05-10-2010, 09:49 AM
If the reason is the non-slip backing, we used to have that problem in the muggy summers in Il., more so on the tile floors....
If you can have someone gently roll back the carpet (so not to peel off too much of the backing, not a big deal if you don't care about the rugs..),
then gently scrape of the carpet backing residue (we usually used a barely moist soft scrub pad like the "scotch brite", or a very flexible plastic scraper or spatula),
then rub area with a wood cleaning product or oil (we would use tung or lemon oil, depending on what we had).
Let floors completely dry (no oil or cleaning product residue) then replace the rug (or not...some areas we had to have the protection, others we scrapped the rug...)
If you can have someone gently roll back the carpet (so not to peel off too much of the backing, not a big deal if you don't care about the rugs..),
then gently scrape of the carpet backing residue (we usually used a barely moist soft scrub pad like the "scotch brite", or a very flexible plastic scraper or spatula),
then rub area with a wood cleaning product or oil (we would use tung or lemon oil, depending on what we had).
Let floors completely dry (no oil or cleaning product residue) then replace the rug (or not...some areas we had to have the protection, others we scrapped the rug...)