Tips And Tricks For Easy DIY Carpet Cleaning At Home

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Check out our research and practical knowledge based tips and tricks for easy DIY carpet cleaning. They will enable you to clean your carpets at home like a professional.

1. Tips And Tricks For Easy DIY Carpet Cleaning At Home:

1.1. Tips And Strategies For Keeping Your Carpet Looking Fresh

Regular cleaning of carpets extends their lifetime and keeps up healthy and fresh living environment inside our home. There are many ways to keep your carpet clean and bright looking. All you need is to follow our maintenance strategy-

• Deep cleaning carpets (steam cleaning or, shampooing) once or twice a year is really necessary and the best way to bring back the fresh and shiny condition of the carpets.
• Take immediate actions or, cleanup fresh pee stains and faecal matters of your pets.
• Check your machineries or carpet cleaners on a regular basis if they are functioning properly.
• Check and clean the vacuum so that it can suck up maximum dirt, dust, and water according to its capability.
• Vacuum your carpets on a regular basis (once or twice a week) so that less dust and dirt are trapped on the carpets.
• HVAC filters should be cleaned or changed to ensure better trapping of dust.
• Use doormats at the entrance door and leave your shoes on the shoe racks. Make sure no one step on and walk around on the carpets with their shoes on coming from outdoor.
• Use separate shoes or slippers inside home and also request your guests to leave the shoes at the shoe rack each time the visit.

1.2. Tips And Warnings On Carpet Dry Cleaning

DIYers may face some obstacles while dry cleaning their carpets first time. So, we (alldiysolutions.com team) have came up with the following solutions and tips-

• Scrap away the soil or mud, wax and gums like solid and semisolid substances from the carpet fibers before the execution of the dry cleaning process.
• Always vacuum and brush the entire carpet to remove the loose hair and dusts before the main process.
• Also, treat the old and tough stains separately before you start the cleaning method.

1.3. Precautions To Maintain While Carpet Cleaning

• Hydrogen Peroxide (H₂O₂), Acetone stain remover or paint thinner and commercial carpet cleaners etc. can be applied on paint stains. But we suggest you to test the cleanser product before applying it on the carpet. You can easily test it on a smaller section of the carpet. There are high chances of color damage with Hydrogen Peroxide (H₂O₂), if it is applied on dark colored carpets. We recommend using H₂O₂ on light colored carpets.
• Oil-based paints create and emit harmful fumes which may cause serious health hazard. But you can easily mitigate this problem. All you need is to maintain well ventilation in the room while cleaning. Using a fan make the ventilation more effective.
• Baking soda should not be used in any kind of surface with deep grooves or cracks. Because a white and dusty residue is left behind after it dries which is then deposited on those grooves or, cracks.
• To clean pet hair from carpets, rugs and other furniture on a regular basis, choose a vacuum cleaner which have tangle-resistant brushes and also designed for homes with pets.
• If your vacuum is not working properly then it will be a mess even after cleaning your carpets properly. Because the last step of cleaning with baking soda, salt, borax, enacapsulants is to vacuum up everything from the carpets.

1.4. Things You Should Consider While Disinfecting Carpets

• Always choose the sustainable method of disinfecting carpets. For example, steam cleaning with additional disinfectants or, shampooing with additional disinfectants are the two most followed methods of sustainable carpet sanitization. Disinfecting carpets is a responsibility, which you must take and maintain several times in a year (at least 3 times a year).
• After disinfecting through any deep cleaning methods, you must completely dry up the carpets. Otherwise, wicking may occur which will further cause mildew like smells and yellowish color accumulation on the carpet. In that case, use a heat drier if necessary.    
• Don’t rush, do it patiently for an effective sanitization of your carpets. Otherwise, all those efforts you have already given will go in vain. It’s more likely a scientific process with different chemicals known as disinfectant. 

1.5. 5 Safety Tips While Cleaning Indoor & Outdoor Glued Down Carpets

Safety precautions must be maintained during every task we do, so that no harms can be done with us and carpets. There are some tips which will make our task easy and safe to do. Such as-

Tip-1: Use a homemade laundry solution of detergent or, soup bars.  Because solutions made from home supplies are same compared to commercial products. It will save both your time and money.

Tip-2: In case of commercial cleaning products, read the manual first and follow the instructions about the amount you need, how long and how to use it. Then take your own decision.

Tip-3: Check your carpets before you start cleaning. It will enable you to understand the situation and inspect the old & new stains, hard dust, pet and human hairs etc. 

Tip-4: For your health safety, use a mask, hand gloves and goggles which will prevent chemical intoxication and sprinkles going in the eyes. Also, keep your kids and other family members away from the task, cleaning products and other machineries.

Tip-5: Cleaning the carpets at daytime in a sunny day is a smart decision especially for outdoor carpets. Because the sunlight is available for drying the washed carpets automatically. 

1.6. Important Tips And Suggestions For DIY Carpet Cleaning

• Some natural fiber carpet can shrink from hot water or be harmed by detergent, so always be aware of what type of carpet you are planning to shampoo. Before shampooing your carpets always check the type of carpet fibers. Because hot water may shrink some synthetic and natural fiber based carpets and also damages the color.
• Never use hot water’ on red wine stains while cleaning your carpets. We, “All DIY Solutions Team” recommend using cold water on wine stains for soaking and rinsing. You can only use warm water to dilute vinegar solution while applying it to clean red wine stains from your carpets.
• Hydrogen peroxide may damage the color of the carpet. That’s why we (alldiysolutions.com) recommend using 3% hydrogen peroxide and always test it on a small spot before you start the whole process.
• Read the user manual of different carpet cleaning devices (especially shampooer and steaming machines) first and know if you can clean your carpets with this machine and learn the operating procedure of the device. Because there are many kinds of shampooers available on the market and each of them works a little differently.