Carpet care

Cleaning intructions for carpet

Type of treatment

1. Carpet shampoo Solution
2. Dry cleaning fluid
3. Warm water
4. Cold water
5. Laundry detergent (one teaspoon in 250 ml warm water)
6. Absorbent paper and hot iron
7. Chewing gum remover (freezing agent)
8. Surgical alcohol
9. Nail polish remover or acetone
10. Turpentine or white spirit
11. Vacuum
12. Absorbent powder
13. Scratch lightly with fingers or a coin
14. Rub gently with coarse sandpaper
15. Call professional cleaner

Type of Spillages

1st step treatment

2nd step treatment

3rd step treatment

Baverages

4

1

5

Blood

4

5

-

Burn or scorch mark

13

14

-

Butter

2

1

-

Candle wax

6

2

-

Chewing gum

7

-

-

Chocolate

1

2

-

Colas

4

1

-

Cream

1

2

-

Egg

1

-

-

Floor wax

2

-

-

Fruit juice

4

1

5

Furniture polish

2

1

15

Gravy and sauces

3

1

-

Ink (fountain pen)

4

5

-

Ink (ball point pen)

8

1

-

Lipstick

2

1

-

Metal polish

1

-

-

Milk

3

1

-

Mustard

1

-

-

Nail polish

9

2

-

Oil and grease

2

1

-

Paint (emulsion)

4

1

-

Paint (oil)

10

2

1

Salad dressing

1

2

-

Shoe polish

2

1

-

Soot

11

1

15

Tar

2

-

-

Urine (fresh stain)

1

-

-

Urine (old stain)

15

-

-

Vomit

1

5

-

Wine

12

4

5

Comparison of fiber property

Type of Fiber

Endurance & Wareability

Flexibility recovery

Resistance dirty & film formation

Wool

Good

Very good

High resistance and easier to clean.

Nylon

Very good

Moderate

Easy to get dirted, even easy to clean.
High resistance of film formation.

Silk

Good

Moderate

Medium resistance of film formation.

Acrylic

Good

Good

Easy to get dirted, even easy to clean.
High resistance of film formation.

Viscose

Good

Moderate

Medium resistance of dirt and film formation. Wet cleaning not suggested.