Carpet Cleaning
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Carpet cleaning, the five steps.
The days of wheeling an old carpet cleaning machine into a house or office and starting to clean are long gone (although you will find some people still doing this) maximum soil removal will be achieved using the following principles.
Dry Soil Removal.
This is without doubt the most important part of the carpet cleaning process. Dry soil or particulate matter
will increase carpet fibre wear, which actually scratches and abrades fibres. Using the correct vacuum cleaner for individual pile type is also important, a powerful upright cleaner is an excellent choice when vacuuming tufted carpets, but not so good with woolen loop pile, which will felt up, we recommend a tub or cylinder type cleaner. Also make sure you change your vacuum bag when it is 3/4 full, reduced vacuum is seen after this point, which reduces soil removal.
Industry figures suggest 80% of the dry soil is removable by effective dry vacuuming. True carpet cleaning professionals will have powerful equipment able to remove dry soils along with knowledge of how to remove the maximum levels of soils by employing the techniques they have learnt.
The Suspension of Soil.
The solution pie, a combination of the following fundamentals need to followed to achieve the best results.
1- Agitation of the pile
2-Time
3- Temperature
4- Solution action
5- Cleaning with TACT
Grooming and pile setting.
A carpet that has not been groomed in high traffic areas often causes customers to show concern regarding the carpets performance. Grooming after cleaning is particularly important if the carpet has rotary cleaning marks or swirls or straight forward ‘wand’ marks from extraction cleaning. Grooming also helps with the application of protective or odour treatments and more importantly in carpet drying times.
The principle of drying.
With modern carpet cleaning equipment, drying should now be between one and four hours. Good ventilation (open windows and doors) will make a huge difference, airflow helps to realise the moisture in carpet fibres. Other considerations that relate to drying also need to be taken into consideration, for example fibre type and construction and the level of soiling. Air moving equipemt can also speed up drying times, particularly if hot water extraction has been used in the cleaning process. If drying times are of great concern to the customer, low moisture cleaning and dry cleaning methods can also be used.