Prevention is the best remedy

The simplest way of keeping carpets clean is to take as many preventive measures as possible. This is the simplest way to maintain your carpets. Vacuuming the carpet on a regular basis is the best way to start. Besides that, you should also be prepared to handle the numerous kinds of stains and spots that carpets are prone to.

The basics to carpet cleaning go like this. Vacuum the carpet on a regular basis, ideally weekly. Make sure that you pay special attention to those spots that see the most amount of footfall. What vacuuming does is that it conditions the fibers of your carpets elongating its life span. At least once a month, take some time out and attend to those areas of your carpet that are not within easy reach. For example the portions under the sofa or under the radiator and near doors.

Wall to wall carpeting can be a bit tricky when it comes to vacuuming. Often you are unsure of where you have put the vacuum and where you have not. The best way to do this is to divide your carpet into quadrants. Finish one quadrant before you move on to the next. Vacuuming is also a task that needs to be done at leisure. Just one round under the vacuum doesn’t really do the job. Go over the section once with high power. Go over each section of the carpet multiple time to ensure that the deeply embedded dust particles are absorbed as well.

For those areas where there is a lot of footfall, use the vacuum cleaner in a criss cross pattern. Each stroke should overlap the other. This is how you can ensure the carpet is well cleaned. Think of using a soil retardant when you purchase a new carpet or just after you have cleaned yours. Apply this in the way the company recommended and not in any other way.

A great tip to ridding your carpet of odors is to place some baking soda in the bag of your vacuum. Spots and spills have to attended to as soon as possible.


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