Carpets add a welcoming and soft touch to your home. Carpeting provides aesthetic benefits like making your home feel cozier and elegant but they also make the home feel warmer which is a great advantage especially if you live in colder climate conditions.

Carpeted homes always need proper maintenance so that they look and smell fresh. Carpets tend to develop wet smell when they are not maintained regularly.

If your carpet has the same smell, keep reading this piece to get rid of that by implementing some proven cleaning tips. You can also work with a company like Basingstoke Carpet Cleaning if you’re trying to fully clean your carpets and remove the smell. 

Improve the Air Circulation

The first step we recommend is to pinpoint the location in your house where the smell is coming from. It often happens that some areas of the house have higher humidity levels which prevent the complete drying of carpet which causes the smell. When you find the area of the problem, open the windows to improve the air circulation which will help remove the smell. You may also install use a dehumidifier or a fan to remove the smell.

Use Baking Soda and Essential Oils

Baking soda and essential oils are deodorizers that can remove that wet smell right out of your carpets. It totally depends on you to choose the kind of essential oils you prefer but we recommend using lemon, lavender, rosemary, or eucalyptus because of their results.

Care must be taken while choosing essential oils because some of them may not be safe for children or animals.

Use Vinegar

Aside from baking soda and essential oils, vinegar is also a natural deodorizer that can kill mildew and mold. Make a vinegar cleaner solution by mixing one tablespoon of white vinegar with 2 cups of water. You can clean your carpets by spraying this solution onto the carpet and scrubbing it with a stiff bristle brush.

After you are done with scrubbing, place fans in the room to enhance the process of drying, then thoroughly vacuum the carpet for best results.

Vinegar has antimicrobial, antiseptic, and antibacterial characteristics which makes it a very versatile cleaner.

Buy a carpet shampoo

It is yet another common way of cleaning the carpet. You can buy a carpet shampoo solution at local grocery stores or from online shops. If the smell is very strong in your carpet, you may need to buy a strong cleaner. These cleaners come with manufacturer instructions so you just need to follow them to achieve the best results.

Replace the carpet

This is the last resort when no other solution works. Choose a local store nearby and see what options are available. For example, Uniq Floors shop has decided to get their own budget-friendly Fitzroy carpets which brings down the price. If you are looking for cost-effective carpets ask your local store if they offer budget-friendly. Normally, a carpet’s lifetime is 8 to 15 years so you won’t have to buy often. With time, carpets lose their soft and warm touch and show signs of wear and tear. If all the other solutions mentioned in this piece doesn’t work, that may be a sign that your carpet can’t be salvaged and needs to be replaced.