WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF...
you could have your carpets cleaned exactly how
you want them cleaned?
Finally! A Better Carpet Cleaner is the
first to offer custom-tailored cleaning plans
designed to satisfy your particular needs. No more call after call
searching for the right cleaner! No more guesswork!
To help you decide on a
competitively priced cleaning plan that’s just right for you, ask
yourself the following questions:
1. What
results do I want when A Better Carpet Cleaner cleans
for me?
2. What long
range goals (5-20 yrs) do I have for my carpeting &
upholstery?
3. What am I willing
to invest to maintain my carpeting &
upholstery?
4. What special
cleaning needs do I have that need attention today?
Carpet cleaning can involve
many individual steps and combinations thereof. In steam
cleaning processes, they may include the following:
1. Pre-vacuuming - to remove loose, dry soil prior to wetting the
carpet
2. Pre-treating, or
pre-conditioning - to break the bond
between soil and carpet fibers.
3. Pre-spotting - to aid spot removal by utilizing appropriate
solutions.
4. Stain or restoration
treatments -to utilize
extraordinary measures to achieve satisfactory results in
exceptionally difficult cleaning conditions.
5. Rinsing and extraction- to flush out soil, spots and
soap residues while neutralizing ph to minimize re-soiling and
speed the drying process.
6. Fiber protective treatment
- to inhibit re-soiling by creating
a fiber surface more difficult for soil to adhere to.
7. Grooming - to speed drying and provide an aesthetically
pleasing finish.
Other Carpet Cleaning
Methods
"Shampooing" is a
method that has been around longer than any other modern carpet
cleaning method. It has lost much of it's popularity,
however, because of its tendancy to promote rapid resoiling
due to the large amounts of soap residues left in the carpet
fibers. Another popular carpet cleaning processes is
“Spin Bonnet cleaning”, or "Absorbent Pad
cleaning" where the carpet is pretreated with a
cleaning solution then “wiped” clean with an absorbent pad attached
to a buffer. Chem-Dry is a familiar brand name that utilizes this
process because of its quick drying time. "Absorbent
Compound" is another low moisture process that
utilizes a compound that is worked into the carpet fibers and then
vacuumed out after absorbing soil. Particulate build-up makes this
process problematic over time.
Which method is right for you
depends on your needs and objectives.
