Do you have pets or children of any age? If so, I suspect you have had at least one spill or accident on your carpet or upholstery that has required cleaning in some way. The key to effectively cleaning your carpet from a spill is to get to the affected area shortly after the spill has occurred. Always use cold water in attempting to soak up the spill. If you find a set in stain you have to decide whether you want to try to get it out yourself or whether it is a job for a professional. There are any number of good carpet cleaning companies available in whatever area you live in.

If your carpet is relatively new and has not been cleaned professionally, please consider using a company that uses a “dry” chemical treatment rather than a water based carpet cleaning solution. “Dry” carpet cleaning solutions attract less dirt after the carpet has been cleaned. Over the years I have found that by using water based carpet cleaning solutions on new carpet usually results in your high traffic areas showing the dirt much more quickly than you would expect.

There are not as many choices for “dry” carpet cleaning companies and as a result there is not as much competition so you can not shop around for the best rates or coupons. It seems that every water based carpet cleaning company has coupons for people to try out there services for very reasonable prices.

If you want to get reviews and recommendations look to Angie’s list for excellent referrals from people who have actually used the referred company’s services. Since Angie’s list is a membership service for consumers, that does not accept advertising you can be assured that the recommended carpet cleaning companies are not listed just because they paid a great deal of money to advertise.

Another option is to rent a carpet cleaner like Rug Doctor or another commercial brand from your local equipment rental store like General or U-Rent. These are less expensive ways than hiring a professional carpet cleaner but require you to do all of the work. If you enjoy hands on experiences then this may be the way to go.

The rental carpet cleaning unit generally runs less than fifteen dollars per day. All of the rental units say that you need to use their own specific brand of Cleaner that is usually a higher price than the average carpet cleaning product you can find in the cleaning section of your local grocery store or Wal-Mart store.

An anti-foam additive is always recommended as well, but in the several years that I have used Rug Doctor and other rental brands, I have never used the anti foam and have never had an issue in any of my cleaning jobs. You can buy various brands of carpet cleaning solution from your local warehouse club whether it is Sam’s Club, Costco or BJ’s. Any brand will work in any rental carpet cleaner. If you plan on cleaning your carpets more than twice a year you may want to invest in a carpet cleaning machine of your own.

Another carpet cleaning solution you may want to purchase is a pet stain and odor solution. This is especially true if you have cats or dogs. This will help to get the stain and odor of any pet accidents that may occur. The biggest problem with most pet accidents are that you may not be aware unless you actually observed the accident or can smell it (cat accidents are particularly disgusting odors).

These specially formulated solutions are designed to attack the protein based stains and their resultant odors to help in the removal when the water is introduced with a carpet cleaner. If the liquid from a pet accident has reached the carpet padding you have another issue that can not be handled without the lifting of the carpet and treatment of the affected padding.

In summary, you will get the best results from carpet cleaning solutions if you can get to the stained area shortly after the stain or spill occurs. Proper treatment, depending on the type of stain, will determine whether your cleaning job is successful or not. In other articles we will address the preparation of your own carpet cleaning solution from common household materials like vinegar and baking soda.

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