is there before we treat it, we can plan to treat it accordingly. Sugar can be trouble as it acts as a binding agent to cling the discoloration to the carpet.
“Iced or hot?”
As I said earlier, hot dye and carpet is not a good mix. Some carpets are actually dyed in the factory with hot acid dyes (some sprayed, some bathed in dye). Coffee tends to be acidic and if taken hot, is trying its best to reenact the original dye process.
“What have you treated it with?”
This is a question asked of any spot a client calls about. It is important to not use over the counter products without much care. Several spotters you can get May remove some stains, but several will create permanent damage. Some can even burn the stain into the fiber, making it impossible for us to remove.
