Having clean carpet is one of the most important cleaning tasks for many homeowners. With dust, oil, and grease in all homes, dirty traffic lanes are sure to occur.. Body oils are attracted to the carpet fibers when you walk on carpet with no shoes. Pets always have oil on their feet that get in carpet. More oil attracts more dirt and in a matter of no time you will see your carpet dirty again.

Traffic lane cleaning agents are applied followed with hot water extraction as the best method to remove stains and soil. Before rinsing, make sure you let the traffic lane cleaner dwell for fifteen minutes. If you happen to use a machine for carpet cleaning, make sure you use hot water, because cold water won’t clean well.

With any machine you use, make sure you have strong enough vacuum to remove all the water. In order to leave your carpet in a PH balanced state, a mild acid rinse is sometimes necessary if your traffic lane cleaner has high alkalinity. After cleaning is over, apply fabric protector and place fans in the high traveled areas for quicker drying. Set your thermastat to 75 degrees as this will aid in drying.. If outside humidity is low, conider opening a window or two.

Make sure you have professional cleaning once a year for best carpet appearance and health. It’s imortant to have traffic lanes cleaned well before they look like they’re dirty. You may have damage done to your carpet if you wait until it looks dirty.

For best performance, consider reapplying fabric protection every other year to the high traffic areas. When you buy new carpet, it often has 3M Scotchgard fabric protection applied at the mill. As time goes by, fabric protection does indeed wear out.

Your traffic lanes will always have a great appearance if you follow these ideas.