Tips & Tricks for Carpet Cleaning

Some Advice from the Pros

Tending to the needs of your carpet is a small step towards improving the appearance and health of your home. Whether you’re moving in or moving out, a professionally cleaned carpet can leave a lasting impression on potential homeowners and sellers. Below are some handy carpet cleaning tips and guidelines for maintaining your carpet and selecting a professional carpet cleaning service.
Carpet Cleaning Tips:

Unless the existing finish is flat you'll need to apply a primer coat to make the new paint adhere. On flat-painted walls that require only minor repairs you may simply choose to spot prime. For walls with larger areas of patching plaster, it's advisable to use a sealer or primer/sealer. Priming doesn't require as much care as painting, but it's done the same way; follow the next three steps, which you'll repeat with the paint after the primer dries.

• Vacuum your carpets at least once a week - up to 80% of carpet dirt is loose and removable with regular vacuuming
• When vacuuming, go with the pile grain. This helps remove surface soils. Go against the grain to remove deeper, embedded particles
• Rotate your furniture occasionally. This helps to prevent premature carpet wear and soiling in regular traffic areas of your house<
• If you’ve ever attempted to clean your carpet with a rental or home steam cleaner, take great caution. If you don’t know what you’re doing, and you don’t remove most of the water, your carpets could easily result in an unhealthy situation. High moisture levels can leak through to the carpet back and pad, which could promote the growth of mold and mildew. The carpet shouldn’t take more than 24 hours to dry
• Bonus Tip! Candle Wax. Using the edge of a plastic card (ID, Old Credit Card…) gently edge out as much of the wax build-up as possible. Lay a brown paper grocery sack over the wax area and place an iron on the top of the sack set on medium or a warm setting. You will see the wax melt into the sack. Frequently move the sack to a clean new area. Caution: Don’t leave the iron on the area for more than ten seconds at a time as the head could distort or melt the carpet fibers. Once the fibers have cooled, repeat the procedure until no more wax transfers into the sack

The Importance of Carpet Cleaning

Homeowners often assume that their carpets and upholstery are clean simply because they look clean; however, even carpets and upholstery that look spotless may have collected germs, dust and soil below the surface. To increase the life and appearance of your carpets & upholstery, you should have them professionally cleaned every year - even before you recognize visible surface dirt.

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