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According
to The Carpet Buyers Handbook, carpet is the third most
expensive investment you will make for your new home, yet
it typically receives far less care than other household
items. To protect your investment, carpet should be cleaned
a minimum of every 12 to 18 months to extend its lifecycle
and maintain its original look and feel.
At Carolina Carpet Cleaning Services, we utilize the
following methods to clean your carpets and keep them
looking and wearing their best for years to come:
HOT WATER / STEAM EXTRACTION
Hot Water / Steam Extraction is the method
most
recommended and preferred by today's carpet manufacturers.
A preconditioning spay is applied first to break down and
loosen the soils from the carpet fibers. After the appropriate
dwell and agitation time, a high pressure hot water / steam
rinse is applied and immediately extracted via a high powered
vacuum system, removing the dirt, residue and detergent
from the carpet. Repeated passes of the vacuum wand facilitate
carpet drying. This method provides a deep carpet cleaning
and thorough soil removal while also removing most routine
spots and stains.
Steam extraction is the primary cleaning method
utilized by Carolina Carpet Cleaning Services.
Our ProChem truck mount equipment provides a totally self-contained
water supply, hot water / steam generation and high powered
vacuum and waste containment system. We use the highest
quality, state-of-the-art equipment that's available to
the industry.
We also utilize a compact portable hot water / steam
extraction equipment process for high rise buildings and
apartments, as well as some commercial facilities where
hose connection to the truck mount system is not practical.
"BONNET" ABSORBENT PAD
Carolina Carpet Cleaning Services also utilizes the "Bonnet"
Absorbent Pad cleaning method which is popular for low pile
commercial carpets. A preconditioning solvent is applied
to the carpet and a bonnet detergent solution is used in
conjunction with a cotton pad for a "spin buffing" of the
carpet. During the spin buffing, the carpet soil is absorbed
into the cotton bonnet.
This is a good carpet maintenance and interim cleaning
process. However, Hot Water / Steam Extraction should
be done after every 2 or 3 bonnet cleanings. Stairs and
small areas cannot be cleaned with this method.
SHAMPOO
This is the oldest method of carpet cleaning. A detergent
is applied to the carpet and agitated with a rotary type
brush system. The rotary brush agitation substitutes for
the lack of heat in this cleaning process. After the soils
are loosened, they are wet vacuumed away. An adequate amount
of shampoo must be applied to avoid damaging the fibers
of the carpet, and so the detergent can become very foamy.
Drying time is usually much longer than with a Hot Water
/ Steam extraction cleaning, and some residue usually remains.
This cleaning process is that of the typical grocery
store carpet cleaning rental machine. It is best utilized
for single room cleaning tasks or as a preconditioning
process along with a Hot Water / Steam Extraction rinse.
Scotchgard™ Protection
Once we've thoroughly cleaned your carpets, we recommend
applying
ScotchGard
Protector to keep them cleaner, fresher, brighter .
. . longer.
Other Cleaning Methods That We Don't Recommend or Use
Occasionally, we also get inquiries about the following
types of cleaning methods.
Carolina Carpet Cleaning
Services does not recommend these cleaning processes, nor
do we utilize them.
DRY ABSORBENT COMPOUND
This method involves sprinkling an organic or synthetic
compound (powder) onto the carpet. The compound is then
brushed into the carpet and allowed to dwell for a period
of time to absorb the soils in the carpet. The compound
is then removed via routine vacuuming. The benefit of this
method is fast drying. The downside is the lack of a deep
cleaning and spot removal.
DRY FOAM
This method uses a machine which aerates a detergent into
a shaving cream type foam. Following the application of
the foam, a large cylindrical brush agitates the foam into
the carpet and then extracts the suspended soil and foam
into the machine. Used properly, this can be a low moisture
cleaning method; however, it does not provide a thorough
deep cleaning. Stairs and small areas can not normally be
cleaned with this method.
ENCAPSULATION
An encapsulating chemical is worked into the carpet, surrounds
the soil, dries to a crystal and is vacuumed out
after
drying. Chemical agitation onto the carpet fibers is
the key to this process. This method is primarily a 2-day
cleaning process (apply chemical on the first day and vacuum
out the next) utilized in low pile commercial carpet applications
where the carpet can dry overnight without any traffic.
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