Liu's Cleaning

Entrance or walk-off mats
We highly recommend to use the mats at all outside entrances to the house so this will significantly reduce the rate at which your carpet will soil. The mats should be as large as possible to allow most of the street dirt to be removed from shoes. The mats must be vacuumed every so often.

Carpet protective treatments
Usually carpets come with a protective fibre treatment to reduce problems with staining and soiling. These treatments, while effective in many ways will eventually wear off. Quick response to spills and regular cleaning is highly recommended.
Fibre loss for new carpet
Many carpets after being laid, tend to lose fibre during the first few weeks on the floor. This is a natural phenomenon, which will stop eventually. Just vacuum the carpet a little more often for the first few weeks and there would be no more loss of fibre.

Sprouting
Occasionally tufts may appear above the surface of the carpet. Do not pull them out. Just cut them level with the surrounding tufts using a knife or scissors.

Draught marking
Carpets may show increased soiling around the edges of a room, under doors and near air ducts. This is called draught marking. Again regular cleaning will avoid this happening.

Shading
Pile reversal, also known as shading, is the effect whereby areas of velour or velvet carpet appear to become lighter or darker in color than the surrounding area. It is an optical effect, brought about by localized changes in the direction of which the pile lays and made visible by the way light is reflected off the carpet surface. It is caused by traffic patterns or unevenness in the floor.

Carpet Color
The carpet color will be changed over time for a variety of reasons. Usually due to pile flattening, gradual soiling and slight fading of the dyes used to color the fibres. A regular good professional cleaning will avoid this happening.