Coffee Spll on Carpet

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tguil

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I spilled about 1/4 cup of coffee on the grey carpet in my 2007 Dodge Ram. Yep, stuff happens, right? The spill was limited to a small area (the hump of the front floor). Fortunately I had several terry towels in the truck when it happened. I immediately used a dry towel to soak up as much of the spill as possible. I followed up by saturating the area several times with clear cold water soaking it up immediately. When I got home I soaked it with Woolite and let it sit for about five minutes. Then I rinsed it with cool water and again soaked up as much of the moisture as possible.



Do you guys think that all of this will get the job done? I might add that right now the temperature in Nebraska is 0 degrees. My garage is not heated but the temperature usually stays at about 32 degrees. I'll be driving the truck with heater on for a couple of hours and will leave the windows open over night. I'll be driving it again tomorrow.



Thanks.



Tom :cool:
 
Best thing to do at this point is to get the area dry as fast as you can, if its stays moist more chances that the stain will wick back to the surface
 
If your woolite routine doesn't work, try a stain remover like Folex. You can get it at Target, K-mart, and Home Depot.
 
If you end up with a stain, but no more color is being transferred from it when applying the spotter, the tannin in the coffee may have stained the carpet. You can get spotters made specifically for tannin stains at janitorial shops (among other places). They are usually a 2 part system, and usually a "last resort." Some are pretty potent.
 
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