Carpet Beetles

Carpet Beetle

Just when we took all the precautions for bed bugs a new indoor bug comes into the lime light... the carpet beetle also known as the flour or furniture beetle. These rather tiny beetles come in different shapes, colors and very in sizes.

These beetles will eat just about anything organic. For example, these bugs will eat in to your carpet, furniture, lint, hair, clothes, blankets, pet food, animal nests, leather, pollen from flowers, flour, grains and many more materials.

What do you need to do to get rid of these bugs?

• Go through your pantry and check flour and grains
• Check closets, drawers, storage boxes
• Check under carpets and area rugs
• Check your couches and chairs

Thoroughly vacuum your home and wash all bed linens and clothing in hot soapy water. The next step is to have your carpet professionally steam cleaned; make sure you get a deep steam cleaning. It is sometimes useful to treat infested areas with insecticides to eliminate residual populations of carpet beetles. In nonfood areas household formulation of various pyrethroid insecticides can be used. Numerous products allow such use and contain as the active ingredient permethrin, bifenthrin, deltamethrin, tralomethrin and realted compounds. Use according to label directions and pay particular attention to treating baseboards, corners, edges of carpeting and other areas where lint and other debris accumulates that is fed on by carpet beetles. To keep them from coming back, make sure there is no hair and dust floating through your home. Thus you must keep up a cleaning regiment: vacuum often (at least 2 times a week), keep all flour products and grains in air tight containers. If you follow these steps, you should get rid of them and stay rid of them.

Carpet Steam Cleaning

At the end of the day, there are certain things we tend to push off. Unfortunately, carpet cleaning seems to be one of those things. However, all is not lost when you have the right team at your disposal. Check out this video where we turned this old carpet into like-new.

Cleaning Dark Water Spots on Hardwood Floors

Dark water spots are a nuisance. Between professional cleanings or other hardwood treatments, it's worth knowing how to manage dark water spots on your hardwood floors. 

Clean spot and surrounding area with No. 2 steel wool and a wood floor cleaner or mineral spirits. Thoroughly wash the spotted area with household vinegar. Allow it to remain for three to four minutes. If the spot remains, sand with fine sandpaper, follow the grain pattern of the wood, feathering out 3 to 4 inches into the surrounding area, re-wax, and polish. If two repeated applications of vinegar do not remove the spot, apply the oxalic acid solution directly on the spot. Proportions are one ounce oxalic acid to one-quart water or a fraction thereof.

**Use recommended cleaner and buff vigorously with a clean towel. Refinishing might be necessary

Carpet Cleaning

The first rule and most important rule to keep your carpet clean is to vacuum at least twice a week. Check out our website for a complete list of things you can do between services to keep your carpet clean.

Got Carpet

If you own a carpet, carpet cleaning will soon be an issue you have to address. Here you can find helpful tips to do it yourself or call us for professional carpet cleaning services in your area.