If the house has carpets, then cleaning is impossible to imagine without using a vacuum cleaner. One of the most modern models are water filters . It is for them to buy additional defoamers, a special cleanser.
What is the principle of action and what can replace defoamer for vacuum cleaners, we will reveal in our article.
What is the use of a defoamer?
To get rid of dust and make your carpets clean, it is recommended to use detergents. But, we all know that they are foaming with shaking, and this can damage the motor's performance. Therefore, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners with water filters have developed defoamers, when added to the liquid, the formation of foam reduces. This contributes to the fact that the constant suction power of dirt particles is maintained and the operation of the electric motor is not threatened.
If you do not know where in your city to buy a defoamer for your vacuum cleaner, you can make it yourself.
Defoamer at home
Knowledge of chemistry helps housewives to replace a rather expensive means to reduce the formation of foam by improvised methods:
- slightly add the water used in the filter;
- in the liquid to drip sunflower oil and add starch, but we must bear in mind that after such cleaning, the container will have to be thoroughly washed with a dishwashing detergent to get rid of the fat on the walls;
- to drip a little vinegar, this method is considered the most effective.
If you can not afford to buy specially designed defoamers and are afraid to try the above-listed "folk" remedies against foam, you can vacuum it with clean water. But in this case, you can not add shampoo for cleaning and you need to keep an eye on not to wet the intermediate filter.