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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Fran Sloan asked:

You know what a hassle it can be to deal with mixing, matching and cleaning different fabrics in your wardrobe like chenille, wool, satin and silk. Just imagine the anxiety you’d feel if your silk shirt were to meet a hot fudge sundae cherry to button. Ouch!

So why don’t you worry about the everyday status of your home fabrics as much as you do about the cleanliness and maintenance of your clothes? Think people don’t notice your messy home as much as they notice your messy blouse? Think again. Your appearance says a lot about who you are…and not just the appearance of your clothes but the appearance of your home as well.

A stained area rug says you’re careless as much as a stained sweater but a sweater is much easier to replace and live down than a ruined area rug that’s the talk of your big Christmas party and eventually, the whole town.

So what can you do to keep your home in tip top shape, aside from dusting once a week?

Take your flooring and area rugs for example. These can literally be the most disgusting areas of your home. Your area rug traps dirt, dander and anything that’s spilled or drips. You most likely ignore your area rug on cleaning days unless it’s visibly dirty but this is a huge mistake. Your area rug should be vacuumed at least once weekly, whether it’s a cotton area rug, braided area rug or wool area rug.

Your white area rugs and other light colored area rugs need to be cleaned twice as often since they will show the signs of misuse and abuse before your other fabrics. But don’t neglect the black area rugs and other dark colored area rugs. These can be toughest to clean if you neglect them for too long.

And remember, different fabrics need different treatment. Slamming the vacuum down on your densely piled, tight knit wool area rug may be perfectly fine, but try that on a chenille area rug or loosely woven area rug and you’ll find yourself left with nothing but shreds of fabric. Hardy fabrics like canvas, cotton and wool can and should be vacuumed to lift dirt from the fibers. Light, delicate and loose fabrics like chenille should always be gently beaten over your porch or a chair. In fact, your looser fabrics can most often be shaken out.

In the event your area rugs or other home décor fabrics meet in battle with wine or kool-aid, you should always have a color-safe stain remover and liquid extraction tool handy. Stain removers found at your local craft store are made for all sorts of stains (even oil paints!) and are made fabric and human safe.

Remember, your home says a lot about who you are as a person and a home maker. Get the best of your fabrics before they get the best of you.

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