After the Wedding Reception - What to Know for Cleaning Care

After all the wedding planning you may have forgotten about the clean up. If you've hosted at a venue they usually provide this service. However, if you've hosted at your home or at a relative's you probably should arrange cleaning services.

For regular cleaning most of the time it doesn't have to be immediate. The clean up can be done the next day. This usually includes sweeping, vacuuming, trash pickup and washing floors. If you need dishes done though it will probably be extra.

You may also need commercial services done as well. Guests could have made a mess on the carpets with food and drink. Beverage spills should be cleaned right away so that the carpet doesn't get permanent stains.

Some people also find it necessary to clean the mattresses in the guest rooms. This service refreshes the mattress for the next time you need it. However, most mattress cleaning companies suggest cleaning your mattress only once a year or after an accident or mess.

The other reason you should get professional cleaning is because you will most likely be tired after the wedding. Weddings take a lot of planning and a lot of energy is required to carry them out.

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Does Your Carpet Need Cleaning?

It can be tricky to know if your carpet needs cleaning. The real dirt settles at the base of the carpet and isn't readily visible. However, you don't have to try to inspect the base of the carpet. There are tell tale signs that you can look for just at the surface.

First check if there are any visible stains on the carpet. These can be anything from food stains to watermarks. Check under good lighting conditions. There can also be hidden stains near the edges of furniture. Move the furniture and check for a difference in shading.

After checking for visible stains, check the overall carpet for a difference in shading. This usually is enough to indicate the dirt build up in the carpet. Shading can also because of bleaching from sunlight or exposure to other substances like grease and toner.

Do a dust check. Pat the carpet and see if any dust flies into the air. If there is a lot of dust, it's time you should get professional carpet cleaning. Even with regular vacuuming, there is a lot of dirt, dust and other particles that get stick within the carpet pile.

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How to get cigarette smells out of carpet

Smoking can produce unpleasant smells in your carpet. This is a problem in rental units and apartment during tenant turn over. Thankfully there are different methods for cigarette smoke removal.

Odour removal depends on how long the unit has been used and how frequently the tenant smoked. Cigarettes also produce toxic chemical compounds versus organic particles that are easy to break down.

Carpet Cleaning Compounds

These can be bought at department stores for adequate pricing. The compound is sprinkled on carpet. Then it is rubbed into the carpet with a soft brush. The compound is allowed to set for a minimum of 30 minutes. Then it is vacuumed up.

Baking Soda Deodorizer

You can get regular baking soda or scented baking soda carpet deodorizers at regular department stores. Similarly, the baking soda is sprinkled on the carpet and rubbed in. The powder is allowed to set for 30 minutes or longer. Then it is vacuumed up.

Professional Carpet Cleaning

Expert carpet cleaning essentially washes the carpet. For odour removal deodorizers are used to take away unwanted smells. This process uses professional carpet cleaning equipment to deep clean the carpet. This method is more thorough than the previous methods.

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How To Get Permanent Marker Out Of Your Carpet

Permanent marker can be hard to remove from a carpet if you don't know how. You also need to be careful since many store bought carpet stain removal solutions can damage your carpets. You just need a few cleaning materials and some patients.

Permanent marker is a non-polar solution and would require another non-polar liquid to remove it from your carpet. There are a few solutions recommended for stain removal. Hair spray or rubbing alcohol can be used for stain removal treatment.

You will need oil free hair spray and a white cloth. Spray the cloth with hair spray. Dab the permanent marker stain on the carpet. The stain should slowly transfer to the cloth and out from the carpet material.

Rubbing alcohol is only recommended for synthetic carpet. It can cause unwanted damages to carpets made from other materials. The stain removal method is similar. Apply the alcohol to a clean cloth and dab at the stain to remove it.

If you're not confident for your own stain removal method you should contact a professional carpet cleaner. They can get the stain and can provide deep carpet cleaning which your carpet needs on an annual basis.

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5 Ways To Keeping Warm This Winter

Were in the midst of cold weather especially in Canada. Not only is it important to keep warm for your health it's also good for keeping your energy levels high. Here are five ways to help keep you warm and toasty during the cold winter days.

 Sweaters

We all know how comfy and fashionable sweaters. Try to get sweaters made from natural material so that your skin is able to breathe. You won't sweat as much and will stay warm and dry.

 Hot Drinks

If you're feeling cold or feeling the onset of a cold you should have a hot drink. This helps your immunes system and get rids of a cold before symptoms start.

Insulating Carpet

Many of us don't realize that we can lower our body temperature by stepping on cold floors. Having carpets will insulate against cold floors and help you save on a heating bill.

Hot Packets

These are small packets with heat producing agents that last a few hours. These are ideal if you are doing outdoor activities in the cold and if you have to wait for a bus.

Thermal Tights

Many of us can't wear snow pants and thermal tights are a good for keeping our legs warm. Thermal tights aren't all thick and most fit well under our regular pants.

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The Best Carpet Texture For Your Feet

Many of us like to walk barefoot around the house. It provides comfort and freedom and also feels great with nice carpet underfoot. Even pets and kids prefer plush carpet . Here are some plush carpet recommendations.

Wool Carpet

Wool is known for its thick plush material. Carpet made from this material are not only soft but also provide warmth. They insulate against cold floors and provide a barrier against cold outdoor temperature. This makes wool carpet a top choice for your home.

Shag Carpet

This is known for its long carpet pile that provides a thick cushion underfoot. The carpet pile comes in different levels of thickness. The thickest pile style available is called popcorn carpet pile. This type of carpet is an ideal sound dampener and have a nice cushion texture.

Berber Carpet

This carpet style is much like shag carpet except the pile is arrange in loops. The loops provide extra cushioning and warmth underfoot. This type of carpet is good for high traffic areas such as the steps or hallway. Most of these carpets are made from synthetic material. It's not ideal for pets since they can get their claws hooked in the carpet pile loops.

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How to Keep Your Child's Playroom Clean

Most of our young kids are active and have their own playroom or play area in the living room. Since they spend a lot of time in these places it's important to keep it clean. Here are essential ways to keep the play area clean and your kids healthy.

Eco-Friendly Cleaning

Eco-friendly cleaning is safe and effectively cleans without the use of harsh chemicals. Most commercial cleaners have this option available.

Disinfect Commonly Touched Areas

It may be impossible to get every toy cleaned so it's better to just clean the frequently touched areas. This includes chairs, drawer handles, door knobs and light switches. This process is especially important after your child has been sick.

Carpet Cleaning

Over the course of a year a lot of dirt, food, bacteria and viruses can get deep into your carpet. The only way to effectively clean and disinfect a carpet is with professional carpet cleaning. Eco-friendly carpet cleaning is also a good option.

No Food

To keep an area clean and bacteria free its best not to have food and drink. Keep in mind that kids do occasionally eat food where they aren't supposed to. Food crumbs and dry messes can easily be cleaned up with vacuuming. Wet liquid messes need professional carpet cleaning.

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Winter and Your Carpet

With the winter season upon us, cold weather means snowy conditions. If you have carpets near the entrance of your home you need to prevent this area from receiving too much water. In addition to water, salt and sand can get added to your carpet to make it dirty. Here are some ways to properly maintain your carpet in the winter.

Entrance Mat

A proper entrance mat will stop most water and dirt. It keeps the mess from travelling into the rest of the dwelling.

Keeping It Dry

If you get your carpet wet it's important that you try to dry it up. If the carpet is too saturated with water mould can potentially grow and spread. Light wetness on your carpet is usually dried up with regular indoor heating.

Vacuuming To Remove Dirt

Salt and dirt are part of winter weather. Too keep your carpets moderately clean you should vacuum the carpet when its dry. This removes dirt, sand, salt and other debris from the carpet.

Professional Carpet Cleaning

In the springtime when winter weather is over its a great idea to get professional carpet cleaning. The winter weather has left all kinds of dirt including antifreeze and bacteria into your carpet. You can make it part of your spring cleaning routine so you can make a fresh start.

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Carpets and Your Puppy

Having a new puppy is great. Your new pet is full of energy and joy. However, since they are young puppies need training so that they learn good habits and it's easier to live together. Young puppies are prone to making all sorts of messes on carpets. Since most of us can't remove the carpets in our home it's important to know how to manage carpet messes.

If your puppy wets the carpet or goes number two, you need to get it professionally cleaned. Before the carpet cleaner comes you can remove some liquid from a urine mess with a paper towel. Dab the edges of the spill and avoid rubbing it into the carpet material.

For all wet messes, you can add baking soda to dry up the mess and deodorize the carpet. For proper cleanup and disinfecting you need a professional carpet cleaning company. This gives the carpet a deep cleaning so you don't have to remember the mess. For additional benefits, you should use eco-friendly carpet cleaning so that you and your puppy can breathe easy.

In the meantime, you can help your puppy toilet train. Often if puppies have a call of nature they immediately go to the carpet. If you set puppy pads in the kitchen or living room or even on the carpet they can learn to go on the pads.

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Shag Carpet Cleaning Essential For A Healthy Home

Shag carpet is great to have. With its uniquely soft texture, your kids will love to play on it. Shag carpets need extra care for proper cleaning. Their thick pile can easily trap dirt, dust and other debris. Mould can also grow where food has been dropped. Here are simple shag carpet maintenance methods.

Deep Vacuuming

Weekly vacuuming is essential for removing dirt from a shag carpet. The key to getting out dirt is to move slowly over section by section to thoroughly remove dirt. A brush roll setting should be avoided since it will tangle the carpet pile and can rip it out.

Spills

It's difficult to manage liquid spills on shag carpet. The thick pile allows for liquid to be absorbed deep within the carpet material. This makes it impossible to clean it yourself. Call a professional carpet cleaner to give the stains a proper deep cleaning. The process removes water and allows the carpet to dry quickly.

Annual Cleaning

The only way to properly clean carpets is to schedule an annual cleaning. With professional carpet cleaning equipment, your carpet is cleaned with pressurized hot water and cleaning solution. This lifts and loosens dirt stuck to the carpet pile. In the next step, water is removed with powerful vacuums to speed up the drying process.

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Why Office Carpet Should Be Cleaned After the Holiday Season

With the holiday season coming around there will be a lot of activity happening in the office. There is the annual office party which has lost of food and drink involved as well. After everything comes to a close it's a good time to get the annual carpet cleaning done for several reasons.

Fewer People Going In and Out

A year's worth of dirt and stains has happened to the office carpet over time. Dirt comes with regular foot traffic from employees and visitors. After the office party, the office is empty and carpet cleaning can be done without interference

Stain Management

Beverage spills from coffee and other drinks happen and stain the carpets. In the kitchen area other food can also get into the carpet. With carpet cleaning, all the accumulated food related particles can get removed and stains can be treated.

A Fresh Start

A big benefit of carpet cleaning is that it freshens the air. The removal of dirt, dust, mould and other debris make the air cleaner. It can also remove odors and truly makes your office regain its pleasant atmosphere. This improves employee work ethic and morale in the new year.

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Dirty Library Carpet Facts

It's a known fact that almost all libraries are carpeted. Having carpets in this environment is useful in a number of ways. They provide a natural sound dampener and prevent slips to name some examples. When there is a high amount of traffic the carpets get dirty in interesting ways.

In the course of a year, a new carpet will half its weight in dirt deposited in it from regular use. This leads to discoloration on the surface that is especially visible when the carpet is just one color. Dark multi-colored carpets won't make this as obvious compared to regular carpet with one color.

The discoloration patterns can tell you interesting details about customer activity. For instances, patches of discoloration will show you where customers stand the most often. This correlates with large dirt deposits in those sections of the carpet. The library carpet is often darker at the kiosks, self-checkouts and popular bookshelves.

The other obvious areas of dirt in a library carpet are at the entrances and exits. This occurs since people wipe their feet there upon entering the library.  To offset the dirt settling an entrance mat is usually placed on top of the carpet the entrance.

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How to Deal With Dirty Paws and Dirt on Your Carpet

At some point, your pet will make dirty paws on your carpet. They can trek it in from outside or they can knock over a plant. Either way, the soil stain have to be managed so that it doesn't spread to the rest of the carpet. Here is what you should do for cleaning.

First, clean the pet paws so that they don't continue tracking dirt around. If plant soil has been spilled pick up the plant pot carefully. Wipe the pot clean and put it back into its original place. Next, use a vacuum to remove the loose soil from the carpet.

If there is a wet soil you will need a damp cloth. For a light mess, simply go over the soil stain with the damp cloth to remove the top layer of dirt, Do not soak the carpet. For more severe stains a light cleaning won't get the mess out of the carpet. You will need professional carpet cleaning.

Store bought equipment isn't the right choice. This equipment lacks quality features such as a powerful vacuum for water removal. The store carpet machines aren't powerful either. If you use this equipment you're likely to make the carpet mess a lot worse.

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Holiday Carpet Cleaning - Carpet Stain Management

With the holiday season upon us, many of us are planning to host events and parties. This makes it important to have your carpets cleaned. Many people chose to get the cleaning done before the event. However, the carpet cleaning can be cleaned afterward. Here are common food and drink stains need to know how to effectively manage.

Beverages

If someone spills wine, pop, tea, coffee or any other beverage the spill management is pretty much the same. Dab the edge of the liquid with clean paper towels to absorb some of the spill. Avoid rubbing in the liquid because it can spread the stain to other areas of the carpet. Apply baking soda to the spill to dry up the stain. You can vacuum up the powder afterwards if you want.

Dry Solid Food

Solid food doesn't really cause stains on the carpet but it does add crumbs. Most people just leave dry spills alone until after the party. These can be easily removed from the carpet with a good vacuum cleaner.

Wet Food

Wet food can be sticky, greasy and overall wet. Use a paper towel to carefully pick up chunks of wet solid food. The rest needs to be sprinkled with baking powder to dry up the mess and prevent transfer.

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Office Carpet Cleaning

Having carpet is essential for most office environments these days. It provides numerous benefits and adds aesthetic appeal to the environment. There is a great variety of carpet styles and materials available to suit the needs of the office location.

Most offices have synthetic carpet. This carpet material is easy to clean, comes in a variety of designs and is inexpensive. When its paired with shock absorbent underpad the carpet will be resistant to mechanical damage. Often offices have carpet with two colors that make up a checkerboard pattern. It makes for a simple yet elegant design.

Office carpet should be cleaned once a year. If you put off carpet cleaning there will be noticeable unsightly effects. Namely, there will be a noticeable difference in shading. Pile will also flatten near the reception desk and photocopier where people frequently stand. Other than that there will always be the coffee stains that occur throughout the year and will make the carpet look bad.

Carpet cleaning doesn't have to interfere with regular office hours. It can be scheduled after hours and the carpet will be clean and dry for the next business day. Professional carpet cleaning will remove dirt, allergies, mold, dust mites and other debris from the office carpet.

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Have you ever been to five-star restaurant with one-star carpets

You shouldn't have a five-star restaurant with one-star carpets. However, in many situations restaurants neglect the carpet over food and service. This is bad for the fact that the dirty carpets badly affect customer satisfaction and could result in a poor review. Dirt affects the quality of a dining experience and is one of those things that creeps up slowly.

Restaurants use carpet because it has many advantages for them. First carpets are highly decorative and add a nice touch to customer dining experience. It looks nicer with carpet than without it. It also helps reduce excessive noise.

Carpets in the dining room prevent accidents. When a food spill happens it can be managed a bit easier. Overall people are less likely to slip when a spill happens on the carpet versus if it happens on hard floors. On a hard floor, the spill needs to be cleaned up right away.

Over time the dirt and stains add up and the carpet starts to look bad. Since food is involved there is a problem with bacteria, mould and other pests. The dirt and food may cause unpleasant smells to occur.

Many restaurants worry that their restaurant carpet cleaning will interfere with their business. However, carpet cleaning can be scheduled after hours and allowed to dry overnight. This allows business to go on without interference.

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Interior Carpet Design

When it comes to getting new carpet there are a nice variety of styles and designs available. Aside from carpet material carpet design is the next important design component for your home or office. There are simple and complex designs that go well with different interior design environments.

For home spaces that have lots of furniture in one color, you may want to contrast the environment with carpet that has complex patterns. This helps bring the room furnishings together. In an office environment, a complex pattern carpet will keep the environment from becoming drab.

Solid mono or two colored carpets are great in environments with furniture pieces that are different from each other. It helps keep the interior organized and contrasts against a chaotic display of items. Carpets with less color are more conservative and give off a professional quality for the environment.

If you don't want to go too playful or too conservative you can choose a mix of complex and conservative carpet styles. These carpets usually have borders along the edges and a complex pattern in the middle. Often there is a repeating square pattern that occurs to keep things organized.

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Makeup Removal For Carpet Cleaning

Accident happens to our carpets even if we are careful. Makeup spills in particular need to be cleaned up carefully from carpets to avoid permanent stains. The carpet clean up depends on the type of makeup. There are different ways to clean oil based, water based, wet makeup up or powder makeup. Here are essential ways to clean up makeup from the carpet.

Wet  Makeup - Oil & Water Based Makeup

This type of makeup comes mostly in liquid form. If you can dab the edge of the stain with a paper towel. Avoid pressing in the stain because this will cause the stain to spread and go deeper into the material. It's optional to use baking soda to help dry up the makeup. The carpet requires steam cleaning to thoroughly remove the makeup.

Dry Makeup -Powders - Blush, Eye Shadow Makeup

This type of makeup is loose and generally the easiest type to clean up. Avoid agitating the powder on the carpet to avoid rubbing it into the pile. You should vacuum it up right away and it should remove most of the mess without leaving much of it behind. Do not wet the powder. Most powder messes do not require carpet cleaning.

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Cleaning Your Desk At Work

In an office setting, we spend most of our time doing work at our desks. As a result, space will inevitably become dirty. During peak time everything piles up at our desk. Dust and dirt can come from a variety of sources and make our desk area look horrible. There are simple and effective ways to clean your desk area.

Computer Monitor

Our computer monitors are the most looked at items on our desk. These are often the dirtiest items as well. Over time they accumulate a thin layer of dust. They can also get particles of food stuck to them. To clean them simply use disinfectant wipes. To avoid water droplets white the surface with a paper towel afterward.

Keyboards and Mice

We touch our these items every day and often our hands aren't clean. Unplug or turn off the mouse and keyboard and wipe them with disinfectant wipes. This should be enough to clean them effectively.

Papers

Often we will have piles of papers on our desk. Having an in and out tray as well as a recycling bin under your desk can free up much-needed desk space.

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Carpet Protection For Your Study

We spend lots of time in study rooms for work, school and other activities. If you have carpet in your study you need to protect from different sources of wearing. Wearing primarily comes from furniture and improper carpet cleaning. Here are a few sources of damage and ways to protect your carpet against it.

Your chair will be frequently rubbing against the carpet. You will pull it out and in to your desk area. While you are seated you will adjust your seat or shift a bit. This also cause friction on the carpet. For this reason, you will see most carpet wearing in this area. Place a protective plastic sheet under your chair and desk area will protect your carpet from chair friction damage.

Furniture, in general, is a source of carpet damage. Desks, shelves and other furniture may be just sitting there but they are slowly damaging the carpet underneath them. The weight of these items press into the carpet and can wear out carpet pile. Shock absorbent under pad can offset most of the damage. You may also want to consider rearranging furniture every couple months to allow the carpet fiber to breathe.

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