Showing posts with label Upholstery Cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upholstery Cleaning. Show all posts

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Spring Cleaning Tips

When it comes to spring cleaning, the first step is to go deep while covering all your bases. After all, what makes spring cleaning special isn’t the season in which it is done, but the extent to which cleaning is performed. This means you’ll need to block out some time in your schedule to get your hands dirty.


The good news? The results are totally worth it, and the newfound calmness and freshness in your home will give you a deep sense of satisfaction.

Here are a few tips from our experienced team of carpet cleaners to help get you started:

Tackle Dust

Thoroughly dust your home; this includes cleaning or replacing air conditioning and heating filters. Don’t forget to clean all ducts and vents to decrease exposure to pollen and other airborne particles. Other commonly overlooked areas such as ceiling fan blades, baseboards, blinds, lampshades, and behind the oven and fridge are also key during spring cleaning.

Stop the Spread of Mold

Remove mold and mildew in moist areas of the home. Mold is a fungus that can spark allergic reactions for many people, and spring is a tough time of year for anyone with allergies of any kind. Use non-toxic cleaning products and make sure bathrooms, laundry rooms, and kitchens are free of harmful mold.

Deep Clean Your Shower

Give yourself the luxury of a deeply cleaned space in which to bathe. In addition to scrubbing the surfaces of the shower, consider bagging up the shower head in a vinegar bath to remove mineral deposits and reveal the sparkling metal beneath.

Get Grime Out of Grout

Don’t forget the tile, stone, and grout. High traffic areas collect lots of dirt and most weekly cleanings don’t do the job when it comes to giving these surfaces a thorough, healthy cleaning.

The grout between tiles and stone can be the toughest to get clean, which is why we recommend looking to our experts at Johnson County Chem-Dry to get the job done right. We can provide your tile, stone, and grout with a professional cleaning that eliminates stains and grime from extremely porous surfaces, helping you start spring off on a cleaner foot.

Call Professional Carpet Cleaners

If you really want to deep clean your carpets and eliminate the dirt that has accumulated over the winter months, vacuuming isn’t going to cut it. Instead, call the professionals at Chem-Dry to provide thorough results that will make your home feel fresher instantly.

Our carpet cleaners use a gentle, proprietary cleaning method, also known as our Hot Carbonating Extraction (HCE) process.  This low-water, carbonated cleaning process delivers a deep, long-lasting clean directly to your carpets. 
In addition to being incredibly effective, the carpet cleaning process employed by our team at Johnson County Chem-Dry uses 80% less water than typical steam cleaning. You’re sure to love the convenience of our speedy dry times – just a couple of hours rather than a couple of days.

Freshen Up Rugs and Upholstery

You can also reach out to our carpet cleaners to conduct the spring cleaning task of removing dust and soil from upholstery and rugs. These textiles accumulate much more dander, pollen, and soil throughout the year than you may think. An annual deep clean from our experienced team can make a huge difference in how your home looks and feels after spring cleaning.

This spring, celebrate the start of nicer weather by making your home feel equally inviting and refreshing.

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Make Your Home a Healthy Home

When thinking about what you need to do to maintain a healthy home, your mind likely goes to the hard surfaces in your home. 


From mopping floors to wiping down frequently touched surfaces and objects, these actions can go a long way in stopping the spread of pathogens and making your home a healthier space. However, there’s one other activity that is essential to keeping your home healthy and comfortable: carpet cleaning. Regular carpet cleaning is a must for cleaner indoor air and a home environment that promotes your family’s overall health and well-being.

Improve Indoor Air Quality with Carpet Cleaning

You may not automatically make the connection between your carpets and indoor air quality, but the two are related. The less often you clean your carpet, the dirtier it will become. This makes sense. It’s why we vacuum regularly, but vacuuming isn’t enough.

Our carpets act like filters by trapping the dust and dander that naturally enter our homes. When carpets are cleaned with the right frequency, they can more readily grab onto airborne particles and thus contribute to fresher air throughout your living environment.

You’ll notice that your home smells less musty and simply feels cleaner when you have your carpets cleaned regularly. If you are particularly sensitive to dust and dander or have a family member who suffers from allergies, you may also notice a difference in your overall comfort and respiratory health when you make carpet cleaning a priority.

How Dirty Carpets Can Make Your Home an Unhealthy Space

Dirty carpets don’t only contribute to unhealthy air quality. If your children like to stretch out and play on the living room floor or you have pets that spend time indoors, it’s important to question whether they’re being exposed to dirt and microbes that have embedded themselves in the fibers of your carpet. After all, soil can easily be tracked in from the outdoors on the bottoms of your shoes and on your pets’ paws. Moreover, if pet accidents have occurred on your carpet, your children could be touching animal waste and other contaminants without knowing it.

It’s also worth noting that because this process does not make use of a soapy detergent, it won’t produce a sticky, soapy residue that would otherwise start collecting dirt immediately. 

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Rug Cleaning Questions Answered




If you have questions about Oriental rug cleaning, you’re certainly not alone. Many homeowners cherish their Oriental rugs but are unsure of how to care for them after they are exposed to dirt, grime, and stain-causing substances.

The rug cleaning experts at Johnson County Chem-Dry can help you better understand how to approach Oriental rug cleaning and know when it’s best to call on a professional to care for your delicate rug. Take a look at our question and answer section below. We hope to answer some of the most common questions homeowners have about area rug cleaning.

How often is Oriental rug cleaning necessary?

The frequency with which your rug should be cleaned will be determined by a number of factors, especially the level of traffic it receives and whether you have pets in your home. Cleaning your rug once per year is a good rule of thumb, but keep in mind that it may require additional cleaning if it is heavily used or is potentially exposed to pet accidents.

Can Oriental rugs be steam cleaned?

Steam cleaning is a popular carpet cleaning method that, as the name suggests, relies on hot water vapor to penetrate soil and clean surfaces. Since Oriental rugs are often colored with traditional vegetable dyes that do not have the staying power of modern dyes, exposure to such high temperatures can result in colors fading and bleeding. To avoid changing the appearance of your rug, it’s important to choose a more gentle method of Oriental rug cleaning.

Can you power wash Oriental rugs?

While your power washer is a handy tool that can clean all kinds of surfaces, it’s best to keep it away from your Oriental rug. Depending on the age of your rug, how it was made, and the material it is composed of, you could easily damage its delicate fibers by exposing it to the intense pressure of a power washer. If you feel your rug requires deep cleaning, it’s better to look to a professional service that has the specific equipment required to deliver a deep clean without risking the integrity of your rug.

Can you hose down an Oriental rug?

While a conventional garden hose won’t apply the level of pressure that a power washer will, it can still damage your rug in other ways. One problem with hosing down your rug is that it leaves the material sopping wet and can take days to dry. This extended exposure to moisture opens the door to the growth of mildew and other forms of mold that can not only make your rug smell funky, but can also pose a health risk for your family.

Can I use baking soda for Oriental rug cleaning?

Baking soda is go-to resource for cleaning that has multiple uses and can lift away stubborn dirt and grime from a variety of materials and surface types. However, what makes baking soda such a great cleaning agent for other materials could be detrimental to delicate rugs.

Baking soda is abrasive, which is why it is so good at uprooting soil on other surfaces. When it comes to your rug fibers, though, this abrasion can be a problem, especially if the baking soda is combined with a liquid.

How do you clean a hand knotted Persian rug?

Hand knotted Persian rugs are beautiful pieces that add dimension to your home thanks to their intricate detail. Because these types of rugs were knotted by hand, they are less capable of dealing with wear and tear and can be vulnerable to damage during the cleaning process.

How should you vacuum an Oriental rug?

There are a few things to know about vacuuming Oriental rugs that don’t apply to your wall-to-wall carpeting.

  1. It’s best to avoid vacuuming the fringes, which can easily snap off due to the suction power of the vacuum.
  2. Make sure you take the time to vacuum the back of the rug, which can help remove dirt near the foundation that the vacuum couldn’t reach on the front surface.
  3. Be sure to vacuum your rug regularly rather than waiting until it looks dirty. This will help prevent the friction of compacted dust and dirt from degrading the rug’s fibers.

To protect your rug and extend its longevity, it’s generally best to turn to an Oriental rug cleaning expert with extensive experience cleaning such delicate pieces. Attempting to go the DIY route in this case could prematurely fray the fibers, cause the dye to run, or leave a soapy residue on the fabric.


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