Clean Your Carpets

Debt_Free_Chick

I have to admit, that this is not a "slummy mummy" solution

My carpets are disgusting :eek:

I live in the country where we have no pavements of any description and more farm traffic than Chelsea Tractors It's impossible not to get some mud, muck, grass clippings etc in to the house. And when the fields are harvested, the air is thick with dust & straw etc.

Add to that I have a dog and a cat ..... as you can imagine, my carpets really suffer.

I've been meaning to get them cleaned, but the thought of moving all the furniture to facilitate this is rather daunting.

But I was expecting friends for a weekend and really, really ashamed of my carpets so wanted to try and improve their appearance.

To cut a long story short ....

I hoovered first then filled a bowl with warm water and a capful of liquid Ariel. I took a good old fashioned scrubbing brush - the type that grannie would have used to scrub the kitchen step.

I got down on my hands and knees and literally just brushed the carpet, having dipped the brush into the bowl. Well, what a result. The carpets look better now than they did when we moved in 7 years ago!!!!

Well worth a try if you simply want to "revive" a tired grubby carpet. I can't pretend that they've been "deep-cleaned" as clearly they haven't - but I doubt that deep-cleaning would result in them looking any better.

It was actually quite therapeutic too

And shockingly, the amount of hair that came up on the brush was staggering. No, not dog or cat hair - human hair :eek:

So, try a "wet brush" to spruce up your carpets - just the thing to wile away these dark evenings You won't need the heating on either

Bronnie

I've done this in the past! It's amazing what is 'lifted'!

Cheaper modern carpets in particular are well-suited to this treatment.

I usually just use a bucket of plain hot water and a thick cotton dishcloth or bit of old thin terry towel and plenty of elbow-grease.

It revives heavy-traffic areas too, like thresholds and stair treads and can help raise the carpet pile again!