How to wash a carpet at home

Routine cleaning suggests that the carpet is always outwardly clean. But from time to time a more radical method is required - washing, eliminating the deep layers of pollution.

How carpets relate to washing

Not all coatings can withstand the washing procedure.

• Natural materials do not tolerate moistureand washed wool and silk carpets can be hopelessly spoiled.
• Moody and viscose.
• Synthetics can be washed, albeit carefully. An easy way out may be a washing vacuum cleaner like a Karcher, but there are nuances. AND a synthetic coating may not survive the wash if it has an adhesive base.

IMPORTANT! Water temperature should not exceed fifty degrees! Otherwise, the pile will suffer, and the glue will be washed cleanly.

• Multicolored cheap rugs can shed heavily. The paints used in them are not resistant.
• Large size or voluminous pile can also interfere with self-cleaning of the product. In addition to the difficulties of handling a heavy thing, there is the problem of drying it.

How to wash a carpet correctly

Nevertheless, washing carpets can be done at home, on their own. The main thing is to do it right, that is, without prejudice to the carpet itself or the owners.

How to wash a carpet

Saving on care products is not worth it - cheap household chemicals can ruin a thing. Besides she poorly washed.

TIP. Before washing the entire coating, test a small area for portability of the selected product.

After processing a piece of coating, after half an hour make sure that the pile is not damaged.

In conditions of a shortage of household chemicals soapy water, vinegar, soda and salt. Now industry is successfully supplying us with diverse products.

The following substances are recognized as favorites.

• "Vanish": quite expensive, but effective, washing the most severe pollution.
• "Karcher": good environmental friendliness, suitable for cleaning furniture.
• "Flash": strong in the fight against foul odors.
• "Mitex": especially indicated for allergy sufferers, destroying dust and ticks, but weak against stubborn stains.
• "Extra pros": copes with blood stains and adhering chewing gum and plasticine.
• "Sanlux": an inexpensive and effective tool that removes dirt very well.

Washing carpet at home

Before washing, we thoroughly dispose of debris and dust: with a vacuum cleaner or with a broom. Then proceed to washing.

In the bath

Small items can be washed in the bathroom. Gently roll the product into a roll and put in a bathtub filled with water with detergent. For half an hour the pile should be saturated with foam, then with a brush we process all available areas. We drain the water, we collect fresh and again we merge. We remove the remaining foam with a shower.

IMPORTANT! The brush should have long and soft bristles to deeply process the product without harm.

On the street

Happy owners of private homes can wash any size in the yard.

To do this, spread the coating on any clean surface, pour plenty of water (ideally - from the hose). We process detergent, paying special attention to spots.

After cleaning the pile with a brush, rinse it with water of maximum pressure.

IMPORTANT! Before hanging the product on drying, it needs to be allowed to lie down for a couple of hours!

In the room

Let's say street washing is not available. Obviously, washing a carpet or carpet in a room is not really will come out. If you don’t drown your neighbors, then ruin the laminate. therefore the main task here is to wash the top layer and get rid of stains. How to do this depends on their origin.

• Blood or urine is removed with a soapy solution.aged for an hour on a soiled area.
• Glycerin is applied on traces of coffee or wine for two hours.. Then everything is washed off with a soapy solution.
• Plasticine, chewing gum are removed by ice.. After applying an ice cube to the stain, try to scrape off the hardened pollution from the cold. Then treat the area with detergent.

After getting rid of stains, it is necessary to treat the carpet with a moderate amount of detergent solution, then rinse it with a small amount of water. There should be no puddles under the carpet!

Drying

The most important step in the case of washing in the room is drying. Not able to dry the product outdoors, use household appliances.

• Air-conditioned. Having spread the palace as close to it as possible, we direct the system flaps down and turn on the heating function.
• By fan.
• Hair dryer. Suitable for small areas.

The room where the palace is dried should be ventilated and heated. Otherwise, bacteria will get ideal living conditions. And the pile populated by them will get such a smell that it remains only to throw out the thing.

Home Carpet Tips

• Features of carpet cleaning depend on their color. Dark products do not tolerate soda - will appear divorces. It is better to use means with vinegar and ammonia.
• Light carpets, on the contrary, are perfectly washed with soda, as well as salt and soap.
• It is better not to walk on the washed carpet until it dries completely. In addition to the risk of getting new contaminants, there is the problem of “trampling” the material, which will dry more slowly. It is in such places that holes form later.