How to keep your carpet looking guest-ready

As you prepare for the holiday season, you might be looking around and thinking that your carpet could use a good cleaning before guests arrive. Or you might think that your carpet looks pretty good but that you want to have a contingency plan should someone accidentally spill a glass of red wine. Either way, there are a few things you can do every day to maintain your carpet\'s appearance and a few things you should know before hiring a professional cleaner.

Daily care

The best way to protect your carpet day to day is to remove your shoes when you get home. But don\'t go barefoot; your feet have natural oils that rub off on the carpet. Those oils act like a dirt magnet, so it\'s a good idea to always wear slippers or socks.

If possible, vacuum your carpets every day to remove surface dirt and dust. Use a vacuum with a HEPA filter and change the filter every six months so you don\'t blow pollutants back into the air. And for maximum effectiveness, change your vacuum bag when it is anywhere from one-half to two-thirds full or when the outside of the bag feels firm.

Professional cleaning

As far as deep-cleaning your carpets, of course you want to clean them if there are visible stains, but the Environmental Protection Agency recommends a professional cleaning one to four times a year, depending on how heavily trafficked the area is. A professional cleaning removes not only the dirt and stains you can see but also what you can\'t see. Carpets are like indoor sponges, trapping all types of pollutants, including dust, mold, bacteria and mildew, that can be bad for your health.

When hiring a professional cleaner, choose a company that uses hot-water deep extraction — it\'s the most effective way to clean your carpet. Professionals spray the carpet with a cleaning solution and then use high-powered machines that emit hot water at high pressure onto your carpet to loosen dirt. At the same time, a high-powered vacuum pulls the hot water out of the carpet, along with the dirt and soap.

There is a huge power difference between professional ­carpet-cleaning machines and those you can rent at home and hardware stores: Professional machines have a pressure measurement of 250 to 1,200 pounds per square inch (PSI), as compared with the machines you can rent, which have a 35 to 70 PSI. A lack of powerful pressure could leave a soapy residue, which will then dry and attract dirt.

Anyway, choose the way you are prefer to maintain your carpet and keep it as the new one.

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