How often do we clean our carpets? Considering that they are the most ill-used items in the house, with so much foot traffic to soil them, we don’t really pay them enough attention. We tend to relegate them to the realms of maintenance-free items. Till we suddenly become aware of the fact that they are not. Many of us call in the professionals when carpets look really bad and then forget about them till the next time they are in the same state. The thing is, when you clean your carpet more often, you are extending its life. Isn’t that reason enough? How on earth does that happen? The more soiled a carpet gets, the more cleaning agents are needed to get it back into its original state. Not just more, stronger agents may also be needed. This affects the durability of the carpet material and very soon, you’ll end up with a frayed carpet that needs to be changed.
Prevention as far as your carpets go, is infinitely better than cure. What’s more, you can do the cleaning yourself. Do it yourself or DIY carpet cleaning is getting to be more and more popular thanks to the range of carpet cleaning materials available in the market today. You can do a combination cleaning program. Call in the professionals once in a while and clean regularly in between. Or, you can handle the whole thing yourself. All you need to remember is to always follow the instructions down to the last letter, especially the dilution ratios. Take care never to over-wet your carpets and make sure they dry in 24 hours. This might need a bit of help like drying fans, heaters or extra drying with the equipment used for cleaning. If you don’t pay attention to this, you could be laying yourself wide open to problems of odor and microbial growth. (more…)