Keeping a clean household is very important to protect our family from being sick. Staying healthy means less stress and worry for parents especially if you have little kids. These little kids love to crawl, walk and play on the carpet that is why we should always keep the rugs or carpet clean. How do you clean your carpets?
green rug cleaning, credit: greenchoicecarpet.com
Usually the traditional way of cleaning rug or carpet is with the use of variety of harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, pesticides, and other detergents with strong odors and toxic ingredients. These chemicals can totally trigger health problems, allergic reactions, including respiratory illness, and in extreme cases, damage to our nervous systems. At home my mother-in-law have allergic reactions to some detergents and most cleaning solutions with harmful or strong chemicals. She would really feel sick if she is expose to the strong smell or touch those strong chemicals so what we did is to hire rug cleaning service for that like the one that provided the oriental area rug cleaning nyc.
There are times that we did the rug cleaning at home when we have the extra time but it was really a tedious job. I have done it before and I found myself so tired and my hands are so distressed with the strong chemicals that I utilized after doing the rug/ carpet cleaning.
For household green tip: Using baking soda is great odor-neutralizer in rug cleaning.You just simply sprinkle the baking soda over the rug and wait for 30 minutes, then vacuum it thoroughly. You can do this at home but I think for the safest and best rug cleaning, it is advisable to call a rug cleaning expert.
I also use baking Soda in cleaning our rugs and the tiles in the bathroom!