5 Tips to Maintaining Your Carpets

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As a home owner, it is important for you to ensure that your carpets receive a professional cleaning at least twice a year. However, even with regular carpet cleaning, it is important to know how to maintain your carpets properly to ensure that they maintain their beauty and health for a long time.

Vacuuming your carpet should be done thoroughly on a regular basis. This will not only remove the soil that has lodged into your carpet but will also ensure that your carpets lives are extended. Use small slow strokes and go over each single area several times. Vacuuming should be done at least once a week. However, areas of the home that receive large volumes of traffic should be vacuumed daily.

There are several stain removal techniques that can be applied for the effective removal of stains from carpets.

However, the technique used is dependent on the type of stain present. The following is a list of common stains and suggested techniques to remove the stains.

Surface soil carpet stains, especially in the Los Angeles area, caused by wearing soiled shoes on the carpet or dropping crumbs of food stay on the surface of the carpet for a short time. These stains however, eventually sink into the carpet fibers after some time. Surface stains can be removed by vacuuming. However, should these stains remain even after a thorough vacuuming a more extensive technique should be used as this means the stain has been embedded in the fibers of the carpet.
When the surface soil stains seep into the fibers of the carpet extensive vacuum techniques are required to successfully remove these stains. The vacuum should be passed repeatedly over the stained area.

• Vacuuming of area rugs is similar to vacuuming larger carpet areas. However, care should be taken when vacuuming the fringes of the rug. Lift the vacuum slightly to avoid getting the fringes caught in the vacuum.

 

The performance of your vacuum is crucial for the proper maintenance of your carpets.

It is therefore important to take the necessary steps to ensure that your vacuum continues to work in top condition. These include:

• Unclog the hose of your vacuum regularly. If the vacuum hose remains clogged the suction on your vacuum is reduced and the ability of your vacuum to provide a good clean is compromised. You can use an unbent wire coat hanger to unclog the hose of your vacuum.
• The cleaning power and life span of your vacuum will be greatly increased by emptying the dust bag regularly and cleaning the filter regularly and replacing it when necessary.

Even if your carpets receive regular cleaning by Los Angeles carpet cleaning professionals it is important to maintain them by vacuuming on a regular basis.

Using the techniques listed above will ensure that your carpets are in good condition all the time.