How to Clean and Maintain Bedroom Rugs

Temperature drops, many families will consider in the bedroom with a thick carpet, so that the whole room becomes ambient. In the major department stores and home furnishing stores, in recent times the carpet has become a hot commodity in the home furnishing goods, many people are happy to choose all kinds of carpet in the autumn and winter season dress up the home. In this regard, the home expert reminds the general public, and floor tiles, flooring and other flooring materials compared to the carpet belongs to the high-grade perishable goods, in the use of the process need to be carefully maintained, in order to always be new. Here with me to see how to clean and maintain the carpet it!

Carpet Vacuuming

Vacuuming is the most basic work of carpet maintenance, vacuuming the best each part of the suction twice, the first time against the carpet pile and suction, although the force is big, but can be vacuumed thoroughly, the second time along the carpet pile and suction, can make the carpet to restore the original pile guide, to avoid the pile disorder, resulting in the carpet colour difference. It should be emphasised that no matter how many times the carpet is vacuumed, the last time must be inverted and sucked along the pile head.

Public area carpet vacuuming should be used with rotary pile vibrator vacuuming equipment for daily vacuuming and cleaning, the vibrator usually includes one or more brushes, more effective in removing the surface or deep hidden carpet dust.

Carpet Cleaning

Regular carpet cleaning in different areas can restore the original colour of the carpet and prolong its service life. There are two basic methods for carpet cleaning, one is dry cleaning and the other is wet cleaning. No matter which method is chosen to wash the carpet, it is better to ask professionals with good vocational training to do this work (most cleaning companies can provide this service).

Carpet Dry Cleaning

There are two methods of dry cleaning carpets:

• Foam Dry Cleaning

Foam dry cleaning is one of the most common carpet surface foam cleaning, foam dry cleaning machine with rotating brushes and implanted wet vacuum suction head will be a large amount of detergent sprayed on the carpet surface pile, in the rolling brushes under the action of the detergent to clean the pile, after the detergent cleaned with a vacuum suction machine vacuuming off the washing foam and suspended dust.

• Dry Extraction Removal Method

This method is by manually or distributing containers of solvents, emulsifiers, water and detergents and other mixtures sprayed on the surface of the carpet, through the washing equipment brushed into the carpet pile head for rotary washing for 30 minutes after sucking off the detergent and dust.

Dry cleaning is a surface cleaning, can effectively make the surface of the carpet back to clean, but did not remove the deep dirt hidden in the carpet, to be thorough must be cleaned.

Carpet Wet Cleaning

When the carpet oil and other viscous substances obviously set, dust and dirt gathered has affected the carpet colour and carpet pile resilience, and dry cleaning method can not be eradicated, the carpet should be wet cleaning, that is, thorough cleaning.

There are two methods for wet cleaning carpet:

• Spray and Suction Cleaning Method

This method is to spray hot water and detergent onto the carpet under pressure, and under the action of water and detergent, use the carpet washing equipment equipped with rotating or oscillating brushes to separate the dirt from the fibre and suck it away.

• Steam Cleaning Method

This is a carpet cleaning method that removes the dirt embedded in the carpet pile and the dirt on the surface of the carpet with very good results and the most thorough cleaning. It is also known as extraction cleaning method. The use of special steam dry cleaning carpet machine releases a mixture of water and cleaning fluid constitutes the steam solvent sprayed on the carpet, after the mechanical swing brush stirring, so that the dirt from the carpet fibres suspended in the solvent and through the implanted vacuum suction head to remove.

Carpet Maintenance

Daily Maintenance

1. Place a cleaning pad at the entrance to the room, and replace and clean the pad when it becomes dirty.
2. Avoid light, avoid strong direct sunlight, so as to avoid the carpet aging and fading.
3. Anti-fouling, the use of the process shall not be stained with oil, acid, etc., such as the occurrence of pollution, should be immediately wiped with high-quality carpet cleaning cream.
4. Dusting, the surface fibre of the carpet is easy to accumulate dust, it should be cleaned by hoover along the direction of hair.
5. Prevent inverted hair; if the carpet has inverted hair, wipe it with a clean towel soaked in hot water and comb it with a comb to straighten it out, and iron it with an iron pad and a wet cloth to iron it along with the hairs, so that it can be restored to its original state.
6. Anti-concentration point pressure, in use, in the furniture of the leg contact carpet, should be placed in the padding or often change the furniture.
7. The room with carpet should pay attention to ventilation, moisture-proof, so as to avoid carpet moth, mould.
8. Clean the filters in the air-conditioning system and heating system regularly.
9. After using the carpet for a period of time, the surface of the carpet will be dirty, and the colour will become dim, in order to make the carpet renewed as in the beginning, you can use the method: Take the fine fine salt and sprinkle it on the carpet, use the clean wet broom to sweep the fine salt, and then use the hoover to remove the salt and the dust after ten minutes. The carpet can be clean and shiny.

Special Maintenance (mould and moth prevention)

1. Anti-mould and moth-proof of chemical fibre carpet: The so-called chemical fibre carpet is made of nylon, polypropylene, acrylic and so on. The survival environment of microorganisms such as moths need to have protein components, and chemical fibre products are unable to provide protein, so this kind of carpet will not occur in the case of mould and mildew. Basically, it does not need any professional maintenance, and can be cleaned by hoover every week. Chemical fibre carpet can be washed, if it is a small area of block carpet, you can put it under your feet when you take a bath and “shower” with you, you are clean and it is also clean.
2. Anti-mould and anti-moth of pure woolen carpet: Generally speaking, the middle part of the carpet is not easy to get worms, and the corners and the parts around 0.3-1 metre are easy to get worms, because this part is not often stepped on, and there is some space in contact with the ground, there is dust and air, which makes the carpet worms survive. However, all the parts of the carpet which are drawn and pulled together may have worms. This is due to the fact that there are gaps between the warp and weft threads behind this kind of carpet, which can still flow into the air after contacting the ground. In addition, carpets laid on wooden floors are more prone to insects than carpets laid on concrete, tiles and terrazzo. The reason for this is that wooden floors are prone to absorbing moisture, thus providing conditions for bugs to grow. Carpets pressed underneath furniture are also susceptible to bugs.

Pure Wool Carpet Mould and Moth Prevention

1. Keep the carpet clean and dry. Carpet use a year later, should be moved to the outdoors, knocked off the dust, drying a dry, but do not expose to the sun, do not put in direct sunlight, otherwise it will fade. When the carpet is re-paved, the floor should be cleaned.
2. Need to be cleaned regularly to a professional cleaning shop, or ask someone to come to the door cleaning
3. The carpet should be cleaned with chemicals after two or three years of use.
4. Clean carpet, such as continue to pave, should be wiped clean the floor and then paved.
5.  It is better to put wax on the wooden floor, and then spread a layer of sanitary ball surface on the floor after two or three days, and then lay the carpet.
6. When storing the carpet, place an insect repellent, but it is better for the insect repellent to not
7. To touch the carpet itself to prevent corrosion. Then wrap and bundle it tightly and put it in a ventilated place. It is best to place it at a height of half a metre to one metre above the ground.

Carpet Dirt Cleaning

1. Blue ink, ink soiled carpet, immediately rubbed with rice grains, and then cleaned with neutral detergent, such as washing powder solution.
2. Red ink soiled carpet immediately with alcohol scrub, and then wash with neutral detergent.
3. Carpet stains left on the Chen ink, first with milk will be stained wet, and then use a brush dipped in milk repeatedly scrubbing.
4. If the floor is stained with oil, use a brush dipped in strong salt water or petrol to scrub.
5. Shoe polish and paint stained carpet can be scrubbed with banana water or petrol, and then cleaned with neutral detergent.
6. If the carpet is stained with blood, use cold water to scrub it, and then use salt water or lemon juice to scrub it. You can’t use hot water, the blood will solidify and stick when it meets heat.
7.  Tea stains, coffee dirty carpet can be coated with glycerin pollution, and then wipe with a cloth dipped in warm water, and finally cleaned with neutral detergent.
8. Soy sauce, vinegar, milk, ice cream, beverages and other dirty carpet, you can first use a cloth with warm water to squeeze dry after sucking, and then scrub with alcohol.
9. Fruit stains dirty carpet, available about 8% concentration of ammonia first wet the stained area, and then use a brush dipped in this ammonia scrubbing.
10. Carpet with accumulated dust, you can sweep the broom in soapy water after soaking the carpet, with sweeping and dipping, to keep the broom wet, and then sprinkle fine salt, and then sweep with a broom, and finally wipe clean with a rag. Or soak the old sheet with water and then wring it out, lay it on top of the carpet, and then beat it with a wooden stick, and the dust will be adsorbed on the wet cloth.