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HEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE MAY 2018 Published exclusively for clients of DNA Pro Cleaning & Restoration In This Issue Total Carpet Care Proper Way to Use an Inhaler Clean up Your Room Did You Know Nearly All Countries Have Some Sort of Mother’s Day Recipe: Thai Beef Good Clean Funnies: Cook Gets it Right Moneywise: Using Salvage Groceries to Help a Food Budget Total Carpet Care What you need to know to get the most out of your investment There is nothing like new carpet. It smells new, feels soft and fluffy, looks beautiful and makes a perfect statement about your style and taste. Compared to other floor coverings, carpet is relatively inexpensive to buy and install. Still, your carpet represents a sizeable investment in your home or business. from all of us at DNA Pro Cleaning & Restoration 703.520.5060 www.dnaproclean.com In order to get the most out of your carpet, you need a total carpet care program. A total carpet care program is a “retailer- to-recycling” approach to carpet care. To be effective, the program should include proper selection, professional installation, daily soil control, interim maintenance, scheduled restorative cleaning and the application of an appropriate carpet protector. The following tips can help you develop a simple carpet care program. Carpet selection and professional installation–It may be “too late” for the carpet you already have, but carpet selection is an important part of making sure your carpets perform as expected. Some fibers are more resilient than others. Certain colors look cleaner longer because they hide soils better. Pile height, face weight or density and carpet construction all play a factor in how well your carpet will hold up. In a future issue, we will do an entire article on carpet selection and proper installation. For now, let’s focus on the carpet you already have. Soil control: Prevent soils from getting on the carpet by using walk-off mats and keeping walkways and hard floors clean. If you remove your shoes when entering and wear clean house shoes, you will stop much of the soil from ever entering the home. The most damaging soils are dry, gritty particulate soils that abrade and dull the surfaces of carpet fibers. This leads to an overall loss of luster in the high traffic areas. Regular use of a well-maintained vacuum cleaner is the single most important part of a total carpet care program. Remember to change vacuum cleaner bags when they are about half full. Prompt attention to spots and spills is also highly important. Spots can eventually become permanent stains if allowed to age and oxidize on the carpet. It is best Continued on next page }