Tips On How To Properly Maintain Your Carpets in Lakewood, CA

Mark It Clean has a few tips on how to properly maintain your carpets in between cleanings in Lakewood, CA. When one of our professionally trained carpet cleaning technicians clean your home’s carpet they will remove built up dirt, dander, and other debris. You can do simple things between professional cleanings to help maintain your carpet and keep it smelling fresher and looking more vibrant.

Mark It Clean always recommends that you have your carpets routinely cleaned 6-12 Months a year. If you think about all the different seasons and how much foot traffic you have it’s enough to realize your carpet takes a beating. The sand, dirt, pet hair, and spills your kids may have can really damage your carpets and if you don’t have a professional carpet cleaner come in with professional carpet cleaning equipment to come in to rid those carpets of stains and deep clean your carpet won’t last long.
Routinely vacuuming and professionally carpet cleaning will make those carpets last a lot longer.

1. Taking Off Shoes:

It’s good to consider how much your carpet is seeing foot traffic. If you have a larger family you may want to consider everyone taking off their shoes before they come into the home. Shoes will bring in lots of dirt and dander which will ultimately damage your carpet fiber. The more you walk over areas the more you are damaging the surface of the carpet. When kids or you run in when it’s raining or snowing and you bring in the moisture you will actually damage the carpet more because you are getting the carpet wet.

2. Keep Carpet Dry

After a cleaning or if the carpet is wet it’s ok to turn up your heat or open windows if it’s nice out. Heat always makes carpets dry faster which will prevent bacteria growth, mold growth, mildew etc. You always want to get moisture out of the carpet as quickly as possible. The longer water sits in carpet the more likely it will go deep into the carpet pad and mold and mildew will grow. The smell of mold and mildew is awful and it can cause more problems where you have to remove carpet and sometimes
flooring depending on the spread.

3. Sometimes it’s a good idea to use things under furniture to prevent it making indentations in the
carpet.

You can do various things like moving furniture around to help prevent carpet losing life because of furniture. If you have your carpets professionally cleaned it’s wise to wait until the carpet is completely dry before moving furniture back onto the carpet.

4. Using Rugs

If you have problem areas or certain places on the carpet that just get a lot of wear and tear it’s ok to protect those areas with a rug. Rugs help to protect areas from getting more dirt pounded on them. They protect the carpet from losing color and falling apart.

5. Spills & Stains

You always want to clean up spills as soon as they happen. Even if you can’t get it completely out it helps when you have your carpets professionally cleaned. Use dish soap, baking soda, and simple non- toxic agents on the spills. Then you want to blot the spot – do not rub it. When a Mark It Clean

technicians comes to clean your carpets point out those spots so we can use a pre-treatment in those areas to ensure we get it out.
Stay away from toxic chemicals like bleach because you will ultimately destroy your carpet. Give Mark It Clean a call for a professionally deep cleaning. Call 562-726-292 for a free estimate and we can schedule your appointment as soon as possible.
6. Vacuum

It’s so simple to just routinely vacuum. Keeping dirt, hair, and dander off the surface will ultimately protect the carpet fibers. The more dirt builds up it will be pushed deeper in the carpet from everyone walking on it and pushing it into the carpet. It’s easy to just quickly vacuum your home 1-2 times a week to help protect your carpet.

Contact Us for Professional Carpet Cleaning in Lakewood, CA and Mark It Clean will be happy to get your carpets back to par. Mark It Clean technicians are certified and insured. We pride ourselves in customer satisfaction and have been a local favorite for years.
Call Mark It Clean at 562-726-2929 to get a free estimate and schedule your professionally carpet cleaning.