Carpet Cleaning Tips

Carpet cleaning tips

These carpet cleaning tips will help you avoid common mistakes made by people that have carpet in their home.

  1.  Don’t rub stains or spills. Instead, gently blot them after they occur. Rubbing can and will damage the carpet fibers.
  2. Frequent vacuuming will prevent wear and assist in prolonging the life of the carpet fibers.
  3. Avoid applying cleaning agents to a stain that you want to remove. The chances of you setting in the stain or damaging the color are high. We will have a better chance at removing stains.
  4. You can temporarily treat a pet urine stain by immediately soaking up what you can with a towel, mixing a 50% distilled white vinegar and 50% water mixture into a spray bottle then spraying on the effected area. Let it dry and this will allow it to kill some bacteria. Note: Call us as soon as possible to completely resolve this issue.
  5. Don’t try to remove a pet urine stain. You will set it in and it will never come out.
  6. Avoid sprinkling fine powders such as baking soda or carpet fresheners. The residue will never completely vacuum out of the carpet. It will build up over time and when you do have your carpet professionally cleaned the fine dust particles wick back to the surface.
  7. If the carpet is burned, use a fingernail clipper and remove the burned tips. If the burn is extensive it will need to be patched and a matching donor section of carpet will be required.
  8. Use a towel weighted down with a heavy object over night to absorb the moisture from a large spill.
  9. Wax can be removed with an iron and a white rag ( you can use any color but white will show the wax better). First drench the rag with water and slightly ring it out. (This helps to avoid burning carpet fibers) Then place the rag over the wax and set the iron on top with the setting on low. Lift the iron and re-position the rag as needed to remove more wax every 10 seconds.

Some stains cannot be removed because they permanently alter the carpet’s color. These stains include acid toilet bowl cleaners, acne medication, alkaline drain cleaners, chlorinated bleaches, hair dyes, iodine, insecticides, mustard with turmeric and plant fertilizers.

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