The process of cleaning a carpet is a professional secret.
Those trained to clean carpets are drilled on how to rid carpets of deep seated stains and allergens on carpets.
The first thing would be by preventing the accumulation of stains and dirt on your carpet.
When carpet owners do constant cleaning of their carpet and attend to stains when they appear, they are limiting the cleaners' visit to once a year.
Proper care of a carpet will keep it in good state until the next cleaning session.
Below are some very useful tips that should help keep your carpet free of all debris and leave it as fresh as possible through out the 12 months before the cleaners come for their routine cleaning: a) For your carpet to remain clean, make your visitors remove their shoes before stepping into your living room.
The great part of dirt brought unto a carpet come from outdoor dirt.
It would be good to place a rug at the entrance to your home and at all inlets to the house and also provide a place for people to sit and remove their shoes.
Such clear indications would let your visitors know that they have to remove their shoes, rather than assume that you don't mind shoes on your carpet.
b) In case a stain shows up, you would not want to rub it.
Rubbing it will only help spread the stain and cause it to go even deeper into the carpet.
For a better option, you would want to blot the stain until complete removal from the carpet.
Rubbing the carpet will only cause it to go deeper and this will damage the pile on the carpet material.
c) Improper removal of a stain would cause a later resurfacing of that same stain from the fibers of the carpet.
It is very essential to get rid of the stain in the right way.
You could even place a clean cloth on the stained area all through the night while covering it with an object that is heavy, so as to maintain pressure on the carpet to remove the stains.
d) It is totally forbidden to use a blow drier or an iron on your carpet to dry it.
Such methods only help to make the stain go in deeper.
It is better to use a fan that should help circulate the air around the area that needs to be dried.
This should dry the area properly.
e) Make it a habit of getting a professional to clean your carpet every 12 months.
This would prevent the accumulation of stains and dirt.
f) In case you find an area of your carpet molding up or a mildew, then you would want to use a non-chlorine bleach chemical (this applies to non-colored carpets only) or use a mixture of salt and lemon juice.
Spread the mixture on the area and massage it gently into the carpet.
After which you would have to blot the spot with a clean cloth or towel until the mildew and mold disappear.
At this point you may now use a fan to circulate the air on the area to dry the carpet.
g) Your best friend to clean up a stain would be water.
Other substances which are a lot more concentrated would need a baking soda treatment for the removal of odor.
h) Vacuuming would have to be done regularly during the week so as to keep the carpet fresh and neat.
The canister has to be kept empty and there has to be more turns of vacuuming for all dirt to be extracted.
In order to maintain your carpet in a good state, then you don't want to do a quick job on it.
i) It is best to always use mild cleaning chemicals.
Personally I will go for water anytime, but some difficult stains require chemicals.
The instructions must be read and adhered to scrupulously.
Prevention they say is better than cure, as such it goes without saying that the most infallible tip of all is prevention.
Keep the stain from even showing up and you will stay safe from a lot of trouble, money and time wastage.
Maintenance would prevent deep seated soiling of your carpet.
All specialized carpet cleaners will make you understand that the great part of dirt that comes into your house is dry.
As such, constant vacuuming of your carpet should help reduce carpet damage.
Those trained to clean carpets are drilled on how to rid carpets of deep seated stains and allergens on carpets.
The first thing would be by preventing the accumulation of stains and dirt on your carpet.
When carpet owners do constant cleaning of their carpet and attend to stains when they appear, they are limiting the cleaners' visit to once a year.
Proper care of a carpet will keep it in good state until the next cleaning session.
Below are some very useful tips that should help keep your carpet free of all debris and leave it as fresh as possible through out the 12 months before the cleaners come for their routine cleaning: a) For your carpet to remain clean, make your visitors remove their shoes before stepping into your living room.
The great part of dirt brought unto a carpet come from outdoor dirt.
It would be good to place a rug at the entrance to your home and at all inlets to the house and also provide a place for people to sit and remove their shoes.
Such clear indications would let your visitors know that they have to remove their shoes, rather than assume that you don't mind shoes on your carpet.
b) In case a stain shows up, you would not want to rub it.
Rubbing it will only help spread the stain and cause it to go even deeper into the carpet.
For a better option, you would want to blot the stain until complete removal from the carpet.
Rubbing the carpet will only cause it to go deeper and this will damage the pile on the carpet material.
c) Improper removal of a stain would cause a later resurfacing of that same stain from the fibers of the carpet.
It is very essential to get rid of the stain in the right way.
You could even place a clean cloth on the stained area all through the night while covering it with an object that is heavy, so as to maintain pressure on the carpet to remove the stains.
d) It is totally forbidden to use a blow drier or an iron on your carpet to dry it.
Such methods only help to make the stain go in deeper.
It is better to use a fan that should help circulate the air around the area that needs to be dried.
This should dry the area properly.
e) Make it a habit of getting a professional to clean your carpet every 12 months.
This would prevent the accumulation of stains and dirt.
f) In case you find an area of your carpet molding up or a mildew, then you would want to use a non-chlorine bleach chemical (this applies to non-colored carpets only) or use a mixture of salt and lemon juice.
Spread the mixture on the area and massage it gently into the carpet.
After which you would have to blot the spot with a clean cloth or towel until the mildew and mold disappear.
At this point you may now use a fan to circulate the air on the area to dry the carpet.
g) Your best friend to clean up a stain would be water.
Other substances which are a lot more concentrated would need a baking soda treatment for the removal of odor.
h) Vacuuming would have to be done regularly during the week so as to keep the carpet fresh and neat.
The canister has to be kept empty and there has to be more turns of vacuuming for all dirt to be extracted.
In order to maintain your carpet in a good state, then you don't want to do a quick job on it.
i) It is best to always use mild cleaning chemicals.
Personally I will go for water anytime, but some difficult stains require chemicals.
The instructions must be read and adhered to scrupulously.
Prevention they say is better than cure, as such it goes without saying that the most infallible tip of all is prevention.
Keep the stain from even showing up and you will stay safe from a lot of trouble, money and time wastage.
Maintenance would prevent deep seated soiling of your carpet.
All specialized carpet cleaners will make you understand that the great part of dirt that comes into your house is dry.
As such, constant vacuuming of your carpet should help reduce carpet damage.