If you have a staircase in your multi-story resident that is covered with carpet, then you should know that the carpet stairs take dirty looks very quickly. And obviously, No one desires to have a dirty staircase. It becomes worse when this carpet contains dirt, stains, and all unsavory things. These make your home and office a complete eyesore. It is sad that many homeowners simply throw-up their dirty stairs carpets in this sad eyesore situation.
This is because they think cleaning of the carpet stairs of their home is a tedious task. They think they themselves cannot undertake this task. If you are like these homeowners, then I can strongly say that you are in completely wrong thinking. You can do it by your own effort. For you in this article, I am going to share with you step-by-step procedure on how to clean your carpet stairs.
Required Tools and Materials
Before going through the detail cleaning methods consider the following list of tools and materials to have belonged to you to run your cleaning task.
- A measuring tape
- Straightedge
- Knee kicker
- A good vacuum cleaner
- Stiff Brush
- Shampoo
- Carpet cleaner
- Absorbent towels
Here are the steps to Clean Carpet Stairs:
1. Use Stiff Brush to Remove Dirt and Debris
As the first step of your carpet stairs cleaning removes the loosen dirt using a stiff brush. The stiff brush is the best tool for removing the stubborn dirt and debris deep in the carpet. It is effective in even such dirt and debris that cannot be removed by regular vacuuming.
Always start from the top of your staircase and work down. Use a brush to sweep away the loosened dirt.
2. Apply a Powerful Vacuum Cleaner
When all the dirt, as well as debris in the carpet, are loosened, just use a powerful vacuum cleaner. In this regard a cordless battery powered or lightweight vacuum is best suitable.
3. Use Shampoo on every Stair
As a next step, use carpet shampoo to ensure really a good stairs cleaning. This cleaning agent works better in carpet stairs cleaning. You can use it with a scrubbing brush or with a carpet cleaning machine.
You can rent this machine from supermarkets and hardware stores. But be sure first that the machine is associated with the correct attachments.
4. Dry up the Stairs
As a final step, let your carpet stairs dry up. Because after shampooing the stairs may have plenty of excess water. Remove this excess water as much as possible. This dry up process may take even days to be dried up naturally.
The best option is to dry carpet dry vacuum. As an alternative way, you can also use absorbent towels as well as cloths. But this process is very time-consuming.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I hope it is now clear to you that even you can clean your carpet stairs without having professional knowledge on it. You can simply do this task following this guideline. But one thing, don’t forget to take necessary precautionary steps before starting your cleaning task.
Most importantly collect first the required tools and materials prior. Otherwise, you may have rushed to market to buy them even when you are busy with your cleaning mission.
