Fire Damage from Hair Straighteners and Curlers

3/14/2025 (Permalink)

Fire Damage from Hair Straighteners and Curlers in Your Fayette County Home  

Rely on SERVPRO to Restore Your Home after Fire Damage 

For many people, a hair straightener or hair curler is an essential daily beauty aid. These devices can, however, pose a fire hazard if they are unattended. If you regularly use one of these items in your home in Fayette County, you should avoid leaving it plugged in when it is not in use, and always ensure you are placing them on a non-flammable surface to avoid combustion. The fire risk that straighteners and curlers pose should not be underestimated, as if left alone even for a short while, small fires can spark and spread, causing additional damage. 

Fires from these devices are no less scary than any other fire, and the fire damage they can leave behind in your Fayette County home can be devastating. You may wonder how your home is ever going to look the same, or where to begin. That is where our technicians at SERVPRO come in. We are here to help you after a disaster like this anytime you need us. 

When cleaning your home after fire damage, there are four fundamental elements which are required to suspend residues so we can remove them. Temperature is first, as heat increases how fast the chemical reactions in the cleaning products are. We choose the right temperature depending on the solution for cleaning and the material being cleaned.  

Agitation is the next step in SERVPRO’s cleaning process. We agitate surfaces by using brushes, towels, water and air pressure, and the sonic vibrations found in ultrasonic machines. Agitation loosens residues from surfaces and spreads the cleaning products over the surface. 

The professional cleaning products go through several chemical reactions with surfaces and residues. We choose the right cleaning product depending on what action we desire, like emulsifying, dissolving, oxidizing, bleaching, or changing ph. The amount of dwell time which is needed for professional cleaning and deodorizing products varies depending on the kind of residues and products.  

SERVPRO of Fayette County takes the time to thoroughly clean and sanitize anything in your home in Fayette that is salvageable after a fire. Just give us a call as soon as the fire is out so we can help you restore your home.

Tracie "Dusty"Nichols