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Nowadays, carpet has become an ornamental beauty of your rooms in your house. This accessory is no longer only as a cushion. Carpet can be an option to beautify the interior of the house with a diversity of attractive colors and patterns. You will be able to choose it in a variety of sizes, colors and types.
However, when you have decided to add carpet on your house, you have to keep the cleanliness of this accessory. This is because carpet is easy to get dirty especially from dust and the spills when you are eating of drinking on them. If it is not cleaned regularly, it will become a den of dust and would disrupt the health of your family. Additionally, the stains will be hard to be cleaned if you let the stains for long time.
However, there are some ways that you can do to clean the carpet from spilled foods or beverages. To do this, you will need laundry soap/detergent, washbasin, washcloth and towels. And the following are the tips on cleaning the carpet from the stains.
If the carpet has been affected by food or beverage stain, clean it with a tissue or cloth to absorb the liquid and clean the remaining food immediately. The next thing that you have to do is prepare the water that is mixed with a little detergent. Then wet a washcloth with water and rubbed detergent into the stained carpet. In this case, do not use a brush to remove these stains. This is because the fur on the carpet can be damaged if it is brushed. Finally, when you are cleaning the stains, wipe over and over again in the same direction or opposite direction of hair on the carpet. After you feel that it is enough, dry it under the sun for an hour.
Instead of cleaning the carpet from the stains, it also needs to do daily maintenance. The maintenance is easy to do and you can do yourself. The following are some things that you can do in maintaining your carpet.
1. If your carpet is made of wool, either native or synthetic, just use a broom stick to clean it. You can also use once in a week or once in two weeks.
2. If it is made from silk, clean with vacuum cleaner twice a week.
3. If you want to clean/mop the floor, roll up the carpet and move it firstly. You can reattach the carpet after the floor is completely dry. This is because the carpet is risky to water/moisture. In this case, carpet that is already exposed to water and is not immediately dried will make the surface harden.
4. Carpet that is often trampled requires laundering at least twice a year.
5. If it is exposed to smoke, take it to the carpet shop that provides repair services and carpet cleaning immediately.
Those are some things that you have to pay attention related to the maintenance to the carpet that you have. When you do the correct things to it, you will find that this will stay long to beautify your house.
