MSS Cleaning Carpet Cleaning Blog
Helpful information and tips for residential carpet cleaning, commercial carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, tile cleaning and more
How to Get Makeup Out of Carpet
Getting Makeup Out of Carpet Spilling makeup on your carpet or is certain to ruin your day. Mascara, foundation, eye shadow all makes a mess that’s tricky to remove. Fortunately, by following the right steps, you should have this mess taken care of in no...
Using Bleach on Carpet is Risky
Why Using Bleach on Carpet Isn't a Good Idea One of the more common carpet related internet myths we see is recommendations for using bleach on carpet. Let’s cut to the chase right away - this is a bad idea that we don't recommend you...
How to Get Cat Urine Out of Carpet
How to Get Cat Urine Smell Out of Carpet If you were to take a survey the worst smells present in carpet, cat urine in carpet must be among the most offensive odors for most people. Because of this, knowing how to remove cat urine from carpet...
Carpet Cleaning and Stretching Recommendations
Common Carpet Cleaning and Stretching Questions There are often many questions when we talk to our customers about carpet cleaning and stretching. Our customers want to know things like “should I clean my carpet before the stretch or after?”. Another...
Carpet Repair Patch For Damaged Carpet
A carpet repair patch is among the most common carpet repair that we do. There are so many little things that can cause damage to a carpet. Often, the small damaged area doesn’t justify replacing the whole room of carpet. Still, it causes enough unsightly...
Can Carpet Be Stretched Without Moving Furniture
When we’re discussing carpet stretching with our customers, they commonly want to know if you can you stretch the carpet in a room when there is furniture in it. More often than not, the answer is “yes you can”. Even when it’s not, we have some creative...
How to Get Gum Out of Carpet
Removing Gum From CarpetWe all know the feeling of finding that sticky situation: chewed up gum in your carpet. Between the everyday demands of daily life, gum seems to make its way into the trickiest places. It’s not always easy to clean, trust us, we...
How to Get Hot Glue Out of Fabric
Working with your kids last minute on their science project and made an unexpected mess with hot glue? Now you're wondering how to get hot glue out of fabric. Whether you got hot glue on some fabric or on the carpet, we have the solutions in this article....
Considerations For Carpet Cleaning Traffic Lanes
What are Carpet Traffic Lanes? Traffic lanes are the areas in a home or business where people repeatedly walk the most. Hallways, doorways and pathways around furniture see more walking traffic. Less used rooms or areas, under furniture and other less...
How to Remove Nail Polish from Carpet
How To Remove Nail Polish From Carpet Of all the things you could spill on your carpet, you might believe that nail polish is among the worst to remove. Fortunately, in many cases, there are do-it-yourself solutions to getting nail polish out of carpet....
Using Baking Soda on Carpet for Cleaning and Deoderizing
Baking soda has many useful purposes. Among these is using baking soda as a carpet cleaner and deodorizer. Baking soda is both inexpensive a well as widely available. It’s safe for you and your family, the environment, and for your carpets too. How to...
I shampooed my carpet and now it smells like urine
Among the more common things we hear at MSS Cleaning is some variation of the phrase “I shampooed my carpet and now it smells like urine”. We’re going to break down the reasons why this common phenomenon occurs. Then we’re going to give you some tips on what to do...
How to Avoid Sketchy Carpet Cleaning Companies and Shoddy Work
Avoiding Sketchy Carpet Cleaning Companies and How To Deal With a Poorly Done Cleaning Have you ever dealt with a carpet cleaning company that didn’t do what they said they would? We get emails and phone calls all the time from customers who have been...
Brown Spots On Carpet After Cleaning
My carpet turned brown after professional carpet cleaning You just had your carpet professionally and now you have brown spots on the carpet after cleaning. That’s not exactly the result you hoped for, right? Typically there are two major causes for brown...
How Long Does it Take for Carpets to Dry?
Wet and soggy carpet can be concerning. Understandably, you’d prefer your carpets to be dry sooner than later. Usually after a carpet cleaning, carpets are dry in 6-10 hours. For a flood or other more extreme amounts of water, we provide detailed answers to each...