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dimanche 10 août 2014

How To Do Effective Carpet Stain Removal

By Tanisha Berg


One of the things in the house that gets dirty easily is the carpet. No matter how much you try to protect it, something always happen unexpectedly like when your husband spills his coffee on it or when your puppy surprises you with his poop just sitting there at the center. Things like that are simply inevitable when you are running a family.

Carpet stain removal San Antonio can be a very tiring task because there are endless list of things that can dirty it. Just about everything is a threat and you can never always stand guard beside it because there are just so many things to do at home. Then right when you are not looking, the mishap happens.

However tiring the task may be, you should not resort to cleaning services immediately. If you want to save money, you can do the cleaning yourself. It is understandable that you worry about what will happen to it after especially when you do not know how to do the cleaning. But, it is quite easy than you imagined it to be.

When food scraps get into it, the first thing you should do is to scrape off every solid excesses. You can use a spoon to do that but make sure that you do it without further messing the surrounding area. It would be very unfortunate if the stained area gets bigger, meaning there is more cleaning for you.

Using a white and highly absorbent cloth, slowly blot the dirt away working from the outside to the inside. If you do it otherwise, there is the danger of spreading the dirt in its immediate area. Also, do not scrub or rub because fibers can get damaged that way or you might just do more harm by getting the dirt to the bottom. Just blot until the cloth does not get any more color.

You can make your own cleaning formula mixing vinegar, dish washing liquid and warm water together. Just do not use more soap because you will later on have a difficulty in rinsing it out. However, if not convinced of its efficiency, there are many cleaning agents available in the market. There is one precaution though, do not over wet the area because you might just damage the back of it.

After spraying, let it sit for five to ten minutes and rinse with warm water and blot again until the solution is removed. Then for thorough drying, cover the area with clean and absorbent white cloth or you can use paper towels as alternatives. Then weight it down with a heavy object like a paper weight to give pressure. This is to ensure that the remaining liquid is absorbed before the carpet is vacuumed to restore its texture.

However, there are certain kids of stains that home made and even commercial cleaning formulas cannot remove. These can be caused by strong chemicals and the only way to save it is for a cleaning service to do the job. Circumstances like these can happen when you should not try to do it on your own because doing so might just damage your carpet.

You have to accept the fact that carpets cannot be kept clean all throughout the day. After all, they are meant to be stepped and ran into and so it really cannot say no to dirt. With basic knowledge in stain removal, you can know when to be the hero or when to leave it on the hands of the experts.




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