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.
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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
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