Depending on the size of the damp carpet you may need to use more than one canister of baking soda.
Best way to dry wet carpet.
Before vacuuming you can choose to spray a carpet cleaner over the surface.
Wet dry vacuum vacuum the wet carpet with a wet dry vacuum until no moisture remains.
Sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet.
The easiest way to dry an area of wet carpet is to lay down the appropriate amount of towels to cover the water stained area.
Take those towels away and replace them with dry towels in the same area.
Keep doing this until the area of the carpet is dry.
Remove the moisture the most important part is first stopping water from flowing into the problem area.
Wet vacs are the perfect tool for getting rid of water in your carpet.
Keep at this until the areas is completely dry.
Use your body weight and soak up the water by walking over the carpets until the towels are fully saturated.
Afterwards you will be left with a clean and dry carpet.
Let the baking soda sit on the carpet for several hours up to 24 hours to allow it ample time to soak up the remaining moisture and odor from the carpet.