Carpet Cleaning

The carpet is more than just another furnishing or a floor covering in your home.  It has a major effect on the appearance of a room and it can also make your home more comfortable.  Of course it is susceptible to spills and stains just like the other furnishings and flooring in your home and if the carpet becomes heavily stained, it can make the entire room seem dirty or unkempt.  Two of the most common types of stains that often affect carpeting are coffee stains and pet stains.  If you experience either of these stains on the carpeting in your home, you must react quickly and take the following actions for effective carpet stain removal. Removing Coffee Stains from the Carpet Coffee stains in the carpet happen quite often and many homeowners fear coffee spills on their flooring or...

It is fairly common for a customer to call and ask, "How are you going to clean my carpet?" I often suggest the analogy of the washing machine. There are basically three cycles for your washing machine 1. Soak  2. Agitate  3. Rinse When we clean your carpet we will: 1. spray all of the carpet first with the cleaning solution 2. we will hand agitate (if necessary) heavily soiled areas 3. we will rinse out the loosened soil along with the cleaning solution using really "hot" clean water. The net results are: 1. we use less moisture from the truck 2. the carpet dries faster 3. after cleaning the carpet is residue free.   Rick Armstrong, Owner ServiceMaster Floor Care by MasterCare Experts - DuPage IL [important] Spring Cleaning Discount: Save $50 on an...

About 65% of U.S. households include at least one pet, according to the Humane Society of the United States. About 10% of people are allergic to cats, dogs, or both. This means that if you have pets, chances are someone in your family or circle of friends may experience allergy or asthma symptoms in your home. Regular carpet cleaning can help reduce the allergens in your home, and make your family and friends more comfortable. Reduce Allergens Pet hair and dander can accumulate in carpets quickly, especially if you have more than one pet in your home. When your pets begin to shed their winter coats in the spring, this problem can be even worse. Regular carpet cleaning keeps this accumulation under control. Vacuum your carpets once or twice a week as needed, using a vacuum with a HEPA fi...

Nowadays one can easily clean almost his entire house on his own, without the need to call a professional cleaner. However, carpets can be tricky. Sometimes you don’t know how exactly to treat a spot. In this article we will reveal some tricks on how you can clean your carpet at home, without the need to call a professional cleaner, no matter of the origin of the stain or of the material of the carpet. In the second part of the article we will discuss the advantages of a professional cleaner and when it is good to hire one to have your carpets cleaned. You can clean most everyday stains using just clean warm water and some sort of laundry liquid or powder. Dissolve a tablespoon of powder into a big container, filled with at least one liter of water. Then dip a white rag or cloth into the ...

Although ideally it can be very good to have both of these cleaning appliances in your home for different tasks, this may not be practical. Even if you are considering getting both, it can still be useful to know what the strengths and weaknesses are of both types of device when it comes to cleaning your home. Steam Cleaners Steam cleaners come in a few different variants, from long handled models to small and compact variants. They tend to vary a lot in terms of how fast they heat up and how long they can operate for, so these are generally the main things you will want to look for when researching any potential cleaners for your home. Steam cleaners are especially good at cleaning fabrics, such as carpets or rugs and so on, but also very effective at getting stains off of hard or wo...

Even after a good and thorough cleanup, stains still remain on carpets and reappear. This happens when there is too much residue even after cleaning the area. The residue is usually leftover from the cleaning agent, which is a sticky alkaline and there is soil sticking onto it. You can imagine what happens to your hair when you are washing it and you only manage to rinse half of the shampoo. It’s the same that happens to your carpet after you’ve treated it with cleaning detergent. Any residue acts like a magnet to dirt, grime, dust and hair and the carpet gets even more buildup, thus becoming dirtier much quicker. When you see a nasty stain on the carpet or you cause a spill, your first thought is to use a powerful alkaline cleaner – ideally in a spray bottle. You spray the area with to...

Everyone who’s ever invested in quality carpets or rugs realizes the responsibility to keep them well-maintained, odor-free and especially stain-free for as long as possible. The right carpet can brighten up any room, but a stained carpet looks nasty and unpleasant. Stains left untreated affect not only the overall look of the carpet, but also its feel and fibers in the long run. A stain on the top of the carpet can be treated and completely removed, but a stain that has deeply penetrated the fabric isn’t so easy to remove. Some stains stay on the carpet and cause nasty greasy areas which are quite visible. Sadly, even those of us who are really careful with their carpets, still cause spills and stains and have to deal with them afterwards. If you want to prolong the life of your carpet...