Specialty Stain Removal

How we do it

When cleaning isn't enough.

Most of what we clean comes out with normal hot-water extraction. Specialty stain removal is for the spot that doesn't: the one that has been there since the holidays, the one somebody already scrubbed, the one the rental machine made bigger. It is a separate line on the quote from the cleaning itself, and it is the work we have built our reputation on.

Red stains are the ones people call about most: red wine on the dining room carpet, fruit punch on the stairs, or the multi-color mess left behind by an art project. Coffee and the brown ring under a potted plant each get their own treatment. Water stains, the tide-line rings left when a spill or a leak dries unevenly, are something we work on constantly. Wood stains are different again: they come from wood furniture and furniture legs reacting with moisture on a damp carpet, and they take a specific approach. Rust from a metal chair leg or a plant stand needs another one entirely, which is exactly why we look first.

Then there are the stains that are not dirt at all. They have bonded to the fiber. Nail polish, hair dye, paint, ink and makeup are dyes and pigments that have attached themselves to the carpet, and candle wax has to be lifted out of the pile before anything underneath can be treated. Burns are trimmed, patched or repaired depending on the specific damage, under Carpet Repair. Bleach is the reverse problem, color taken out rather than put in, and it is corrected by dyeing the fiber back to match.

Most pet stains and odors are removable too, though coverage depends on how deep the damage has gone into the pad. Our pet stain page explains that in detail.

We keep a technician on the crew who specializes in stain work and has spent decades on exactly this. It is why the second-opinion calls come to us, and why we will tell you plainly when something is not going to come out.

Before we start, you will know three things: what is involved, what it costs, and whether it is guaranteed. You decide. Pay for specialty stain removal and that spot is covered for 30 days, with a spot out bottle left behind for anything that wicks back as the carpet dries.

The stains we take on

Red wine & red stains Coffee Ink Nail polish Paint Wax Makeup Hair dye Rust Wood stain Water stains Burns Bleach (by dyeing) Pet stains & odor

• Bleach (by dyeing)
• Wood stain
• Water stains
• Rust
• Burns
• Red stains
• Nail polish
• Hair dye
• Paint
• Ink
• Wax
• Makeup
• Coffee
• Pet stains & odors (most)

What we can't fix: permanent color loss on fibers that can't be dyed, physical wear, and damage to the carpet backing. We point those out before we start so there are no surprises.

Local to you

Stain Removal in Carmel, Fishers, Zionsville and Indianapolis.

Specialty stain work takes us everywhere our vans go, but most of it is in Carmel, Fishers and Zionsville, where newer light-colored carpet shows every spill, and across Indianapolis for landlords turning over a unit.

• Indianapolis
• Carmel
• Fishers
• Westfield
• Noblesville
• Zionsville
• Brownsburg
• Avon
• Plainfield
• Greenwood
• Greenfield
• McCordsville
• Fortville
• Castleton
• Oaklandon
• Eagle Creek
• Lebanon
• Cicero
• Pittsboro
• Danville
• Camby
• New Palestine
• Pendleton