Essential Tips for Stairs Carpet Cleaning

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Stairs is one part of the house that is used frequently. It is being walked up and down many times each day making it real dirty at the end of the day. How much more if it is a carpeted stairs? It will definitely be more prone to track a lot of dirt, dust and other debris.  

To maintain the cleanliness and beauty of your stairs at home, below are some essential tips for your stairs carpet cleaning:  

  • Cleaning and penetrating

  1. Attach a brush on your vacuum cleaner when your carpet is a loop-pile carpet or attach the beater bar when you have a cut-pile carpet. After that, vacuum your stairs carpet thoroughly, from top going down, washing the rise and tread. Move gradually and deliberately without passing by any corner. Go to every section for at least 2 times.

  2. Outfit the crevice tool on your vacuum cleaner and vacuum the boundary of every step, all the way back up the stairs.

  3. Apply the stain pre-treatment product to noticeable marks, particularly along the stair treads and nosings for the reason that they are subjected more to stains.  When you do not have a pre-treatment product, mix a gentle dishwashing detergent or carpet shampoo with water, and then spray this on the stairs carpet.

  • Steam Cleaning

  1. Get your carpet shampooer or steamer or rent a steam cleaner. Steam cleaner are far more effective, but if want to save money, you can imitate its advantages using the shampooer through filling its tank with hot water.

  2. Pour the shampooer or steamer in accordance to its manufacturer’s instructions and fasten a handheld shampooing accessory to its hole.

  3. Go to the peak of the stairs and then place the shampooer at the back of you, either directly on the stairs or on the landing.  For the other choice, have a family member or anybody to stand up on the stairs then to hold on to the unit to steady it if it is too broad to securely sit on a tread.

  4. Begin on the topmost stair and put the water and soap blend to the tread.  Let go the button which holds up the shampoo and make a lot of passes over similar section to suck the water. Eliminate much moisture as possible, to quicken the process then to avoid mildew, mold and damage on your carpet pads and fibers.

  5. Proceed to the other section and repeat the previous process until the whole stair including its tread and rise, are all clean and dry. Then move down to the next stair and work continuously your way down to the staircase.

  6. Open windows and place electric fans from the base up to the stairs’ top.  Leave off the stairs till its carpet is totally dry.

  • Regular Maintenance

  1. Thoroughly vacuum your carpeted stairs at least once weekly. But much advisable if you can do it daily or alternatively. Because the fact that carpeted stairs is constantly used, it really requires regular cleaning.

  2. Shampoo or steam clean your carpet every year or as necessary.   

  3. You can also hire a professional carpet cleaning company for a more skilled work of cleaning your carpeted stairs every 2-3 years. They use the latest and highly-graded equipment proficient in thoroughly cleaning carpet while quickly drying it and can often get rid of stains more successfully than the commercial shampooers and steamers.   

Follow all these tips and for sure you will keep your staircase at home clean and beautiful to look at. St Cloud MN Carpet Cleaners are on standby, ready to give your home a cleaning that will have it fresh and feeling like new.

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