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3 Major Carpet Care Tips

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Featured desk is from the FFDM Biltmore Furniture Collection. 

We all know the benefits of having a carpet installed in one’s home or office. First, appearance wise, carpeting creates the image that you want for your home or business. Second, with the right choice, it is also a symbol of opulence and style. Carpets are also great insulators apart from being a psychological source of warmth.

Carpet maintenance is a bit labor intensive, though. If you want to do the cleaning yourself, here are some tips so you won’t be left with a useless carpet on your floor –

Test for Colorfastness

Colorfast carpets are not supposed to fade, bleed or be altered when you clean them or wash them to remove stains. Whether the carpet is colorfast or not will greatly affect the kind of cleaning products that you will use.

Here’s how to pre-test the carpet –

  • Ask for a scrap of the carpet then try to vacuum it.
  • Dampen a piece of cloth with a stain remover.
  • Place the cloth atop the carpet for about an hour then blot the moist spot with a dry cloth.
  • If you see carpet dyes, then test another cleaning product till you see the best one that won’t make the piece of carpet bleed.

Carpet Cleaning

Be sure to protect your carpet padding, furniture and subfloor when you’re out to clean the carpet. Ask someone to help you in removing furniture from rooms.

Vacuum the carpet thoroughly. Have a rental cleaner especially when it is highly recommended by the carpet company. It’s either this or just have it professionally cleaned. Should you pick the wet extraction method, be sure to dry the carpet for 24 hours so that mold and mildew won’t grow in the padding or the carpet itself. You have the power to stop moisture from destroying the flooring underneath.

Majority of the carpet cleaning systems use water extraction. These are also referred to as steam cleaners. These work by injecting a solution to the carpet pile then sipping the dirty solution to the machine.

Find a model that does not require a water hookup so that you won’t have to worry about dragging a hose all around the house anymore. Overwetting could easily damage the carpet backing as well as the underlayment leading to discoloration, shrinking and bad carpet odor.

The other extraction method is the dry extraction method. All you have to do is to spread the dry absorbent all over the carpet. You then vacuum it using a cleaning machine. These work better than most steam cleaners.

You can also opt for a rented carpet cleaner. This is a professional quality steam cleaner from a rental center. This is more powerful compared to the home type. Make sure to allocate some budget for the rental fee which will pay for the shampoo, spot removers, de-foamer, odor remover, etc.

When you decide to hire professionals, you get to choose between dry extraction or steam cleaning still. Professionals handle these cleaning techniques differently and you would soon wonder at the awesome job that they have done.

This FFDM Villa Cascina piece sits wonderfully on a carpeted bedroom.

This FFDM Villa Cascina piece sits wonderfully on a carpeted bedroom.

Simple Maintenance Tips

You can also get into the habit of taking off your shoes when you enter any carpeted room. Shoes have dust and other nasty stuff so make sure to have a mat placed at your front door. Purchase slippers that will only be worn when inside the house.

Be sure to vacuum twice each week. Vacuuming is your best defense against early carpet retirement. Include lint-free rags that can be used to blot spills. Just don’t rub them on the carpet of the spill would seep deeper to the carpet fibers.

Remember these tips and you are sure to enjoy your carpet for a long, long time.

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