Helpful Tips
 

Extending The Life of Your Carpet 

• There are three things you can do to extend the life of your carpet: VACUUM, VACUUM, VACUUM. Like any other fiber, carpet will last longer with the proper maintenance.  Frequent vacuuming will keep abrasive soils from cutting and prematurely wearing the carpet fiber. 

• Avoid using carpet cleaning processes and spot cleaners with a soapy, powder or foamy base.  They leave a residue in the carpet fibers.  Soapy  spots have a tendency to yellow, and reappear, and leave sticky residue that resoils quickly.  That's the reason when you shampoo your hair, you rinse thoroughly - to ensure no sticky residue is left behind.

• Spot cleaning your carpet is best accomplished by using a 50/50 solution of white vinegar/water - in the absence of Spotter.  There are some exceptions:  use COLD water on blood spots, and nail polish remover on nail polish spots.  Kool-Aid spots, medicine spills, and other food dyes must be blotted from the carpet and rinsed as much as possible.  Many spots can be removed with the proper and timely treatment.  Call us for advice before attempting to clean the area.

• We recommend cleaning your carpets at least once a year - every 6 months if you have pets, or small children playing on the carpet.

• Have you noticed a dark area along your baseboards or under closet doors?  Using your vacuum's edge tool around your baseboards once a month will help prevent this condition, called 'air infiltration'.  Air infiltration is caused by air moving from place to place in your house while the heater or air conditioner is running.  Your carpet is actually filtering the dirt out of the air.