Carpet Cleaning solutions

    The importance of knowing your carpet cleaning solutions is very important. All solutions leave a residue. One needs to remember this as the residue will attract soil once dry. The manufacturer will say the solution is designed to crystalize once dry. Yes this is true but in my 10+ years of doing this it still attracts soil over time.

    When attracting soil this reduces the amount of time the carpet surface will remain clean. Some solutions or more soil attractive than others. This is where years of experience helps to determine the best solution for removing soil. While also providing the necessary conditions to repel soil. Over the years we have tried many different types of solutions to come up with what works best.
 
    The same applies when working to remove spots. By using a spray spot cleaning solution to remove the dirt and grime can cause more spots to develop over time. This is because the solution failed to crystallize and drop to the base of the carpet. I have cleaned office and house carpets by spotting them with its solution scrubbing and let to dry. Only to come back in a few weeks to see a spot trail and discolorations from regular carpet wear and those spots. Having clean spots on a medium soiled carpet highlights the clean spots. This is not conducive to a clean looking overall carpet. This is where experience comes in and works to blend in the spot removal to the current soil of the carpet. From what I have seen most companies will not take this into consideration. For me it is important to have a even looking carpet. A carpet that looks pleasing to the eye.

    When spot cleaning one has to take in consideration the nap of the carpet. This is another factor that we look at and consider to work and remove all of the debris in the finer and deeper parts of the carpet fiber. Which way the nap is falling is important as to make sure that when scrubbing the spot that we go with the nap at first but at times we might have to go against the nap and go north, south, east, west when scrubbing order to ensure that the spot debris has been removed.  For even further stubborn spots we might have to get a bone scraper (which is a small plastic scrubbing device which does not harm the carpet in order to agitate the debris and loosen it up). When done and complete to make sure that the spot has been removed and is important to blot the spot dry and fix the nap so that it's in the proper orientation. By doing this it enables the carpet nap to flow evenly and to have a pleasant visual look.

    Going back to spot solutions, it is best to try to work a spot out with just hot water initially. The hot water generally breaks up the soil and a rubbing action will help to remove it from the fibers. If this doesn't work then a small dab of spot carpet cleaner on the exact debris let it sit for 3 to 5 minutes. This will allow the chemical to do all the work and to break up the oils glues whatever might be collecting the debris. After, then one can continue to rub out with a hot clean towel which will help remove some of the solution and take out the rest of the debris. After fix the nap with a brush and we should be good to go.

    It is a good idea to try and remember that spot and see if it attracts more soil overtime. If so, just again take out a hot towel and scrub the spot to determine if it can be removed by simple hot water. Most likely this is the case and it will work fine.