Five Carpet Cleaning Mistakes

If you are going to take on cleaning your carpets by yourself, make sure to avoid five of the conventional carpet cleaning mistakes. These mistakes can cost you even more cash in the long run. You can harm the carpets or even damage. Your carpets may begin getting moldy. When that happens, you are not only changing the carpet but now you are paying for mold removal.

Using Too Much Shampoo

Your carpet looks dirty, but one of the challenges in cleaning it yourself is applying the accurate amount of shampoo. If you pour too little, your carpets will not look or feel clean. Using too much shampoo is a bigger problem because you will have a difficult time getting the excess shampoo out of the rug. Ac Duct Cleaning

Getting the Carpet Wet

Another common mistake when you clean your carpets is getting them too wet. You do not want to soak the carpeting when shampooing. If you use too much water or liquid, you run the risk of the backing or padding getting wet. The wet padding and carpet support make it harder for the carpet to dry properly. 

If the carpet backing and padding remain wet, you may begin to smell a moldy and musty odor. Once mold takes hold on any area of the carpet or filling, you need to dispose of the carpeting and adequately clean the area to remove any mold or mildew growing in the area.

Testing Cleaners

Often, when people get a house carpet cleaner, they do not think to test the machine and cleaning solutions before tackling the whole room. Checking a small area first will allow you to see how the carpet reacts with the cleaning solutions and machinery. Some answers may mark or stain particular carpets.  Carpentry

Scrubbing stains or spills

Another mistake that is made is scrubbing a stain in your carpet. If you have a stain or spill on your carpet, you want to be sure you clean it up right after. Your first thought will be to scrub, brush, and soap. Could you not do it? When you try scrubbing a stain, you are pushing the liquid more thoroughly into the carpeting. 

If you need to clean a stain, take a towel and pat the spill. The towel will absorb all water, lifting it from your carpeting. If the stain is deep into the carpet fibers, you can pour water to help remove the spill to the area of the carpeting. If you are trying to clean any stain, you will not want to use the dry carpet powders. 

Not Hiring an Expert

Saving money on carpet cleaning is an excellent idea at the time, but you get what you pay for. Hiring an expert to clean the carpets will ensure good cleaning. A professional carpet cleaner has numerous benefits:

• They will use the accurate equipment and filters for your carpeting.
• Professionals can steam clean the carpeting to assist reduce allergens found in the carpeting.
• They can treat your carpeting to resist stains.
• A professional cleaner will stand near their work and re-clean areas that you are not happy with.