Your brand new carpet looks amazing, until the kids get home and spill juice on it, you have one too many glasses of red wine and one ends up on the floor, or you simply drop a plate and your dinner goes everywhere. Stains can potentially worry new carpet owners that a spill will ruin their carpet and significantly take down the carpet’s life time. This week we will determine if this is just a myth or not.
If this is your first time reading one of our posts, let me be the first to fill you in on our myth busting series. There are several myths surrounding carpets. These old tales were passed on from family to family, and likely kept a lot of smart people from buying and installing carpets in their homes. In this series of posts, the staff at J and R’s Carpet Cleaning is going to break down these myths and debunk them once and for all! For a listing of the carpet myths series, click here!
We got our information from Shaw Floors, a great provider of carpet installation. To read their full article on Carpet Myths, click here.
MYTH 2 Carpet is hard to maintain – it stains and wears out very easily.
FACT: Simple steps can extend the life of your carpet and keep it looking new.
Frequent vacuuming removes soil particles before they get below the surface of the pile, where they are far more difficult to remove. Carpet in a typical household should be thoroughly cleaned every 12 to 18 months. Hot water extraction systems provide the most effective cleaning. Professional carpet cleaners generally get the best results.
So there you have it, another myth about carpets has been solved. If you would like to contact us for a free estimate on a professional carpet cleaning, please click here!