Having clean carpet is one of the most important cleaning tasks for many homeowners. Having the combination of dust, grease, and oil will cause dirty traffic areas. Even if you take off your shoes and walk on the carpet, still your body oil recreating from your foot leaves a stain on the carpet. Even pets in the house leave oil from their feet on the carpet. More oil attracts more dirt and in a matter of no time you will see your carpet dirty again.
Traffic lane cleaning agents are applied followed with hot water extraction as the best method to remove stains and soil. Mix up your traffic lane cleaner with warm water, then let sit for fifteen minutes before rinsing. If you decide to clean the carpet yourself, make sure you use the hottest water you can get.
The machine you use for removing oily dirt from your carpet has to have good suction power to pull off all the dirt. Since most traffic leaners are alkaline, a mild acidic rinse is sometimes necessary to leave your carpet in a PH balanced state. When finished, you can apply fabric protector and speed dry with fans. Cold air is best, so set your air conditioner to 70 degrees. You should only consider opening your windows if the outside humidity is very low.
Once a year, make sure you get professional cleaning for best appearance.. Traffic lane cleaning is important even if they don’t appear dirty. Don’t wait until your carpet looks dirty to have it cleaned or you could have some permanent damage.
For best results, apply a fabric protection every other year to your high traffic areas. When you buy new carpet, it often has 3M Scotchgard fabric protection applied at the mill. High traffic lanes get less protected as time goes by due to abrasion.
Follow these tips and your traffic lanes will look better for much longer.
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