How to Keep Your Carpet Smelling Fresh
October 17, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Cleaning, General Housekeeping and Homemaking
If you have carpet in your home, it will take a little work to keep it clean. Here are some tips for keeping your carpet smelling fresh.
1) Take off your shoes when you come into the house. Your shoes have dirt, leaves, and germs from other places you have been.
2) Have your carpets cleaned a few times each year. You can do this yourself if you have a steam cleaner or you can rent a machine for about $30-40 per day. If you’re able to, you can hire a professional to clean the carpets.
3) Keep a rug over high traffic areas. Rugs can be taken out of the house to wash or air out. They’re also less expensive to replace should something happen to them.
4) Use a carpet freshener. You can purchase some with fragrance that you can shake onto the carpet and vacuum. I don’t care much for strong fragrances, so I prefer to use baking soda. Simply shake it on the carpet and let it sit for an hour or so before vacuuming. The baking soda will absorb the odors rather than covering them up.
5) Use an odor eliminator. If you have some strong smells in your carpet, consider using an inexpensive odor eliminator such as Febreeze. You can also buy a product called Odor-B-Gone which works well for pet smells.
6) Clean up all spills immediately. This will keep your carpet from staining and will also eliminate the odors setting in to the carpet.
7) Have a no food policy on the carpet. Although my husband and I eat in the living room sometimes, our kids are not allowed to eat in the living room. There were just too many issues with spills and food getting into the carpet.
What ways do you keep your carpet smelling fresh?
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I have a no food and no shoes on the carpet policy and it really does work our great! I do not need to vacuum as often and it stays cleaner and fresher longer.
I like to use Febreeze to keep my carpet smelling fresh. Thanks for the tips, I will keep these in mind as I always like to keep my carpets smelling fresh.