Sharing your life with pets can be amazing, but keeping the carpets clean with our furry friends around can be an arduous struggle. Nonetheless, with the help of a few simple tips and tricks, you can bring an end to this struggle and enjoy the unending moments of joy with your furry mate.
So read this blog to learn practical tips to help keep your carpet clean, fresh, and at its best, without disturbing the endless fun between you and your pet.
Six Important Carpet Cleaning Tips For Pet Owners
⇒ Vacuum Regularly
First of all, start by vacuuming the carpets at least twice or thrice a week. Such a frequency of vacuuming is essential, as pets often shed fur regularly, which, in turn, gathers and accumulates beneath the fibers. A vacuum cleaner has a robust suction or HEPA filter (that you might attach) to suck and remove this fur from the fibers, ensuring the fibers remain clean and protected.
Note: At times, the vacuum cleaner might fail to remove certain fur that clings to the fibers too tightly to be tackled. So, in such cases, always keep a pet brush (with rubber bristles) as a handy help to remove such fur from the fibers.
⇒ Use Enzymatic Cleaner For Stains
Pets urinating on the carpet is not something new to you. Removing pet stains from the carpet can yield negative or zero-to-no outcomes if one employs the wrong techniques or solutions to clean them, as such solutions, being unsuitable, can take tremendous efforts and time to tackle the stain with, of course, no guarantee of delivering your expected results.
Therefore, always use enzymatic cleaners to remove pet stains (especially urine ones). Enzymatic cleaners contain enzymes that can destroy the stain or odor-causing molecules in the first place, making further cleaning process easier and more effective.
⇒ Go Ahead With Paper Towels
When cleaning pet stains, always utilize paper towels, as their main advantage is their absorbency. They can quickly soak up liquid from fresh pet accidents like urine or vomit, which helps prevent the stain from setting deeper into the carpet fibers. Besides, they are also a useful option to soak and remove common carpet stains like chocolate, wine, or oily ones.
⇒ Utilize A Rubber Spatula For Solid Wastes
When removing the solid waste of your pet from the carpet, always prefer using a rubber spatula. The flat surface of a spatula allows you to easily scoop up solid waste without scraping the carpet fibers. This is gentler than using a scraper or other tool that could snag or damage the carpet.
Moreover, it is non-porous, meaning waste won’t stick to it as it might to some other absorbent materials. This makes cleanup easier and reduces the risk of smearing.
⇒ Avoid Using Homemade Remedies
Most homeowners prefer removing pet stains using household remedies like baking soda or vinegar. But that is something you must avoid, as such ingredients temporarily mask the odor or stain and do not tackle them to their core.
Though you can use them to deodorize your carpet (only baking soda in such cases), they should strictly be avoided when removing the pet stain or odor completely, as preferring them is nothing but a sheer waste of time and effort.
Instead, you can always rely on professionals for such a purpose. One of the most important benefits of hiring professionals is that they can help neutralize pet stains and odors completely using their high-quality appliances and solutions and, of course, the experience and expertise of their highly-trained staff, ensuring you get the desired results.
⇒ Watch Out For The Paws
Pets often love strolling outdoors. However, this often results in them picking up dirt and mud from the streets and ultimately tracking them onto your carpets. Hence, the moment you take your furry mate back home post-morning or evening walk, make sure to clean their paws before they enter and cuddle over the carpet.
Summing Up
Pets enrich our lives and help create endless memories of joy. However, this fun often brings stubborn messes to our carpets. It is natural to feel burdened when cleaning them, but knowing the right techniques and methods (as described in this blog) can help you clean up the mess effectively before it deteriorates your carpet severely.
