{"id":585859,"date":"2024-07-22T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:59:59","slug":"deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean Carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is a common misconception that deep cleaning your carpets has to be an all-day, clear-your-calendar, weekend-stealing process. We are happy to tell you this is not true! Deep cleaning your carpet doesn\u2019t have to be a time-intensive chore and can give you the same deep clean as hiring a professional carpet cleaning service for just a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparation is key to making the most out of your deep carpet cleaning experience. Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\">Deep Clean Carpet in Three Easy Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vacuum<\/strong><br>The best way to ensure that you can evenly and effectively clean the whole room is to remove all the furniture first before starting to clean. Once the furniture is out of the way, vacuum the area you want to deep clean. We cannot stress enough the importance of this step. Vacuuming before you begin removes debris and surface dirt, lifts carpet fibers, and prepares the carpet for deep cleaning. This preparation can reduce the number of passes you will need to make when deep cleaning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pre-Treat<\/strong><br>Often, this step gets skipped in an effort to save time. However, if you properly pre-treat your heavily soiled areas, you can actually save time when deep cleaning and get better results. We have many types of pre-treatment formulas available to best fit your cleaning needs. Our cleaning solutions are available at our rental racks and online. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/rent\/cleaning-solutions\/\/#spot\">Click here to browse our pre-treatment cleaning products.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deep Clean<\/strong><br>Deep cleaning with our machines is easier than you think. Pick your starting point and hold down the solution button to make a cleaning pass. <a>We recommend doing two wet cleaning passes followed by two drying passes where you do not hold the solution button.<\/a> The addition of dry passes will help with drying time. Continue this process around your room, overlapping your clean areas by a few inches until you have completed the entire space. Once the carpets are cleaned, make sure to wipe down and clean the machine to prepare for your rental return process. When the carpet is fully dry, put your furniture back in place. For quicker drying time, add on our floor dryers, also available to rent from selected rental locations racks. For more information on how to use your specific rental machine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/support\/rental-support\/\">check out our how-to guides.<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow these three easy steps and deep clean your carpets like a Pro! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/rent-location\/\">Click here to find a rental location near you!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a common misconception that deep cleaning your carpets has to be an all-day, clear-your-calendar, weekend-stealing process. We are happy to tell you this is not true! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":585752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carpet-cleaning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Clean Carpet: Three Easy Steps | Rug Doctor by BISSELL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Clean Carpet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rug Doctor by BISSELL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rugdoctor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@RugDoctor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@RugDoctor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"How to Clean Carpet\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":425,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Carpet Cleaning\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Clean Carpet: Three Easy Steps | Rug Doctor by BISSELL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg\",\"width\":8192,\"height\":5461,\"caption\":\"Carpet Cleaner Rug Doctor by BISSELL\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/cleaning-tips\\\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Carpet Cleaning\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/category\\\/carpet-cleaning\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How to Clean Carpet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rug Doctor by BISSELL\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rug Doctor by BISSELL\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rug-doctor-by-bissell-logo-email.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rug-doctor-by-bissell-logo-email.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":68,\"caption\":\"Rug Doctor by BISSELL\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/rugdoctor\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/RugDoctor\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/rugdoctor\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rugdoctor.com\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Clean Carpet: Three Easy Steps | Rug Doctor by BISSELL","description":"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Clean Carpet","og_description":"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/","og_site_name":"Rug Doctor by BISSELL","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rugdoctor","article_published_time":"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot-1024x683.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@RugDoctor","twitter_site":"@RugDoctor","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"How to Clean Carpet","datePublished":"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/"},"wordCount":425,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg","articleSection":["Carpet Cleaning"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/","name":"How to Clean Carpet: Three Easy Steps | Rug Doctor by BISSELL","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-22T15:21:22+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00","description":"Follow these three easy steps to get your carpets professionally clean with a Rug Doctor\u00ae by BISSELL\u00ae rental.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Traditional-WT-wide-shot.jpg","width":8192,"height":5461,"caption":"Carpet Cleaner Rug Doctor by BISSELL"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/cleaning-tips\/deep-clean-carpet-in-three-easy-steps\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Carpet Cleaning","item":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/category\/carpet-cleaning\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Clean Carpet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/","name":"Rug Doctor by BISSELL","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#organization","name":"Rug Doctor by BISSELL","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rug-doctor-by-bissell-logo-email.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rug-doctor-by-bissell-logo-email.png","width":200,"height":68,"caption":"Rug Doctor by BISSELL"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rugdoctor","https:\/\/x.com\/RugDoctor","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rugdoctor\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rugdoctor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}