What to Do To Keep Your Carpets Or Upholstery In Pristine Condition After They Are Cleaned!

 What to Do To Keep Your Carpets Or Upholstery In Pristine Condition After They Are Cleaned!

Things To Do!

1.       If the weather permits, open all your doors and windows in order to get the air circulating through. Try and stay off the carpet as much as possible until completely dry (1-2 hours).

2.        You must be extremely careful when walking from a damp carpet onto wooden or tiled floors as it’s very easy to slip and fall. Vacuum them regularly, especially in the areas that take the most ‘foot-fall’ as these areas collect the dirt and should be vacuumed more often or spend more time running over them with the vacuum during normal vacuuming.

3.        It helps to rearrange your furniture in each room at least every twelve months to keep the carpets from developing dirty traffic spots (especially just in front of sofas and chairs). This will help extend the life of your carpets.

4.     when cleaned and where possible, upholstery, should be allowed to dry overnight before use. Vacuuming your upholstery on a three-six monthly period will help maintain its appearance.  Dependent on your, age, the use of arm covers help minimise the soiling and turning the cushions also helps wear and dirt hot-spots forming.

Things Not To Do!

5.        It isn’t necessary to turn on the central heating as this keeps wet moisture in the air. - air circulation, via open windows or doors movement and not the heating is the key to quicker drying 0f carpets and upholstery.

6.     Do not place large objects (cabinets, bookcases etc) onto the carpet whilst in damp condition as this could stain the carpet via dye from wooden furniture legs, or in the worst-case mildew to form under the furniture piece!

7.  Waiting too long to have carpets or upholstery cleaned; dependent on family, we recommend every twelve months for heavy footfall (kid, pets etc) and every 18 months for light footfall.  Stairs are also a particular ‘hotspot’ especially the bottom three and top steps as these can be subject to extreme heavy footfall. Sofas and chairs can be cleaned at least every twelve to twenty-four months – again this is dependent on the type of usage.

8. A good cleaning programme will extend the life of your carpets and upholstery by several years. The longer you wait to have either cleaned, the more damage the soil will do to the fibres and the less chance a professional cleaner will have of removing the dirt and their restoration.

Regards

Tom

Acleanerplace Cleaning Services

Do You Know When It Is Time To Call In A Professionals?

Do You Know When It Is Time To Call In A Professionals?

Your everyday spots, stains and spillages are generally easy to deal with by yourself. Fluids, like juices and hot drinks, can be removed with a little-applied persuasion. However, liquids like red wine and fruit juice are better dealt with by a professionals cleaner, once you have tried the ‘blot it, don’t rub it’ approach to stain cleaning.

We upholstery cleaning professionals advise seeking our help from a professional upholstery cleaning service, who may be able to offer a specialist cleaning service pertinent to those stubborn stains, This is especially important when the fabric is delicate or require special care and cleaning methods, e.g. velvet, tapestry' silk and velours.

Make Time To Have Your Carpet Deep Cleaned

Carpets collect a lot of dirt and dust over time: from children running in with their shoes on, pets running throughout on the floor, and the numerous times' food or drink has been spilt on them throughout a typical year. Vacuuming regularly with a good vacuum cleaner (one with a 'beater'bar)  will result in the top layer of dust and dirt being taken out. 

 However, you are leaving behind ground in dirt, dust mites and possible allergens, that only a good deep-clean can remove. In addition to regular vacuuming, carpet cleaning professionals consider, and recommend, a hot water extraction to be the best method. In order to really keep your carpet (s) looking they're very best, we carpet cleaners always advise routine cleans once every 12 months (for heavy soiling (when you have kids, and pets)) or every 18 months for light soiling.

Don't forget, modern vacuums have an upholstery tool that you can run over your sofa too; we recommend a monthly vacuum with the soft  brush and or tip attachment, especially along the tops and down the back and sides of all upholstery- you'll be amazed how many 'lost' 'thingy-ma-bobs' you'll find!

Regards
Tom

Acleanerplace Cleaning Services

Fruit Berry Stain Removal

Fruit Berry Stain Removal

The taste fruit berries are fantastic and here in Scotland, we have some of the finest: blueberries, blackberries, strawberries. Not only do they taste great, but as any mum will tell you, they can leave one difficult stain if spilt. Whatever the ‘berry’ stain you encounter, here are a few tips to eliminate them:  Firstly, do not let the stain remain in situ -tackle it straight away or as soon as possible.

How To Remove A Fruit Berry Stain From Clothing:

As berries are plant-based they can be ‘broken down’ with an acid e.g. lemon juice and or vinegar.

a.    Squeeze some lemon juice or dribble some vinegar and let it dwell on the stain for up to five minutes. It may also be helpful to blot the stain with a small brush or toothbrush.

b.    After the required time has passed (5 mins), rinse the stain thoroughly with water in order to make sure that the ‘acid’ is flushed from the garment -this pre-treatment will definitely ‘loosen’ off the stain.

c.    Now, rub the stain with a household detergent, then just simple was the item through your normal machine wash with your favourite detergent or dry clean if necessary.

If the berry stain is still present after a machine wash/dry cleaner your remaining option is to use an oxygenated bleach, hydrogen peroxide at 3% volume is safe on most colours but. Since it can cause colour loss, test it first on an inconspicuous part of the garment.”

In addition, to prevent damage to the garments’ fibres, do not allow the hydrogen peroxide product to sit on the stain for any length of time (over 1 min) before flushing-out with water.

How To Remove A Fruit Berry Stain From A Carpet:

 You will need to be very cautious with the elimination of this type of stain from the carpet fibre. Note that if the carpet fibres are of wool or silk you should refer the problem to a trained professional

As always, soak/blot up as much of the berry juice as is possible without spreading or pushing it deeper into the fibre:

1. The next step is to, spray lemon juice- light to moderately-onto the stained area; soak up as much of this liquid without scrubbing.
2. Next sponge or spray a solution of one tablespoon washing-up liquid to one cup of water. Allow the mixture to dwell and work for a few minutes.
3. Now, blot up the lemon-washing-up mixture with a white cloth and move to a fresh part of the cloth as the stain transfers onto it -repeat this as required.

Having removed the stain to your satisfaction, place a clean towel (preferably) or some folded absorbent kitchen paper over the area and place a heavy onto the towel/paper cloth for 30-60 mins to absorb the remaining moisture. Finally, blot the area with clear water to rinse out the remaining mixture. You can continue to blot the stain to dry it or consider using a hairdryer to assist in the drying.

As above, if the stain is still visible consider using hydrogen peroxide at 3% volume, but, as always test it in an inconspicuous place and if there’s colour bleed, blot the peroxide onto the stain with a clean, white cloth. Allow the peroxide to do its work for a 2-3 min, then rinse using tap water from the carpet by blotting and dabbing with a damp.

Visit our stain removal webpage guide at http://www.acleanerplace.co.uk/ where Tom as shows you how to eliminate a number of common everyday stains.