You can walk on the carpet immediately after cleaning. Our cleaning solutions are safe to walk on with bare feet, but we recommend socks or cleaning the bottom of your shoes or slippers before you walk on it. *If you walk across damp carpeting onto tile or wood flooring please be careful not to slip and fall because the bottom of your shoes may be damp and cause the tile to become slick. *You may also want to wipe the paws of your dogs when they come in from outside, while the carpet is damp their paw prints leave soil spots easier.