Dave Demink asked:

Carpets add warmth, style, and many other advantages to any home – and can also be quite expensive. What’s more, when they are the victim of spills, stains, muddy footprints, and dogs (or other animals) they can be quite laborious to clean. Not only that, but the cleaning itself can add sufficiently more wear and tear to the carpet. Expensive carpets will often still look new over many years of cleaning, but most carpets are of the average kind when it comes to their durability, and soon enough they fade, lose their color, get dents from furniture and many other things. It’s important to remember that over-cleaning will produce the opposite desired result : some people are excessive about cleaning, but perhaps excessiveness about stain prevention is a far better approach.

Most stains are actually not that difficult to get out, and a carpet repair liquid will do the trick easily and quickly. Be careful to follow the instructions of the product carefully, and test it out on a cloth or small area to ensure that it won’t damage the coloration of the carpet. Also remember, not all repair liquids work well with special carpets such as Persian or other kinds of expensive kinds. If you buy a very expensive, rare, carpet, make sure you know how to keep it clean to avoid any stress. Otherwise, cleaner liquids reverse the spilling/staining process easily and restore the color to the carpet. A vacuum after application will get rid of any lose dirt. Some cleaning liquids can even restore color to a carpet if it has been stained by exposure to the sun!

For nasty spills or stains, you need to have the following on hand : an absorbent sponge, paper towels, rubbing alcohol, ammonia, a dull knife, vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. Use the towels quickly when a spill happens, to absorb the stain and prevent further damage. Use the dull knife and the alcohol to get rid of any stubborn stain left behind (blot it, don’t scrub it) or use vinegar and ammonia mixed with some water.

Sometimes furniture can leave dents on the carpet, which isn’t that difficult to fix. Simply loosen the tufts with a hard bristled brush, while steam ironing the area (ensure you don’t touch the carpet with the steam iron, simply use it to help soften the tufts.) After a little bit of work, you will see the dents come out easily.

Candle wax can be taken care of in a very similar way. Warm the wax up with an iron (once again, don’t touch the carpet) and then remove as much wax as possible. After doing that, place a paper towel over the area and iron on the paper. The wax melts and sticks to the paper, and the stain will be gone after some more applications.

Lastly, often the edges, corners or hard-to-reach parts of a carpet receive less vacuuming. This can cause shading in these areas. Prevention of this is the best fix : ensure the entire carpet is always evenly vacuumed.

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Carpet And Rugs Pedia asked:

The piercing truth is- if everything is done in a right manner, the result will be good. It is important to know your carpets, your Roseville Carpet Cleaning company, and the type and the fibres used so that you can apply the best cleaning methods that can make your carpet look brand new! The only question that comes to mind is what method is needed where.

When it comes to cleaning, some people do it on their own while some find professional approach for that. If your house is heavily soiled and has not been cleaned in many years then steam cleaning will get you that deep clean you need and remove much of the heavy soils in the carpet. The only one restraint that we can analyze here is that steam cleaning can be used once in a year only and it requires an experienced technician to handle the mess. Care should also be taken that boiling hot water is not used as it affects the carpet glue.

On the other hand, when you use a buffer system, you do get a deep clean because the brush works its way into the carpet. When someone uses this type of cleaning they vacuum and rake the carpet first. Then use enzymes to eat the oil in the carpet. The shampoo they use is non-residue so it does not attract dirt. After the cleaning is done you should vacuum your carpet at least after 24-hours to remove the loose dirt. With this method, you can use it every 3 months and have your carpets always looking great.

Some manufacturers recommend cleaning the carpets or rugs yourself. By doing so, you can extend your carpet’s life duration. They will last long and will look cleaner for a long time. The cleaning process starts with an awareness to prevent all those nasty things that can cause harm to your carpet. It is advisable to use house slippers or walking socked while stepping on your rugs or carpets. Wearing shoes on expensive rugs are sure to bring stains, dirt and sand particles.

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Steve Hanson asked:




Carpet is no doubt a common floor covering in most of the buildings that your company cleans. Carpet is inviting, sound-absorbing and helps with a building’s overall health by capturing dust particles and keeping them out of the air. However, if not properly taken care of carpet can be almost impossible to keep clean and can give a negative impression of the cleaning staff. But with the right maintenance program and the right cleaning chemicals, keeping carpet looking great is not an impossible task.

It is important to:

* make sure your staff has proper training and understands the carpet cleaning process

* use the right equipment and keep it properly maintained

* use the right cleaning chemicals for the carpet you are cleaning

* use the chemicals properly

Hard floors receive daily care and are usually thoroughly cleaned at least once a week. On the other hand, you may spot-vacuum carpets daily, but only thoroughly clean carpets once or twice a year. In addition, many cleaning companies do not properly train their employees to clean carpets. To top it all off, the wrong cleaning chemicals are often used which makes the carpet vulnerable to quick resoiling.

Most cleaning contractors clean carpet by either a hot water extraction method or a low moisture method. The hot water method flushes dirt and debris by circulating clean water and detergents through the carpet. Water pressure and vacuuming creates the agitation needed to loosen the dirt from the carpet fibers. If using the low moisture method, you’ll spray detergent onto the carpet, give it dwell time, and then agitate it into the fibers. Then you’ll vacuum the chemicals away to complete the cleaning process.

So what is this encapsulation and why is it important to carpet cleaning? In a nutshell, encapsulation chemicals clean the carpet better and help it to stay clean longer.

The first thing to remember about carpet cleaning detergents is that they are sticky. These chemicals are designed to be sticky so they attract and suspend dirt. An encapsulating compound surrounds dirt with a crystallizing polymer. The polymer dries to a hard crystal type material, which you’ll vacuum up. There is little “sticky” residue left behind. It is the sticky residue left behind by inexperienced cleaners and the improper choice of chemicals that causes carpets to resoil quickly and causes wicking.

Encapsulation technology can effectively remove most carpet soil and the detergents used in the process. However, the effectiveness of this procedure can vary for many reasons including:

* The type of carpet being cleaned

* The type of chemical being used

* Effectiveness of the cleaning equipment

* The skills of the carpet cleaning technician (or cleaning crew)

If you do not address the above reasons, there may be excess residue left on the carpet. The more residue left, the more resoiling. Have you ever worked diligently to clean a carpet and then noticed spots reappearing over the next couple of days? This problem is due to wicking. Spills that have spread deep into the carpet backing and padding are dissolved when they become wet during the carpet cleaning process. The spills then climb up the fibers like a candle wick until they reach the carpet’s surface. This process goes on until the carpet is thoroughly dry.

No matter what carpet cleaning method your company uses the reality is there will always be some detergent residue left. And, of course, the “stickier” the detergent the higher the risks are that the carpet will resoil quickly. Using proper carpet cleaning techniques and using products that contain an encapsulating compound that counteracts the effects of sticky detergents will go a long way to keeping your carpets looking cleaner longer. Clean carpets make the whole building look cleaner and your clients will love you for it!

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