There are a lot of floor coverings . Often, the owners choose a warm and cozy carpet for the floor. This coating, as, indeed, any other, requires regular cleaning. However, you need to know how to properly clean the carpet in the home.
Methods of cleaning the carpet
Carpet with the use of natural yarn, for example, wool, linen or cotton, is not recommended for wet cleaning with a cleaning vacuum cleaner. Since natural nap can retain moisture for a very long time, it is better to use dry cleaning for such a carpet.
But the cover of synthetic fibers can be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner. However, it is also important to carefully remove excess moisture. Such carpet is often impregnated with special mud-repellent compounds, which, if prolonged soaking, can lose their useful properties. In addition, carpet on the adhesive base of moisture can be deformed, and unpleasant stains and stains form on the coating.
The product, the base of which was made of natural jute, does not tolerate moisture at all. Shrinkage of such a carpet after prolonged contact with water, as well as the appearance of mold, fungus and unpleasant odor is possible.
The base of artificial jute, latex or foamed rubber is not afraid of water, but after cleaning and such a carpet should dry very well.
As practice shows, many owners, in order to clean the carpet in the apartment, invite experts from the cleaning company. Although it is possible to clean this cover with your own hands.
How to clean the carpet at home?
As a rule, without a washing vacuum cleaner, you can clean the carpet with a moistened sponge. Use for this purpose and a brush, but the pile in it should be soft: so the structure of the material will not be damaged. For manual cleaning of the carpet, use special tools for this coating. Using conventional washing shampoos can result in a poorly washed product starting to draw dirt and dust to it. The prepared solution should be carefully applied to the carpet and rub it, avoiding excessive overmoistening.
It is very convenient to carry out wet cleaning of the carpet with a washing vacuum cleaner. To do this, the prepared warm shampoo for carpet should be poured into a container that is placed in the vacuum cleaner. Use a special nozzle to clean carpets. Spread the foam over the coating, rubbing it into the pile, and then collect the surplus funds. If necessary, it is necessary to wash the treated surface and remove the moisture residues. For a good drying of the carpet, it is better to lift it above the floor surface.
There is also a semi-moist way of cleaning the carpet with foam. It can include alcohols, small abrasives, alkalis and other substances that dissolve dust and other contaminants. Before the foam cleaning, the coating should be vacuumed. The foam is applied with a vacuum cleaner and a special nozzle. Leave the foam for a while so that its active ingredients will destroy the dirt. Then collect the foam with a vacuum cleaner.
You can carry out a dry cleaning of the carpet. To do this, use a special powder, which is applied evenly on the coating. Depending on the degree of contamination of the coating, the product should be left on the carpet for a period of half an hour to two hours. Then the powder is removed using a vacuum cleaner.
How to clean the carpet with folk remedies?
There are many folk methods of cleaning the carpet. As practice shows, you can clean the light carpet from dirt or from the smell of urine with a solution of water and baking soda, which is applied using an atomizer. The humidified surface is left for 45-50 minutes, and then thoroughly vacuumed. To clean the carpet, you can use a solution of vinegar, potassium permanganate with iodine and other means.