Staining & Stain Resistant Carpet

Many newer residential carpets are significantly advanced in stain resistance and can save you from some terrible staining disasters -- but remember, there is no magic involved, and even these carpets have their limitations.

It might not be a stain

Sometimes what you think is a stain is really just something on your carpet that causes an apparent colour change, but in many cases the appearance is the result of spotting or soiling.  In these instances, the original colour will come back when the culprits are removed with proper cleaning.

When it is a stain

Only when the actual colour of the carpet is changed is the discolouration a true stain.  The most common staining problem is from acid-based dyes commonly found in many foods and other household items.

Acid-based dyes are also used to colour nylon carpet by filling tiny dye sites in the raw carpet fibre, and some of the dye sites are left unfilled after the dyeing process; the lighter the carpet, the more unfilled dye sites are left.