Cleaning Carpets the Natural Way, Without Chemicals

Carpet cleaners can contain dangerous chemicals and these chemicals can stay in your carpets after they have been cleaned and dried. These chemicals can collect on pets, small children and anyone or anything else that touches a carpet cleaned with chemicals. In some cases the chemicals can even fly into the air we breathe. As we walk across a carpet we create dust to fly into the air and this is the air we breathe.

When you clean a carpet you must consider what type of material the carpet is made of and use a cleaner that will not damage the material. It is a good idea to use the cleaner you plan to use on a part of the carpet that in inconspicuous before you use it to clean a carpet to be sure it will not damage the carpet.

Carpets are the place where dirt loves to collect. By vacuuming a carpet you are cleaning a lot of the dirt out of the carpet but after awhile it may be important to consider cleaning your carpets with a cleaner. Depending on how you use your carpet will determine how often you need to give your carpets a good cleaning. If you use your carpets for heavy use everyday then you need to clean them often. If your carpets are in a show room then you don’t have to clean them as much but over time they will still collect dirt that needs to be cleaned.

The good news is that you can clean carpets with chemical free cleaners. Vinegar and hot water mixed together can clean and deodorize a carpet. Mix about one part vinegar to 10 parts water to clean carpets. You can use a commercial cleaning machine to clean with the vinegar mixture.

A spot on carpet can be cleaned with regular household ingredients. To naturally clean spots on a carpet you can use baking soda, vinegar and water to clean the spot. Just put the baking soda on the spot and pour some vinegar on the baking soda. The spot with bubble and that means it is working to remove the spot. After the bubbling has stopped you can take water and flush the spot. The soak up as much water as you can with a clean towel and let the spot dry completely.

To deodorize a carpet just take equal amounts of borax and corn meal and mix them with half as much baking soda together. Sprinkle the ingredients over the carpet and rub it into the carpet. Let the ingredients sit in the carpet overnight and in the morning vacuum the ingredients out of the carpet.

You can also find some wonderful commercial cleaners for sale that will clean a carpet without chemicals. One place to can go to look for chemical free carpet cleaners is http://www.economicallysound.com/chemicalfree_cleaning.html. You can also go to your local health food store and find some chemical free carpet cleaners that will do a wonderful job on carpets.