5 Carpet Care Tips to Keep Your Carpets Clean

When your carpet begins to smell, it stinks up your entire home. Whenever you step into that room, you can’t stop yourself from getting a whiff of all the nasties stuck inside your carpet.

From drink spills marinating your carpet fibres, to dirt being tread in from outside, and even to feces or urine from your pet when you aren’t home — there’s a whole lot of invisible filth making your carpet dirty.

Even after all this, replacing your carpet is just out of the question. It’s expensive. It’s time-consuming. And did I mention, it’s expensive?

Instead, here are 5 tips to keep your carpet clean:

#1. Use baking soda before vacuuming

You’ve probably heard of this baking soda trick before. Chuck baking soda in your smelly shoes, pour baking soda onto vomit, and loads of other gross tasks.

If your carpet is smelly, sprinkle a bit of baking soda on your carpet and let it sit for a little bit. Afterwards, vacuum your carpet as usual and you should have removed some of the bad odours from your carpet.

#2. Deep clean your carpet with a specialised cleaning solution

If your carpet hasn’t been cleaned using a wet carpet cleaning solution, it’s high time that you invest the money into some proper cleaning.

While it’s recommended to hire a professional carpet cleaner for this surface, you can find carpet cleaning solutions in grocery stores. This won’t give you as deep of a clean as a specialised product from a professional cleaner. It’s also recommended that you test a small region of your carpet before committing to cleaning all of it. This ensures that in the case that the carpet cleaner you purchased is damaging, it only damages a small portion of your carpet.

#3. Use the right carpet for your room

If you have carpet in your front entrance, you wouldn’t want to use a thick carpet made out of expensive wool. Instead, opt for a more durable carpet, like nylon that is made for these types of zones.

#4. Vacuum frequently

If you allow dirt and other pollutants to gather up in your carpet, you may begin to experience matting. 

Your carpet’s fibres will stick together and the result will be a discoloured carpet that loses its grip.

By vacuuming frequently, you get the dirt out before they have a chance to clump together.

#5. Always blot spills

In the unfortunate situation that you spill a liquid onto your carpet, instead of rubbing the spill, blot the area instead.

When you run the spill, you risk damaging the carpet’s fibres and deepening the stain.

Blotting is a safe way to remove the liquid.

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