Bernal's Carpet Care:VACUUMING, GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR  VACUUMING TIME!     

Vacuuming  is probably the one    most single important thing you can do to  extend the life of your    carpet. Did you know there was a right way  to vacuum?

Most people vacuum by swiftly    going over  the carpet, one pass that's all! Unfortunately this    method doesn't  give the vacuum time to do its job.  When you    vacuum, go slowly  over the area, the vacuum creates a suction to    pull the dirt to the  surface, if you pass over to quickly the vacuum    has left the area  before it can suck up the dirt. Vacuum slowly and    pass over the  same area a few times.

Another mistake people make is    not  vacuuming often enough.  The dirt that gets trapped into    your  carpet works like little pieces of sandpaper on your carpet    fibers.  Each time you walk on the dirt you grind down the    fiber  causing it to wear out.  Once your carpet fibers have    worn out  there isn't any way to fix it except to replace the carpet    with new  expensive carpet. 

The third mistake is waiting to    see the  dirt on your carpet before you vacuum. You need to vacuum    before  you can see the visible dirt on your carpet.  Just    because you  can't see it doesn't mean it is not there. You don't    need to vacuum  all the carpet all the time, but vacuum your high    traffic areas  daily and vacuum all the carpet weekly.

Another common mistake is not    vacuuming  your furniture and mattresses. What you don't do this? Why    not?  Think about the dirt and dead skin in these areas. Where does    it  go? When you sleep at night it goes into your mattress. During    the  day the dirt from your clothes gets into your upholstery and    sitting will grind the dirt particles like the walking, not as    quickly, but it will cause it to wear out earlier then it needs to.     Vacuum these regularly, weekly would be nice but most of us won't do     that.  Try for a monthly vacuuming of these items, you' be    suprised at how much dirt you can pull out of these items.

Remember dirty carpet and    upholstery will  not last as long as those that are maintained    (vacuumed) and  cleaned regularly.           SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!