subject: Carpet Cleaning Dos And Donts The Tricks You Need To Know! [print this page] Okay, so you need to clean those filthy carpets of yours. Its been literally years since anyone cleaned them the RIGHT way, right? Well, you came to the right place. You can take years of filth off your carpets the easy wayjust use a carpet cleaner.
But before you grab your carpet cleaner and get to town, there are a few simple Dos and Donts you should be aware of before starting.
#1) DO: Vacuum To Keep Your Carpet Happy~
Even though you plan on cleaning your carpet with a carpet cleaner, you should still be regularly vacuuming your home with a vacuum cleaner. There are just some things a carpet cleaner cant handle as well as a vacuum, like getting up all the hair balls, or pieces of paper you may have lying around in clumps.
Better yet, pick those up by hand. But you see where Im going with this, dont you? The cleaner the carpet is to begin with, the better your carpet cleaner will do! Yup, its that simple.
#2) DO: Plan For It~
Taking on a whole house carpet cleaning job is no easy task. You need to usually move all the furniture out of the way, and make room for it to really get down deep and clean all of your carpeting.
You may choose to do this during spring cleaning, or say during a long holiday you have off from work. Whatever time schedule works best for you, you need to plan for it. The more you plan, the easier the process will truly be.
You also need to coordinate with the other members of the family, and have everyone pitch in to help! Make it a fun family affair.
#3) DONT: Use Any Cleaning Shampoo You Want!
Carpets can be finicky creatures. They like the soap that they like, and they dont like any others. Get me? So be sure to pick out only a truly carpet cleaning type of solution to use, and please dont just toss in your Head & Shoulders shampoo, and think that will help get more of the dust out. It doesnt work that way.
Ask the store or a professional carpet cleaning rep to tell you what works best in the machine you are using. And dont forget that more is not always better.
You need to use the right quantity of the shampoo as well, and dont put in extra thinking that will help. It wont. It will just help you to a huge mess.
#4) DONT: Pull Up Your Carpetings Loose Fibers~
I know it may be extremely temping to want to pull on those little hairs sticking out of your carpetthey are so cute, and who can resist wanting to pull it out to make things neat again, right? Well, as much as you may want to do that, please dont.
Eventually you will have a big, gaping hole in that section, and you dont want that. It would be best to just cut the top part off with scissors, rather than pulling out the entire strand by hand.
#5) DONT: Leave Your Furniture Where It Is~
You need to actually MOVE your furniture out of the way if you want to clean the carpeting under it. Seems simple enough, but you would be surprised just how many people think they can just clean around all their belongings, and that all their carpeting will be magically sparkling clean.
To do a really great job of carpet cleaning in your home, you really need to move your things out of the way when you are cleaning the carpets. You will be happy you did the extra bit of work for years down the line. A little extra effort can go a long way when it comes to giving your carpets a little bit of love.
#6) DO: Hire a Pro!
Okay, I said it. Sometimes its just best to toss your cares into the wind and say I just dont want to deal with this crap. Carpet cleaning may be one of those times. If you want someone professional to come in with their heavy duty equipment and shampoos, and deal with the mess themselves, you are in luck.
There are literally HUNDREDS of carpet cleaning services out there these days. Just open your phone book, look online, or go to your local classified ads and you will find tons of people willing to do this for you. The only thing you should be sure of is that they have certification from Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration, and also be sure to ask just how much experience they really have on the job or if they offer any guarantees.
So there you have it. Those are the Dos and Donts you really want to be aware of before starting your next carpet cleaning job. You dont have to thank me. Just knowing you wont be filling your entire home from top to bottom with FOAM because you filled your carpet cleaner with doggie shampoo is thanks enough.
