Carpets give a luxurious look to your living room or drawing room, but are difficult to clean. If you have children at home, you need to learn some tips for spot cleaning carpets.
If you don’t soon, your carpets will have new patch prints with the spills, and that’s not necessarily every time; it could be kids or adults as well. Imagine chilling with friends on a weekend night with some wine or coffee, suddenly someone cracks a joke, and the controlled laughs echo, but stop suddenly!
Why, what happened?
Because one of your friends was just in between a coffee sip, and this sudden laughter burst caused him to spit-take. Now your carpet has a new pattern, what would you do? This is where spot cleaning is unavoidable to wipe the stains; otherwise, they will leave a lasting stain.
The Blotting Rule Nobody Follows
How should you clean these quick stains?
Wiping is never a good option because it pulls the spills deep into the surface. Always try to clean through blotting. Use a damp, clean cloth to wipe the stain. Keep folding the stain and blot the spill from the clean side with cold water. Using hot water will also make the stain stubborn.
Coffee Stains
Coffee spills are so common everywhere and are easy to clean if you act quickly and smartly. Otherwise, prepare yourself for a new carpet design.
Blot up as much of the liquid as you can first. Then apply cold water to the area and keep blotting. Do not pour hot water on it. Hot water push stains deep and make them sit in the depth of the carpet fibre.
Blotting is the right technique to be done either immediately or even if the stain has dried. For dry stains, you should first use cold water on the carpet fibre to make it moist, and then blot and later use washing liquid to wipe out the remaining stain from your carpet.
Wine Stains
Once, I was relaxing in my living room with a red wine glass in my hand. As soon as I reached the climax of my serial, our Milo started rubbing himself on my legs, and I spilled everything from my glass on the carpet.
I tried acting smart and sprinkled some salt and started scrubbing, but the stain never left. I then tried scrubbing again with some hot water, but not only the moments but also the carpet was spoiled.
Then the same incident repeated during a friend’s gathering. And imagine what one of them actually acted smart by blotting the spill with a clean cloth dampened with cold water. When the spill was blotted to its maximum, she used liquid dish soap to blot the remaining stain. Whoa! There were no signs of the spill left.
Another technique I learnt at my brother’s is diluting the red wine spill with some white and blotting the spill, which works wonders too.
Pet Stains
Pet problems are different. They not only spoil the carpet with stains, but their dirt gives a foul smell. The smell keeps coming back even if the stain vanishes using domestic cleaning tips. To get rid of the smell, special pet stain removers are available in the market that work wonders for both the smell and the stain.
This happens because regular cleaning products do not break down the organic matter, causing the smell. They mask it temporarily. As soon as warmth or moisture hits the carpet again, the smell returns because the source is still sitting in the fibers.
To get rid of these stains and smell, try specific enzyme cleaners. They decompose the organic matter. The trick is to follow the exact method as instructed to leave the stain remover on the stain and then blot, and it will not only wipe the stain but also the smell.
When Spot Cleaning Is Not Enough
If your carpets give a foul smell, or all your techniques fail to remove a specific stain, you should try hiring a professional carpet cleaning service, like Prolux Cleaning. They use different proven methods, like hot water extraction or professional stain removers that deep cleanse the carpet fibres from inside.
Spot cleaning fails if you leave a stain for some time or try removing it with the wrong type of stain lifter. Therefore, be careful with every stain.
Conclusion
Try to be quick with spot cleaning carpets, but don’t lose your mind in anxiousness. Remember the right techniques to wipe the stains from the carpet and follow them.
Using hot water, the wrong stain lifter, or scrubbing will only make the stains more stubborn. So be careful with your spot cleaning techniques to get them right.
But when all your techniques fail, give Prolux Cleaning a try.
