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Take Care Of Your Carpets The Right Way

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May 22, 2018 by Home Jobs By Mom
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Carpets are just one of the home essentials that are high-maintenance. After cleaning them nearly every day, you realize that your carpets are not looking any better. They look right down rugged!

You’ve been vacuuming it incessantly but it’s starting to look like you might need to replace them.

Well, it could just be because you're maintaining them wrong. Here are tips and tricks you can do to make sure you won’t need to buy carpets every year.

Keep them away from too much sun

Too much sunlight will cause the colors of your carpets to fade. What happens is the heat will dry out the threads of your carpet, making them brittle, and in turn, be susceptible to permanent damage.

The first thing you do is find where most of the light is coming in from and see if it comes anywhere near the carpet. If it does, the best option is to put up curtains or blinds. This way you can just close the curtains during the sun’s most zenith, and then open them when it’s not sunny.

You can also tint your windows so you won’t have to think about opening and closing the curtains and blinds.

Plus curtains and window tints can keep your house cooler during days when the temperature is just too hot to tolerate!

Minimize the dirt and traffic flow 


Dirt, obviously, damages the carpet. And one of the ways you can avoid dirt coming into your house is by putting rugs by all exterior doors.

Rugs are much easier to wash than carpets. Since rugs can be thrown in the wash but carpets usually require professional cleaners. Ask everyone to wipe their shoes on the rug before stepping into the house, and on to your carpet.

You can also ask your family to wear indoor slippers or socks when they’re walking around the house. Other than dirt, sweat and skin oil, when accumulated, can attract dust on carpet threads.

When it comes to redirecting traffic flow, all it takes is moving your furniture around every so often. By doing this, you can direct the general flow of the traffic; that is, you can affect where guests and house members will walk so you can manage the foot traffic on your carpet.

Vacuuming the proper way

Regular vacuuming is the key to maintaining your carpet, and here’s how you can do it:

  1. Empty the vacuum bag and make sure the filter is clean. You want to avoid the dust from the previous vacuum to spew back out.
  2. To add a bit of fragrance on your carpet, don’t spray cologne or fragrance oils on it. Just soak a cotton ball in lemon juice, and place it in the bag when you vacuum.
  3. Make full use of the attachments that came with your vacuum cleaner. Start vacuuming the edges first before making your way to the main carpet.
  4. When vacuuming, make sure you do it both in horizontal and vertical directions. In this way, you can clean the threads properly and lift the dust easily.

With all the tips mentioned above, you can't completely take care of your carpet without having a reliable vacuum cleaner. Through excellent cleaning appliances, doing maintenance work on your carpet is going to be easy. You can check out some Dyson products from Harvey Norman which is a well-known brand offering household appliances.

There’s just something about using the best cleaning products for your home that makes doing chores even more exciting than it actually is!

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