The faster you act the more likely you'll be successful removing a carpet stain and dirts. Speed can also prevent a stain from appearing in the first place. Once you notice a blemish, move quickly.
While vacuuming on a regular basis will keep your carpet from looking dingy and dirty, tough stains are something that even the new of best vacuum can't handle. Whatever the problem, there's a specific solution or carpet cleaning product to make your area look brand-new.
Vacuum slowly enough to get out as much dirt as possible. Make one quick pass over low-traffic areas and two slow passes over high-traffic areas. Two slow passes removes ground-in dirt more effectively than several fast passes.
Dirt is like thousands of little blades that cut carpet fibers. When you walk across a dirty carpet, you grind sharp dirt particles against the yarn, making tiny nicks in the fibers. All that fuzz mixed in with the dirt in your vacuum cleaner bags is your beautiful carpet headed out the door one bag at a time. When dirt scratches the fibers, it dulls the sheen, which is why high-traffic areas appear duller than the rest of the carpet. Over time, grinding dirt wears away the fibers too, which mats them down and makes them stain more easily.
Most carpet manufacturers recommend professional hot water extraction as the primary cleaning method for synthetic carpets. Although it’s often referred to as “steam” cleaning, there’s no steam involved. The carpet is pretreated with a detergent solution, and then a very hot rinse solution under high pressure is forced into your carpet and vacuumed out. When done correctly, this process cleans deep and doesn’t leave behind a soap residue.
Call a professional to rid your carpet of ground-in dirt if you cannot do so yourself. They have more powerful equipment and carpet cleaner solutions than what is available for purchase or rent to the general public.
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