subject: Carpet Cleaning Tips For Long Carpet Life [print this page] Your carpet is one of the most important features of your home. Since there is no way to avoid getting stains on the carpet we all need carpet cleaning tips on how to clean up those hard to remove stains. First of all, when a stain occurs you must act quickly. This is especially critical when it comes to liquid spills.
The most important piece of advice in carpet care is however, vacuuming. Vacuuming should be carried out regularly and thoroughly, particularly on areas where the carpet receives heavy traffic. Vacuum cleaners use air pumps to create partial vacuums to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors and carpets.
The hot water extraction system or 'steam cleaning' as it is known provides a good method of deep carpet cleaning. In order to benefit from hot water extraction, you need at least 180 degrees temperature, at the carpet when cleaning. This means, the supply of hot water must be hotter than 180 to compensate for the drop in temperature between the source and the end of the cleaning tool used. There are heated portables on the market that consumers can buy, but there is a trade off in extraction performance, for the heat, and the heat cannot maintain 180 degrees at the carpet. The temperature of 180 degrees is important, because this temperature sanitizes the carpet by killing bacteria, fleas, and dust mites.
If you do not have allergies, pets, kids, wear shoes inside, and you frequently vacuum, then you are a perfect candidate for low moister carpet cleaning. This method can be accomplished in different fashions, by spreading a moist spongy material on the carpet, or spraying an encapsulation product, or a cleaner on the carpet. This method is really a surface cleaner, and the results do look good, if you have light soiling.
To avoid dents and depressions from heavy furniture or large objects the best piece of advice is to move their position slightly from time to time.
