And at home where you could consider the floor covering, and determine the pattern on the wallpaper - were considered at least tasteless, and poorly provided. Fortunately, and maybe for someone and unfortunately this fashion has long passed, and now we can safely confine ourselves to minimalism in this sphere of decoration and comfort of the apartment. It is these two functions that must fulfill the carpet in the house.
To date, usually the role of carpet replaces carpet. But, firstly, this pleasure is not cheap. Secondly, it is often difficult to clean such a coating. Therefore, fans like to walk barefoot on a soft and fluffy floor usually prefer carpets.
But here, too, has its drawbacks, over time, carpets tend to get dirty, fade, and wipe. The reason for this can be, as the rather ancient age of the carpet or its inappropriate quality, or our careless attitude and wrong care.
So what if the carpet has become dirty? And what are the tips on how to clean the carpet at home?
Start over.
Sooner or later, all without exception, the problem of dirty carpets collides. The ideal option in this situation will be to turn off your favorite rug and deliver it to the dry cleaning. But this option is not always convenient and appropriate. Usually, parents of young children, and children in general, face the most problems with such problems. After all, the presence of the child in the house immediately means the presence of a variety of games, eating on the go, spreading and trampling, spilling juices and compotes, artistic painting with colors, and also the possibility of a "child's surprise" - and all this is on the carpet. In this case, just remove the carpet until better times - not an option, since usually in the apartments a cold floor, and on the floor the child spends most of the time. Leaving stains is also not an option, since the floor should be clean, and the accumulation of dirt is usually accompanied by the creation of an unpleasant odor, the spread of bacteria and the concomitant development of allergic reactions. The only solution is to clean the carpet. After all, every week to wear it in dry cleaning, you'll want to vryatli. To restore the former beauty, do not even need to call specialists, or buy expensive funds. Sometimes it is enough to use improvised means regularly.
Struggle for purity, it is necessary to observe a certain order of actions. And so, to begin with, thoroughly vacuum the carpet to remove dust from it. Next, apply detergent to the contamination sites, or to the entire surface of the carpet, and walk on it with a brush. And finally, do a wet cleaning.
Grandmother's advice.
To clean the carpet at home, you can use a variety of products and substances, which in most cases you will easily find in the house. So, for example, to remove stale and fatty stains, you can use normal soap and gasoline. Prepare for this emulsion from the diluted soap in water and the gasoline added to it in a ratio of 10: 1. and so clean up the dirt.
To refresh the tone of the carpet, you need to prepare a solution of water and potatoes. Scrub the potatoes and pour it with warm water, after two hours, strain the liquid, and wipe the carpet. If you or your child were careless when writing and on the carpet there were ink stains - save the carpet at home using lemon or acetic acid.
Your holiday has passed on hurray? But now you can easily tell all the festive menu on your carpet, especially the alcoholic card of this evening? Do not worry, take a brush in hand, and prepare a soap solution first, then acetic. Mute to rub and everything is ready, only memories of the holiday. From spilled morning coffee or tea will help cold water with glycerin, or a solution of water with vinegar.
There is another very common contamination of the carpet called gum. Adherent chewing gum not only does not look aesthetically pleasing, and it can deliver a lot of hassle. It is necessary to fight this with a piece of ice, thus, freezing and splitting chewing gum. A variant of the reverse effect is also possible, when the place where the cud is sticked is ironed through the paper, and the cud is successfully glued to it. It is possible to clean the carpet from the chewing gum with products designed specifically for these purposes.
Winter for help.
The best time to care for carpets is precisely winter. A lot of snow, frosty air, you and the carpet - does not it sound romantic? And it's also very useful. It is in winter that you can clean out the carpet as never before, save it from accumulated dust, and also refresh it well. This result does not yet yield any detergent. Yes, and for you a good physical relaxation. To such an occupation, even children can be attracted. So do not miss the opportunity, and use the winter weather for the benefit of cleanliness in the house.
A tip for those who have synthetic carpets at home. Before carrying out any actions with the carpet - sprinkle it with anti-static. Then on your carpet the statistical discharge will decrease, and it will not keep the dust particles on itself so.
For wet cleaning of the carpet special tools are used that are usually applied directly to the carpet, or diluted in water to a foamy state, and then the foam is cleaned. In the absence of such funds, an ordinary washing powder is suitable. The algorithm is the same as the tool. Beat into foam, we put it on the carpet, we wait, we vacuum.
To remove dust and dirt, cooking salt also fits. Pour salt over the carpet, and begin to mix slightly moistened broom. Do this several times, replacing the dirty salt with a clean one. Remove remaining salt with a vacuum cleaner.
A habitual knockout in the yard is more suitable for small rugs and tracks. Large carpets are not desirable to be cleaned in this way.