When you have your carpets installed you are usually concerned about a few things. One is the type of carpet that you are getting. You are also concerned about the color and the pattern that you are getting to be sure that it will be a good fit. Lastly you may be wondering if there is any protection on the carpet from the manufacturer or you can have a protector added. This will help stop spills from getting in the carpet and causing a stain to appear. What you probably never thought about and what you should have known is if there are any compounds in the carpet that could potentially cause a chemical reaction. Once the carpet has been installed you decorate the room and go about your business. After some time you may decide to change you the room and notice that the carpet has changed in color. The color can be a slight deviation from the rest of the carpet because it is the original color that has been protected. If can also look like it has turned yellow and that is a reaction that you need to know about.

Heart Of Texas Chem-Dry LLC Explains Why Carpets Turn Yellow & What You Can Do To Prevent It

Why Does Your Carpet Turn Yellow: The carpet yellowing is found out when you go to move your large pieces of furniture. This can be a couch, sofa, rug or even a piano. These large pieces are often set in a room to help decorate then left there. That is exactly what causes carpet to yellow. Your carpet might have a compound in it called butylhydroxyltoluene otherwise known as BHT. The BHT can be found in the carpet, padding and even in the glue. The BHT has to have the ability to breath so when you place a heavy object on it you are stifling the air flow. When the carpet is not able to breath it is called off gassing and that is where the BHT instead of dissolving in the air is pushed back down. This is what will cause the carpet to turn yellow in color.
How To Stop Carpet From Yellowing: When the carpet yellows you are seeing a chemical reaction. That means you need to do what you can to stop it from happening in the first place. The best thing that you can do is to get the furniture off the carpet including the rugs and have them cleaned on a regular basis. This will give the carpet the time it needs to breath and you are having them cleaned at the same time. Be sure you arrange the space to move everything you can off especially if you know your carpet has BHT in it.
Can You Clean Phenolic Yellowing?: The problem is that the makeup of the carpet is changed when phenolic yellowing occurs. The only way that you can correct it is to have the carpets replaced or have them dyed.

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