4 Tips for Cleaning Carpets

Sometimes it can be really hard to keep carpets clean. At home, the dogs, the kids and who knows what else trudge in a huge amount of mess. In the office, everyone walks in with mess from outside or the factory, workshop or warehouse. A simple little vacuum is not going to be able to keep things neat and tidy.

 Blendwell Chemicals manufactures a range of cleaning products designed specifically for cleaning carpets when you need some extra cleaning.

• First things first, try to stop dirt at the door. Have a door mat for people to wipe their feet on before entering. I have not yet been able to train my dogs to do this but small children can be taught. Make a game out of it and sing a silly song while you do it to get them in the habit.
• Always do a spot test on a piece of carpet that can be covered and is unobtrusive. You want to make sure that this is the right cleaning product for your carpet and a spot test is the best way to do this.
• Choose the right cleaning product for you. If you have a carpet cleaning machine, you will need a low foaming cleaning product. If you are cleaning by hand, you will need a high foaming product.
• Maintain your carpets between big cleaning sessions but vacuuming regularly and cleaning up spills immediately.

You’ll be able to keep your carpets looking new and fresh by following these tips. For more information on carpet cleaning products, please visit www.blendwell.co.za/Carpet_Cleaning. Blendwell Chemicals manufactures all their wholsale cleaning products at their factory in Midrand.

How to clean your carpets by hand

The weekend is over and it's time for things to get back to normal. If your household is anything like mine you will have all sorts of food trampled into your carpets by your precious little toddler. It doesn't matter how hard I try to contain food to tiled floor areas only there is always some that escapes.

I simply cannot afford to call in professional carpet cleaners once a week so it's necessary to clean my carpets by hand. The trick to cleaning carpets by hand is to not use too much chemical. I know we've all grown up with the theory that using more of a cleaning chemical will make something cleaner but this simply isn't true. Especially with carpets, if you use too much chemical and this is left to dry on the carpet it then becomes slightly sticky and attracts dirt. Within a day or too, your carpet will be dirtier than ever.

Fact of the matter is, is that you can't hose down your carpets without potentially rotting them and the underlay. You can't use just water as it's unlikely you'll get out the stains and chemicals can make it attract dirt.

Your best option is to use Blendwell Chemicals'  Carpet Shampoo. The reason this cleaning product works so well is that you use the foam, not the liquid to clean the carpet. You can mix one cup of Carpet Shampoo to 5 litres of water. It's best to use water that is no warmer than luke warm. Agitate the water to create foam. First remove any lumps that you can from the carpet. Then with medium-stiff plastic brush scoop the foam onto the brush and work it into the carpet. This may require a little elbow grease but the result will be well worth it. As you need more foam, just agitate the water again and away you go. This will not leave your carpets soaking wet so they'll be completely dry in a few hours if you make sure to just use the foam. Make sure to check with the carpet manufacturer that this method of cleaning is recommended - it is for most carpets.

Blendwell Chemicals is a cleaning chemical manufacturer based in Halfway House, Midrand, South Africa. Carpet Shampoo is just one of a huge range of cleaning chemicals that we manufacture and you can visit our website on http://www.blendwell.co.za/