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How to Clean Your Carpets New York

Sick of that stale odor in your carpets? Clean them with this method to make them look and smell like new.

Local Companies

HY Lettman & Son
(716) 694-4409
62 Raintree Island, Apt. #5
Tonawanda, NY

Sunnking, Inc.
(585) 637-8365
4 Owens Rd.
Brockport, NY

Olean Carpet Cleaning and Restore Tech
716 372-6683
103 North 3rd Street
Olean, NY

YAEGER RUG & FURNITURE CLEANERS
585-671-7390
1533 Empire Blvd.
Webster, NY

Kashan Oriental Rug
845-353-9022
37 South Broadway
Nyack, NY

Expert Method Cleaning & Restoration Services
716-909-4358
202 roosevelt ave
tonawanda, NY

Bright Spot Cleaning INC.
(516)279-6604
148 East Cabot Lane
Westbury, NY

Supermarket Management, Inc.
(716) 853-5787
460 Niagara St.
Buffalo, NY

TME Services
(716) 308-4122
615 Walden Ave.
Buffalo, NY

Steps

Mix some powder laundry detergent with some water; use common sense with how much you're mixing. Mix together with a cloth.
Vacuum your rug. Once over is good enough, and start from a corner.
Wipe down a small area of the carpet with the cloth to make it damp, and collect any lint from the top.
Scrub the area gently with the scrub brush until clean.
Throw down some old towels or sheets so the carpet doesn't get dirty, and to soak up excess liquid.
Replace your soapy water with fresh clear water after finishing the entire area.
Go over the cleaned areas with just water and the scrub brush to remove any excess soap, then let it dry. It will dry faster with fans or open windows.
When it's done, your carpet will smell like the detergent you used and will be sparkling clean.
Try extremely hard to remove all detergent from the carpet, as the excess detergent will pick up soil very quickly.
Be sure to vacuum when it's dry to fluff it up.
Use a clean towel and dab up the excess spill
Pour a 1/4 cup of cool water on spill/area
Dab spot with clean towel, DO NOT rub towel across area because that will only make the mess larger.
Keep dabbing and adding a little more water until area appears clean.
Go over the area again (dabbing only) with another clean towel to ensure that most of the water has been cleaned up.

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Warnings

Don't soak your carpet too much or it will take way too long to dry and may soak through to the underlay and rot your floor.
Be sure that you have time to clean and dry your carpet without other people tracking more dirt in.

Things You'll Need

water
clean towels
scrub brush
laundry detergent (powder) **Use only for heavily soiled areas

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HY Lettman & Son

(716) 694-4409
62 Raintree Island, Apt. #5
Tonawanda, NY

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