| Carpet cleaning is something that is usually best left | | | | be sure to move all furniture out of the room and |
| to the professional but if you are an adamant do it | | | | thoroughly vacuum the carpet. Now spray the |
| yourselfer you might like to clean it yourself. If that is | | | | solution on the carpet and give it about five minutes |
| the case, there are some things you should know in | | | | to dwell. Do not work with too large of an area. |
| order to get the job done the right way. Read this | | | | Work in one room at a time. After allowing the |
| article to learn some tips on cleaning your carpet with | | | | proper dwell time you will now use the rental machine |
| a rental unit or with a home steam cleaner. The first | | | | or home steam cleaner and rinse the carpet. Work |
| thing you need to do is get your rental unit from | | | | slowly and carefully and try to be as thorough as |
| your local home improvement store or take out your | | | | possible. You might need to make several passes for |
| home steam cleaner. The directions on these | | | | complete removal of soil and detergent. After you |
| machines normally tell you to fill the tank with a | | | | finish make one extra dry pass to remove as much |
| cleaning solution and then rinse the carpet with the | | | | moisture as possible. When you leave the room turn |
| solution. This is a problem for two reasons. First is | | | | ceiling fans on and if you have them, place floor fans |
| the fact that the cleaner will have no time to dwell | | | | on the carpet. You want it to dry as quickly as |
| on the carpet so its cleaning ability will be severely | | | | possible to minimize problems and airflow is key. Limit |
| diminished. It is also bad because it will leave a heavy | | | | traffic on the carpet until it dries and do not replace |
| shampoo or detergent residue on the carpet. Instead | | | | furniture until the floor is 100% dry. That is about all |
| of filling the tank with a cleaning solution fill the tank | | | | there is to a successful carpet cleaning. Remember, |
| with plain hot water. Get the water as hot as | | | | rental and home units lack the power of professional |
| possible. Now in a separate new pump up garden | | | | cleaning units so if your home is severely soiled you |
| sprayer make a mixture of the cleaning solution . You | | | | might want to hire a professional instead. Good luck. |
| will use the sprayer to spray the carpet separately | | | | For more information on this and on Gilbert carpet |
| so that the cleaner has time to dwell and so you can | | | | cleaning and upholstery cleaning visit the authors |
| rinse the carpet more completely with clean plain | | | | website. |
| water. Before you spray the cleaner on the carpet | | | | |