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Regular vacuuming, performed with the proper equipment, is essential to keeping your carpet looking its best.

It's important to consider your carpet's construction and color, as well as your lifestyle, in setting a regular vacuuming schedule. Light, bright and solid carpet colors show soil more readily, and smooth pile finishes show changes in pile direction more easily than textured styles. If carpet is placed in a high traffic hallway, it will require more frequent vacuuming than those placed in other rooms.

Carpet manufacturers recommend that you vacuum your carpet thoroughly at least once a week. Family rooms and hallways will benefit from a light daily vacuuming.

Choose a vacuum that can handle the job. An upright model, with strong suction and a built-in beater bar, does the best job in lifting ground-in dirt. Be sure to adjust the height of the brush to your carpet, and clean the brush regularly.

When vacuuming, move the machine slowly, with strokes following in one direction, for a uniform appearance. Light vacuuming consists of at least three strokes in a forward-back-forward motion over a given area, while a more thorough cleaning calls for seven or more passes in each area.