10 Best Carpet Cleaning Tips: Part 1

triexta carpetCarpet is an extremely popular choice for flooring in most homes and businesses due to its softness, decorative elements and many other performance benefits compared to smoother surfaces. To ensure you receive all the benefits carpet can offer, you will want to properly maintain and care for your carpet at all times and promptly address common issues that occur with carpet.

Not all carpet cleaning and maintenance concerns spots, spills, stains and dirt. A lot of the deterioration of carpet is due to weight and wear and tear after years of use. Here are some common carpet cleaning issues related to wear and tear and how to avoid and address them in your home or business: Continue Reading

Prevent Fall Allergies with Carpet Cleaning

carpet allergensSchool has started in Kenosha and the cold weather is on its way, which means cold and flu season, as well as other allergies, aren’t far behind.

It’s impossible to control what your child is exposed to at school or away from home, but you can control the cleanliness of your home, your carpet and other surfaces that might store germs and allergens.

These helpful tips from Kenosha Carpet Cleaning Blog will go a long way toward preventing germs and allergens from living in your home and should help keep your family healthy this season: Continue Reading

How to Clean “Traffic Lane Gray” Stains on Carpet

carpet benefitsSpills and stains usually get the spotlight on Kenosha Carpet Cleaning Blog but nothing dirties a rug or carpet more than time.

After a long enough period of time, even the most durable of carpet fibers succumbs to the general wear and tear of years of use, especially the “traffic areas” throughout your home.

Traffic areas are the areas of in a home that get walked on the most. Obvious traffic areas include hallways and stairs and the areas just in front of furniture. Over time, a gray hue starts to appear in those areas due to the carpet becoming worn from the traffic.

This effect is known as “Traffic Lane Gray” and can become unsightly if left ignored.

If you want to avoid “Traffic Lane Gray” throughout your home, there are a few things you can do to help prevent it on your carpet: Continue Reading

Tips to Remove Grass Stains from Carpet

grass stainSummer in Kenosha is all about being outdoors all day long. Kids play in grass while adults complete yard work and even do some gardening.

But, at some point, you do have to come inside for lunch or bathroom breaks or to go to bed at night, and when you come in the house, odds are you bring some dirt and debris with them, including grass and grass stains.

Grass can be a difficult stain to remove because it acts as a pigment that has the potential to dye the carpet or fabric it comes into contact with. The pigments can form a quick bond with the materials they rub off on; therefore you will want to act even faster to successfully remove grass stains from your carpet. Continue Reading

Healthy Carpet Cleaning Choices

healthy carpet cleaningClean carpet and a healthy home go hand in hand. Carpet traps dirt, dust, germs and a variety of allergens in its fibers and keeps them from floating around in the air you and your family breathes. But, you still don’t want germs and allergens in your home. In order to remove them from your carpet, you will want to choose healthy options that don’t introduce more toxins and allergens in your home.

Therefore, you will want to consider healthy alternatives for vacuuming, spot removal and professional carpet cleaning to ensure your home is at its utmost healthiest at all times. Continue Reading

What Should You Do Before Carpet Cleaners Arrive?

kenosha carpet cleanerIt’s very important to have your carpet professionally cleaned once every 12-18 months. If you’re looking for the best carpet cleaner in Kenosha, we recommend Nature’s Way Chem-Dry in Burlington. To book an appointment with Nature’s Way Chem-Dry, simply call (262) 995-3249 and speak to one of their friendly customer service representatives or visit www.natureswaychem-dry.com.

Once you’ve scheduled a time and set a date to have your carpet cleaned, there are a couple of other things you will want to take care of before the carpet cleaner arrives at your house, including potentially moving some furniture, finding somewhere for your pet to stay during the cleaning. Continue Reading

Fast Carpet Drying Tips

wet carpetThere are many reasons why it is bad for your carpet to be wet. Water can permanently damage the quality of your carpet and sopping wet carpet can be the breeding ground for mold that is harmful to both your home and your health.

If a leak or water damage occurs in your home, you will want to dry the impacted carpet as quickly as possible. It usually takes 48 hours or more before any significant damage occurs. Once 48 hours has elapsed, you run the risk of several major issues, including possible deterioration of your homes floor boards and foundation. Continue Reading

Carpet Cleaning Tip: No Shoes Inside

dirty shoesMuch of our content on Kenosha Carpet Cleaning Blog focuses on spot removal tips and various carpet cleaning services, green cleaning methods and expert techniques. But, for this post, instead of discussing how to clean a specific stain or contaminants from carpet, we are going to focus on how to prevent them altogether.

Today’s Tip: Lose the Shoes

Now, we’re not exactly recommending you lose your shoes entirely. In fact, unlike socks, literally losing a shoe might be somewhat difficult. Our tip is actually very easy and it just requires you and your family to remove your shoes before entering your home or any carpeted areas of your home. Continue Reading Continue Reading

Common Allergens Found in Dirty Carpet

carpet allergen dustDirty carpets can store several common household allergens. After allergens and pollutants circulate throughout the air in your home, they then fall to the ground and are trapped in the carpet.

It might not sound like it, but carpet is the best flooring choice for a healthier home since the allergens and pollutants will not recirculate into the air again or be breathed in by you or your family members.

Once trapped in your carpet, allergens can be removed with routine vacuuming and scheduled professional carpet cleaning once every 6-18 months.  Continue Reading

Here are some of the most common allergens in carpet: Continue Reading