Carpet Cleaning
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Carpet and Upholstery cleaning - Our solutions.
Safe and consistent carpet and upholstery cleaning solutions, some information on a solution we use for cleaning-
M-Power® Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner, is:- Derived from renewable/sustainable sources
- Fully Biodegradable
- Exhibits anti-bacterial & anti-viral properties thanks to its unique natural-molecular cleaning action.
- Non-toxic to humans and pets
- Non-toxic to aquatic life
- Non-reactive with chemicals, such as chlorine bleach
- Non-caustic
- Non-combustible
- Non-corrosive
- Non-flammable
- Non-fuming,
- Non-hazardous
- Non-polluting
M-Power® Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner contains:- NO ammonia
- NO animal products
- NO Bacteria or Enzymes
- NO artificial ingredients
- NO isopropyl alcohol
- NO phosphates
- NO solvents (apart from water)
- NO synthetic chemicals
- NO harmful ingredients
- NO Soap or detergents
This product works particularly well when cleaning natural fibre carpets or upholstery, a good dwell time is recommended, we usually let the product work for twenty minutes.
Payment before service?
After cleaning carpets and upholstery for many years we have seen many questionable practices, we recently have visited a website offering carpet cleaning services in this area, when clicking on the ‘get quote’ button I was asked to make sure my credit card was to hand! Stop! We believe this is the correct procedure to follow:
A customer calls or makes an e mail enquiry -
We respond with by offering to visit and conduct a survey, or by sending an e mail costing (this is free of charge)
If the quotation is acceptable -
We will call in, phone or e mail suggesting some times that may be suitable to our customers. (again free of charge)
On the day we arrive, we will execute our three stage cleaning process and only then, will we present our invoice, we expect no pre-payments or deposits, we are confident that you will be pleased with our standards of work.
We are NCCA (National Carpet Cleaners Association) members and follow a strict code of conduct, giving our customers peace of mind.
UV Damage - Carpets and Rugs
Every week we see serious Ultra Violet or sun bleaching damage to carpets, soft furnishings, rugs, textiles and leather furniture. As people tend to move items of furniture and rugs infrequently, dramatic colour change is seen, very regularly.
But what can you do?
On hot summer days, closing blinds or curtains can help protect your personal items, particularly between 12-3.30 pm, leather furniture dries, carpets and rugs fade, pictures also fade, a consequence can be, brittle carpet and rug fibres, cracked or split leather, damaged soft furnishing fibres can lead to balding. One clever solution is employing a company to fix apply a virtually invisible filter to the inside panes of glass, after rigorous cleaning, these UV filters screen out most of the harmful rays damaging your possessions.
Even in winter months, gradual damage still occurs. As we protect our skin with sun screen, this will be a bigger consideration as the problem of global warming increases as the years roll by.
Bed bugs in Brighton? How to deal with them.
Bed bugs are tiny wingless insects, they feed on the blood of warm blooded animals and humans. These little bloodsuckers and their relatives have evolved as nest parasites. Some live in bird nests or even bat roosts, waiting for the unsuspecting animal to return home. Infant bugs are about the size of a poppy seed, growing up to 10mm in length as adults, they have a fairly flat body with an oval shape, colours range from white to dark brown, if you look closely after the bug has been feeding, you can actually see the victims blood in the insects body.
Bed bug activity - When we are sleeping, they become active, looking for people or animals. They will sip our blood without us realising, whilst they are doing this, small amounts of the bugs saliva will be injected into our skin. Over a period of several weeks exposure to bed bugs, we can become sensitized to the saliva, sometimes leading to allergic responses. The marks on our skin resemble those left behind by fleas and mosquitoes.
Where do they come from? Bed bugs hide in small cracks and crevices, they can be found in furniture, pillows, boxes, luggage. Purchasing used furniture or mattresses can prove an excellent way of these creatures gaining entry into your home. Bed bugs can survive for several weeks without feeding, they can also travel between walls and regularly move from house to house in search of new food sources.
Looking for bed bugs Inspect your furniture or mattress closely, used skins and tiny blood spots can be an indication of infestation at some stage in the furniture’s life. Don’t forget that bed bug larvae can be the same size as a grain of rice.
Our safe and non toxic solutions can eliminate bed bugs, please feel free to contact us for a non obligatory treatment cost.
The importance of the vacuum cleaner.
Much has been written about ‘indoor air quality’, homeowners and carpet cleaners alike sometimes don’t spend enough time using their vacuum cleaner, on rugs, carpets and upholstery.
Vacuuming is the first and MOST important part of the cleaning process, so why would we encourage our customers to use their vacuum cleaner more often? without regular and thorough vacuuming, over the months, large quantities of loose particulate soil gather behind the pile and backing that could actually weigh more than the carpet itself!
As cleaning techicians, this information gives us every reason to give your carpet a detailed and comprehensive vacuum before we start our cleaning process, with over 80% of the soil in your carpet being lose, its well worth doing properly. If a carpet cleaning operator turns up a tries to convince you that a good vacuum isn’t necessary, don’t use him, lose soil will instantly turn into mud/sludge, which will be nearly impossible to remove.
We recommend a quality upright cleaner, we like SEBO vacuum cleaners, a strong vacuum motor in conjunction with an effective beater bar/brush will enable you to remove much of the dry soil in your carpet, its also good exercise!
SEBO Dart Upright Vacuum Cleaner
Stain cleaning using the supermarket spotter.
Ahh….. a stain on your new carpet! However careful we are, sooner or later, a nasty looking stain will be staring back at you, the most common reaction is to purchase a bottle of spotter from the local supermarket.
Damage, colour loss and stains can easily occur on upholstery, rugs and carpets if ‘oxy’ type solutions are incorrectly used, these products contain oxidizing containing sodium percarbonate, hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate. Medical and cosmetic products containing benzoyl peroxide will also leave you with permanent colour loss and bleach damage.
This type of product should not be used on:
SILK (including rugs containing silk)
Leather
Wool
Wool blend - rugs and carpets
Often people call us after using these products (or a cocktail of solutions) after failing to remove stains, often the instructions on the bottle are ignored, more and more solution is sprayed onto the stain, this will often lead to dye bleed, permanent staining and colour loss ( particularly on upholstery)
We will often need to see the product actually used, and on some occasions be unable to clean the area affected, if the stain had been worked on several weeks or months previous to our visit, the stain damage can be masked by soiling.
The best advice we can offer when using these products would be to always read the data sheets or instructions and use the correct dilution rates without ’scrubbing’ the fibres.