Floor Cleaning Tips
Cleaning and Maintaining Wood Floors For many, cleaning and maintaining wood floors can feel like a daunting task. It’s no longer as simple as sweeping with a straw broom like in the old days. Modern wood floors come with protective treatments that require more care, making the cleaning process a bit more detailed—but don’t worry!…
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Carpet Cleaning Keeping your carpets clean refreshes the home. For some the thought of cleaning carpets just seems so overwhelming. Cleaning carpets may not be one of your favorite tasks, but it is one of those “have to do” chores. Carpets start off plush, feeling great under your feet but that can quickly change if…
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Using a Carpet Cleaning Machine Carpet is a magnet for dirt, stains and anything else that it can trap in its fibers. But, before you trade in your carpet to avoid having someone come in and frequently clean your carpets, why not try doing it yourself? There are a number of different carpet cleaning machines…
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How to Clean Laminate Flooring Laminate flooring in most houses is a beautiful upgrade, it is stylish, looks better than linoleum and it doesn’t trap all of the dirt and other filth that carpet does. However, laminate flooring is also touchy and special care, such as not walking across it wearing stilettos (sorry girls), has…
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Cleaning Area Rugs Everybody has a weakness, mine is a long term commitment area rugs and endless cleaning routines to keep them fresh and pretty. I simply can’t walk past a carpet shop without peeking in and dreaming how each would look in every room of my home. Some women have a shoe thing, my…
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How to Clean Pergo Floors Have you recently had Pergo, or other laminate floors installed, and don’t know how to clean them? Undoubtedly, the installer offered you a cleaning solution and tool that’s sold by Pergo and many other laminate flooring companies. That stuff is expensive and not terribly environmentally friendly. Sweeping and Vacuuming: First,…
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Carpet Stains People ask me all the time, “what’s the #1 cleaning tip I have for removing stains?” The answer is speed. So lets stop talking and start cleaning and get that stain off your carpet! Remove as Much of the Staining Material as Possible: Get a spoon or a fork or paper towels- whatever…
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Spot Cleaning Carpet Most of the stains we get on our carpets are small and probably do not merit a professional cleaning service. Instead, you can spot clean a carpet easily with just a few steps and avoid having to pay large fees for an entire carpet cleaning. Cleaning the Stain: Swiftness is key when…
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Remove Blood from a Carpet You’ve just had an accident. Maybe you’ve cut your hand or your child fell against the coffee table or some other accident. It doesn’t matter whether the blood came from a bloody nose or a paper cut, blood stains are messy and no one wants to see a stain from…
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Removing Red Stains from Carpet Spills, especially those involving red liquids, can quickly ruin a carpet. Red dyes are notoriously difficult to remove and often require immediate and effective action to prevent permanent damage. As any professional carpet cleaner will tell you, these stains are among the most challenging to tackle, but with the right…
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