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Residential Carpet Cleaning Tips
by: colleenweath
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When a professional carpet cleaner comes to your home to clean your carpet, they may take certain steps to insure that your carpet is as clean as possible. First they will remove the dry dirt out of your carpet by doing a thorough vacuuming. Then they may use a cleaner on your carpet especially made to remove soil from the fibers of your carpet. To extract the soil from your carpet, they will need to absorb it and use wet vacuuming and rinsing to lift up the soil from the fibers in your carpet. Professionals like to use very hot water to lift dirt up and out of your carpet. This seems to work well for lifting many hard to remove stains from your carpet that normally would not come out with a regular cleaning.
After your carpet has been cleaned it will need time to dry. It is a good idea to stay off your carpet during this time. Walking on damp carpet can cause dirt and debris to get back in your carpet before it is dry. There is also a chance of slipping on carpeting that is still damp and has not dried all the way. Hiring a professional carpet cleaner can help you to avoid problems like this. They can tell you what you need to do after your carpet is cleaned and how to care for it while it is drying. Once you carpet is dried you will need to vacuum to eliminate any dirt that has come up to the surface of your carpet after cleaning. Also, it will help to keep your carpet from matting up and having a distorted look. Vacuuming will give your carpet a nice even appearance.
Some carpet may need to be brushed up where furniture has been setting on it and then moved. Furniture being very heavy can smash carpeting down making it uneven with the other carpeting in the room. Usually a light brushing will raise the pile back up to make your carpet even again. Deciding how often to have your carpet cleaned by a professional carpet cleaner is easy. It should be professionally cleaned at least once per year and more often than that if needed. This can depend on many things such as if you have pets or if your carpet is in a high traffic area. Each home will have a different time-frame on how long the carpet will stay clean.
To keep mold from growing on damp carpet, you should keep your carpet as clean and dry as possible. About the only way for mold to grow on carpet is to get it wet. This should be avoided as much as possible. It should not get mold on it any other way but from wetness, so keep it dry. Carpet that has just been cleaned should only take about six to eight hours to dry. Preferably even less time would be suggested. It is best to have a good air flow in your home when trying to dry out carpeting. This will speed up the process.
About the Author
Colleen Weathersen, a professional, cleaning lady in getting large stains out of carpets tells her clients to call in the experts at AllPoints Chem-Dry, an Orange County carpet cleaners company, for thorough cleaning of the carpets. With carpet cleaners in Friendly Hills California, carpets dry within two hours, preventing mold and mildew growth.
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