How to clean a carpet in the snow?

To maintain order and cleanliness in the house, rugs and carpets must be cleaned at least twice a year. If summer is considered the ideal time for carrying out chemical influences on the product, then in winter it is best to clean the carpet in the snow.

Contrary to popular belief, there may be several options for the approach, if desired, this manipulation can be carried out even at home. Snow cleaning allows you to quickly and efficiently restore the freshness and purity of a household item, as well as get rid of harmful microorganisms and ticks. Consider how to clean the carpet in the snow so that the decorative coating does not spoil, and achieve its perfect cleanliness.

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General rules

In order to clean the carpet with snow, follow these rules:

• Only treat with soft, friable snow without a crust. At the same time, it should not be in a melted state - the carpet should not be allowed to get wet.
• Freshly fallen snow will do the cleaning best - it has not yet had time to become covered with slags and gas exhausts.
• Before starting the procedure, rugs and carpets should be vacuumed or knocked out.
• The active cleaning step should be carried out as quickly as possible. If the product is too large, it is better to clean it in parts so that the pile does not have time to get wet.

Important! It is quite difficult to cope with large carpets alone, so it is advisable to take up cleaning with a large company, distributing between all areas. Thus, the risk of getting wet is greatly reduced.

• When processing the carpet with the help of snow, do not use homemade or industrial detergents. If the product is too dirty, then it must first be cleaned chemically, and only after a couple of days you can start snow cleaning.

After the correct manipulation, positive changes are immediately visible.

Important! Do not immediately bring the carpet into the house immediately after cleaning - keep it in the cold for at least another day, hanging it on a strong stand.

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Snow carpet cleaning options - features of the procedure:

• Spread the carpet face down and sprinkle it evenly with snow. Take a plastic beater and begin to quickly knock the product over its entire surface.
• Shake off the remaining snow, transfer the product to a clean area and lay it up. As before, sprinkle snow on the surface and beat out with short but intense movements. Try to walk as little as possible.
• Again, shake off the snow, sprinkle new and carefully, but gently sweep it with a brush or broom. Mats of small sizes after this are enough to shake several times, large - you need to throw over the horizontal bar and knock well.

If it is impossible to take too much product out of the house, then it can be cleaned with snow and at home. However, this must be done correctly, otherwise - there is a risk of decay of the base and pile. So, we clean the carpet with snow at home:

• In the chosen spacious room, cover the floor with oilcloth, its size should be slightly larger than the area of ​​the carpet. Close the door and open the windows so that the room is well ventilated and the temperature drops slightly.
• Pick up a couple of buckets of snow, pour it on the pile and knock it out slightly.Collect snow residues with a vacuum cleaner that is not afraid of water. If this is not in your household, then you can get by with an ordinary broom, but in this case there will be a lot of dirt.
• Turn the product upside down, while the oilcloth needs to be changed to a clean one, and perform the above manipulations again. The wrong side should be knocked out carefully so as not to deform the pile.
• Turn the carpet over again and lay it on a clean floor. For some time it is better not to walk on it - wait until the product is completely dry.

Important! In this way, it is better to clean massive carpet products, in extreme cases, they need to be rolled up to half into a roll and cleaned in sections.

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Do I need to knock out carpets or is there enough surface treatment in the snow?

Some hostesses doubt that carpets made of delicate materials or with long nap need to be knocked out. They prefer to clean them only with a brush. This approach also has the right to exist, however, to achieve the optimal result will come out only with repeated repetition. And even after that, a considerable amount of dust can remain between the villi. At the same time, the product will get wet through.

With the use of knockouts from soft rubberized plastic, deformations can not be afraid, and a good result will not be long in coming.

Important! In extreme cases, you can hang the product on a stand, take a terry towel previously thrown out in the snow, cover it with a carpet and knock it out through such a layer. This method is more troublesome, but quite effective and completely safe. Only work should be done as quickly as possible, timely changing towels.

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Carpet Care Tips:

• Cleaning must be done before washing floors. After you clean the product, roll it up. In this form, leave it until the end of the entire cleaning so that dust does not get on its surface.
• A couple of times a week, carpets need to be vacuumed.
• Vacuuming should be carried out on both sides.
• It is better to drive the brush of the vacuum cleaner along the pile, and not vice versa - the coating structure is less damaged.

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Carpet Spot Removal Tips

There are rules and little tricks to remove all kinds of stains from the carpet. The most important rule is to remove stains immediately after they appear:

• First you need to collect spilled liquid from the edges to the center with a clean sponge. If you do it the other way around, the spot will increase.
• Then it's best to resort to help steam cleanerif any. If it is not, you can use a ready-made stain remover.

Important! Universal stain removers are able to clean the pile from dirt and dust, and not from specific contaminants. If you accidentally spilled wine, then you should look for a special stain remover.

• From improvised means that you can find at home, you can also prepare a stain remover. It is necessary to add a quarter of a measuring cup of vinegar in 7-8 liters of water, the same ammonia and 2 teaspoons of a colorless dishwashing liquid.
• To remove greasy stains from the carpet, you can use chalk or talc. They should be sprinkled with a stain, and then ironed stain through blotting paper barely warm iron.
• To remove unpleasant odors, use vinegar diluted with water.

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That's all the wisdom to help you keep your flooring clean. As you can see, there is nothing complicated about this, you just need to regularly take care of the material, and then there will be no trouble with its premature damage.