Carpet Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning
Before you start your Carpet Cleaning, make sure that your carpets are intended for water
extraction method cleaning.
The following type of carpets are not intended for water extraction method cleaning -- Natural
fiber oriental rugs (silk or wool), hand-loomed wool rugs, braided rugs, sisal or jute carpets.
A word about carpet that was soiled with pet's Urine:
When a cat urinates on carpeting there is both a stain and odor problem. Cleanup should occur
immediately whenever possible for two reasons:
- To absorb the liquid as much as possible to prevent it from soaking through to the
backing and pad below.
- Because dried urine stains can have a permanent bleaching effect on some types of
carpet depending on how they are dyed. Nylon carpets colored with acid dyes are much
more likely to bleach out with urine. Disperse dyed Polyester, solution dyed Olefin or
solution dyed Nylon will tend not to suffer this fate. The problem may actually not become
apparent until the carpet is cleaned at which point the carpet dyes previously released
by the urine are removed and suddenly a light spot appears. This can tend to be more
visible in darker carpets.
Use Pet Stain Remover to prevent high alkalinity build-up and prevents color fade.
On older, dried stains it works to dissolve the crystallized urine embedded in the carpeting.
It's important to be thorough in cleaning up older urine spots because the dissolved
crystals may release the strong scent of feline pheromones (glandular secretions contained
in the urine to mark the cat's territory). Partial cleaning can actually make the odor seem worse
as the stain may wick up from the backing and re-crystallize on the carpet fiber tips.
Look for stains on adjacent walls or furniture as well and make sure they are also cleaned up.
Carpet Cleaning:
- Avoid over-wetting your carpet. Don't go over heavily soiled spots more than 2 times.
Berber, Multi-level, or Looped carpets retain more liquid - for these types of carpets,
DO NOT repeat cleaning passes. If additional cleaning is desired, allow carpets to dry
before attempting to re-clean heavily soiled areas. Because they retain more liquid,
Berber carpets that are overwet can experience "wick up" of soils or spills very deeply
embedded in the carpet or backing.
- Overlap passes slightly to cover all areas.
- Open windows and doors, or turn on air conditioning or heat for faster drying. This
is highly recommended when cleaning Berber carpets.
- To prevent stains, if replacing furniture before carpet is completely dry, place
aluminum foil under furniture legs.
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