How Does SERVPRO Clean Spots and Stains During Water? Cleanup in Saugus

9/22/2020 (Permalink)

The tools and equipment our technicians have, can help remove all forms of water damage.

Our technicians use various tests and tools to help remove spots and stains

It is common to expect severe losses after water spills in a property. However, there are cases when minor imperfections have a significant impact. When performing water cleanup in Saugus, there is a need to ensure that any stain or spots are addressed, restoring the property to its preloss state. SERVPRO uses different approaches to deal with such imperfections.

Spots, Stains, and Discolorations

For a team to ensure that Saugus's water cleanup process addresses all imperfections that develop, there is a need to identify clearly what a problem involves. There is a difference between spots, stains, and discolorations in fabrics and other property materials. A spot signifies that a substance has been added to a fiber. A stain, on the other hand, involves the addition of dye molecules to a fiber. Discoloration is the loss of color, meaning that a section of the fiber is lighter than the surrounding areas. The differences might seem minor, but they play a huge role in determining the restoration procedure.

Determining the Type of Soil

After the spots and stains form, it is not always possible to tell what caused them, especially if the area has already been cleaned. Our SERVPRO technicians, therefore, try to identify any spots and stains within the property before cleaning starts. Most of the stains form from regular items found in the house, including medication, grooming products, plants, or furniture. If the cause is not conclusive, our technicians can use pH test processes to determine the substance that forms the spots. We can also rely on physical aspects such as spread patterns, which indicate the stain formation process.

Timely Removal

Given time, most blemishes set, ruining the affected fiber permanently, but fast action can help prevent such an outcome. Our SERVPRO technicians use various procedures, including vacuuming, scraping, blotting, and flushing, to remove such blemishes as fast as possible. We use mild detergents, plain water, and volatile dry solvents to deal with water-based and oil-based blemishes.

Spots and stains can ruin the outcome of a cleanup process. Call SERVPRO of Saugus, West Lynn at (978) 744-0409, to help remove traces left by an incident, "Like it never even happened."