Carpet and furniture cleaning

Even if you constantly maintain cleanliness in the apartment, thorough cleaning of carpets and furniture remains one of the most important activities. A conventional vacuum cleaner can not always cope with complex contaminants on coatings, and self-removal of stains from upholstered furniture can lead to damage to the upholstery. You will learn how to ease your work and make cleaning carpets and furniture as efficiently as possible from this article.

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Why clean carpets and furniture?

To answer this question, here are a few arguments that will convince you of the need for regular and quality care for these products:

1. During daily use, carpets and upholstered furniture inevitably absorb dust, dirt and various solid particles that can cause allergies.
2. On the surface quite often spots appear that can become a source of unpleasant odor.
3. Moisture and any pollution create a favorable environment for the development of various pathogens and bacteria.
4. Case-by-case cleaning and untimely care of carpets and furniture lead to the fact that the material from which they are made prematurely wears out and ages.
5. The upholstery of sofas and armchairs gets dirty over time, darkens and acquires an aesthetic appearance.
6. Regular and thorough cleaning of carpets and upholstered furniture is simply necessary if the family has small children, people suffering from allergic reactions, and pets.

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How to care for carpets and furniture yourself?

To keep your coatings in order, regularly conduct the following activities:

1. Use a vacuum cleaner 1 or 2 times a week to remove dust from the surface.
2. Carpet periodically, at least once a season, knock out, in winter - clean with snow.

A more thorough approach is the cleaning of carpets and furniture, as a rule, includes several stages:

1. Cleaning from stubborn stains and dirt with special or improvised means.
2. Remove cleaning agents with a brush or a damp cloth.
3. Wipe the treated surface with a dry cloth.
4. Drying carpet or upholstery.

Important! Performing these actions, do not wet or rub the furniture and carpets too much. The abundance of moisture will only harm your products - penetrating into the fibers of the fabric on the treated areas, it can cause the appearance of mold spores, which quickly spread throughout the surface.

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What is the best way to clean carpet and furniture?

If the pollution is insignificant - you can quite cope on your own. But if carpet products are made of expensive, natural materials (silk, wool), and the upholstery of your favorite sofa is made of delicate fabric, you should not experiment and wipe the stains yourself. It is better to resort to the services of professional cleaning companies - take things to dry cleaning or call the master at home. Cleaning furniture and carpets at home is a more convenient option, which saves you from having to transport things to the dry cleaning shop and, thus, will save your own time and nerves.

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The benefits of professional cleaning:

1. It makes it possible to completely remove dirt and dust - for example, in carpets, the entire thickness of the pile, the base and even the floor underneath are cleaned.
2. Allows you to remove various complex stains - from coffee, wine, fat, as well as pollution of unknown origin.
3. Helps eliminate odors.
4. Effectively removes dust mites-saprophytes and their larvae from the surface.
5. Levels the texture of the product - raises the pile from fluffy carpets that have lost their original shape.
6. It will help extend the life of the coating.
7. It will revive the color of the carpet or upholstery and make it brighter and more saturated.
8. Premium chemicals are selected separately for each product, depending on the intensity of contamination and taking into account the type of upholstery, material and length of the pile.
9. Only professional high-quality equipment from world manufacturers of household appliances, for example, “Kärcher”, is used.

Disadvantages:

1. Fairly high cost of services.
2. The use of chemicals that can cause allergic reactions, if the use of products on natural or environmentally friendly and harmless, hypoallergenic components is not specified.

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How are carpets and upholstered furniture cleaned?

The entire procedure, which is performed by professionals, can be divided into 4 stages:

1. Testing of the product selected for processing - is carried out on an inconspicuous part of the product.
2. Basic cleaning using special equipment and chemicals.
3. Removing cleaning products along with soiling.
4. Mechanical drying of a carpet or upholstery.

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How often do you need dry cleaning?

There are different opinions on this issue. First of all, it all depends on the degree of contamination of carpets or furniture and how often you clean them at home. If the family has small children or allergies, professionals recommend cleaning furniture and carpets at home at least 2 times a month. However, be sure to ask what kind of chemical compounds for processing products are used, because their individual components can cause allergic reactions.

Important! Self-respecting companies favor hypoallergenic products. So do not save on your health and choose only those service providers that are reliable and trustworthy.

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How to clean carpets and furniture at home?

If for one reason or another - lack of free time, necessary money or inability to turn to the services of a cleaning company, you prefer to solve the problem with the help of improvised tools, adopt a few simple but effective methods to organize carpet cleaning and upholstered furniture at home.

Method 1

To quickly clean the palace and refresh its color, you will need ordinary ammonia:

1. Pour 1 liter of cool water into a container.
2. Dilute in it 2 tsp. ammonia.
3. Soak a sponge or soft brush in the prepared solution.
4. Apply liquid to the carpet.
5. Wipe the surface with a dry cloth.

Method 2

To clean a carpet with a long pile - from 2.5 to 10 cm, use baking soda and vinegar, which are likely to be in the kitchen cabinet of any housewife:

1. Pour 1 liter of cold water into a bowl.
2. Pour 1 tsp. 9% vinegar solution.
3. Add 1 tsp. baking soda.
4. Stir until smooth.
5. Dampen the brush in the solution.
6. Apply a small amount to the carpet.
7. Clean with soft movements along the pile, one way.
8. Dry the carpet thoroughly.

Method 3

If you want to remove greasy stains from upholstered furniture, use ammonia and dishwashing detergent:

1. Take 100g of warm water.
2. Pour in 1 tsp. “Fairy” type liquid detergent.
3. Add 1 tsp. ammonia.
4. Shuffle.
5. Moisten a solution of contamination.
6. Attach a thick paper towel or clean cotton.
7. Carefully iron the stain with a warm iron.

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Useful Tips:

• Regularly, at least once a week, clean carpets, sofas, chairs from dust and dirt with a vacuum cleaner.
• If you decide to clean the products yourself, first use fairly mild detergents, preferably of natural origin. Only if they have not yielded results, use more aggressive chemicals.
• Synthetic carpets before cleaning, treat with antistatic to make it easier to remove dust from their surface.
• Ventilate the room well during any cleaning and cleaning of carpets and upholstered furniture.
• Use rubber gloves to protect your skin from chemicals.
• The drying process after washing or cleaning coatings is a must. Do not allow moisture to appear, as it is an ideal medium for the growth of bacteria and mold.
• Do not try to manually clean handmade carpets, expensive silk, wool, and upholstered furniture. In order to avoid problems, hand them in for dry cleaning or call the wizard at home.

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We hope that our recommendations will help you effectively clean and keep carpets and upholstered furniture in good condition, because these items invariably create a feeling of warmth, coziness and harmony in any home.