How exactly should the carpet be cleaned should be the primary concern of everyone who buys a carpet. Today, we mainly give you the practical dry goods of carpet cleaning, if the carpet is dirty, how to DIY clean simple stains at home by yourself. Again, the following is only suitable for small stains, deep cleaning please find the help of professional cleaning agencies!
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Prepare tools
Before cleaning handmade carpet, prepare the necessary tools: vacuum cleaner, cleaning agent, soft brush or sponge, towel, gloves.
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Vacuuming
After the tools are prepared, you will enter the vacuuming process, even in a professional carpet cleaning organization, dusting is the first step. When vacuuming, pay attention to two points, firstly the dust on both sides of the carpet should be cleaned up, secondly if your carpet has hair, pet hair, etc., you can use the professional firmware that comes with the vacuum cleaner to clean it.
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Prepare Cleaning Agent
When you buy handmade carpet, pay attention to ask the carpet supplier about the cleaning agent needed for the carpet, you can buy it online. If there is no professional carpet cleaning agent, in general, warm water mixed with a little detergent will do. Note that warm water is used here, not too hot water, so as not to cause shrinkage or fading of the carpet. In addition, for jute carpets, a mixture of baking soda and water detergent can penetrate the fibers, and a general carpet cleaner for flat-woven hand carpets can be washed. Note: If you are not sure whether the detergent you use can clean the carpet, you can try it on the inconspicuous part of the carpet first, if the carpet does not fade or other conditions appear, then go to clean the stain.
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Cleaning Stains
Use the prepared soft brush or sponge or towel, dip it into the cleaning agent and wipe the stain on the surface of the carpet. At this point, depending on the severity of the stain, go ahead and clean it. If the stain is serious, then let the cleaner sit on the carpet for at least 5 minutes before wiping. You may need to wipe a few times to find deeper and older stains, at which point you can continue cleaning with the method described above. Note that if you have more stubborn pet stains on your carpet, some of which will also smell, then consider using a bio-enzymatic carpet cleaner (not suitable for silk carpets) and let the cleaner sit on the carpet surface for half an hour to eliminate any stubborn odors.
Once the stain has been cleaned, use a sponge or towel dipped in warm water to wash the cleaner off on the carpet. Be careful to make sure the cleaner is completely washed off to prevent it from damaging the carpet by leaving it on the surface.
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Drying
After cleaning the stain on the carpet, let it dry naturally. To speed up the drying process, use a dry towel to absorb excess moisture from the carpet surface, open a window for ventilation, or use an electric fan. Be careful to dry both the surface and the back of the rug.
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Vacuuming
After the carpet is dried, you have to vacuum again in order to restore the squeezed fiber in the cleaning process, which is the last step of cleaning carpet.
The above is the method of cleaning carpet that can be operated at home by yourself. Last but not least, if your carpet just has a smell on it but does not need to be cleaned, you can try to sprinkle baking soda on the surface of the carpet, leave it for 15 minutes, and then clean it with a vacuum cleaner. But note that this method does not apply to silk carpets.
So once again, please use neutral detergent or laundry detergent to clean silk carpet, and please find a professional organization to clean the whole strip.