Carpet cleaning at home: 5 rules and the most effective recipes

After prolonged use carpet lost visual appeal and covered with spots? Do not hurry to go for the new coverage, I will tell you how to get back to it original appearance. We consider the main rules of cleaning carpets and the most effective tools that you can use for this purpose.

For carpet cleaning may be used folk remedies, household chemicals or steam

5 Rules of the carpet cleansing

Before you clean the carpet at home, you must keep a few general recommendations. They are presented in the table.

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	rule 1 proceed immediately. Quality output spot can be only as long as it is fresh. Old lead contamination is also possible, but it will take much more time and effort.
	rule 2 Check detergent. If you decide to use the purchased carpet cleaner, you should first try it on an inconspicuous area of ​​the coating. For example, in one of its corners.
	rule 3 No hot water. It is not necessary to clean the carpet with hot water - it can damage the coating.
	rule 4 The correct choice of brush. In the process of cleaning it is best to use a brush moderate hardness.
	rule 5 Mandatory carpet drying. After wet cleaning carpet should be thoroughly dry - this will prevent the formation of mold.

About cleaning pile products would like to write separately. Keep in mind that natural bristle is better to wash only with folk remedies. Only as a last resort, you can take advantage of special detergents. But first make sure that they are designed to handle natural coverings.

Treat the carpet needs only warm water and a brush moderate hardness, so as not to spoil it

What folk remedies or purchased detergents can be used in the process of harvesting Palace?

Traditional methods

You do not want to use household chemicals to clean the floor covering, preferring proven "antiquated" ways? There are lots of options involves the use of available tools.

I offer you the most effective.

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	Sauerkraut This method of purification carpet experienced even by our grandmothers. This will require cabbage fermented without the use of alcohol. Wash it under running water to remove the smell and good press. Then scatter it and walk on the carpet over the surface average zheskosti brush. Collect the cabbage broom, rinse and repeat the procedure. Do this for as long as the cabbage will not cease to make oneself dirty on the carpet.
	Snow Spend a wet carpet cleaning can be when on the street there is enough snow. Take out the carpet on the street, sprinkle it with snow and knock. Then leave on the balcony to dry.
	Salt Instead of salt you can also use sawdust or bran. Dry cleaning is carried out as follows: sprinkle the surface with salt, rub it with a brush, sweep away the remnants of funds, and the carpet vacuumed. Repeat procedure should be as long as the salt is not completely clean the material.
	The powder solution with soda and vinegar The atomizer mixed soda (one teaspoon), the same amount of detergent and a third cup vinegar. The composition is filled with warm water and sprayed over the surface. After coating will wipe with a sponge and wash the remains of funds. Powder and soda on clean and vinegar - disinfects.
	Ammonia Suitable coatings for processing a long nap. Dilute ammonia in five liters of water to a solution add three spoons of detergent. The resulting composition is put on a soft brush bristles after - remove wet and then dry cloth.
	Laundry soap Rub soap on a small grater. A tablespoon of the resulting chip dissolve in a liter of warm water, add a solution of turpentine spoon. Apply the mixture with a brush with synthetic bristles on the surface of the carpet and wait a few minutes. Further soiled portion wipe with a damp cloth and then dry.

These recipes with home remedies for carpet cleaning - the most effective. But you can also use household chemicals, which will cope with most pollution.

Purchased cleaners

Virtually all purchased detergents for the cleaning of carpets have similar operating principle. I recommend to use them as follows:

• prepare a solution of the powder (in some cases the gel) and warm water;
• whip until dissolved resistant foam;
• Spray onto the carpet and wait until it dries;
• vacuum the carpet.

First try it out a purchased facility on an inconspicuous area of ​​the carpet to ensure the safety of the composition for the product

Chemicals not only get rid of blemishes, but also eliminate the odor.

Instead, household chemicals, you can always take advantage of the steam generator. It really is a universal device, which quickly how to cope with the new, and with dried stains.

Carpet cleaning with steam (pictured) not only removes dirt, but also disinfects the surface

How to refresh the color of the coating

From a few years of operation, the carpet faded? There are instructions on how to return his bright color:

1. Soda. Easy to clean the carpet with soda, it is sufficient to scatter the powder on the carpet to walk on it with a brush, and then vacuumed. After these steps, the carpet color will become more intense.

Soda cleanse the carpet, and will help get rid of unpleasant odors

1. Ammonia. Dilute ammonia two spoons liter of water. The scattered solution on the surface, after treat carpet brush. After the procedure, wipe dry with a coating.
2. Lemon acid. Connect acid salt in a proportion 2 to 1 mixture of and clean carpet.

A mixture of citric acid and soda color refresh carpeting

conclusion

Now that you know about the most effective methods, cleaning the carpet with their own hands will not require much time and effort. Apply at least one of the following recipes, and your coverage will always be perfectly clean.

A few more effective ways to cleanse the carpet - in the video in this article. Ask your questions in the comments, you can.