Carpet Cleaning Basics

Cleaning carpets requires using a combination of factors.


#1 complete dry vacuuming of the carpet to remove as much dry soil as possible. Like the oriental rug plant that uses a beater to remove sand, the carpet should be vacuumed with a beater bar vacuum that has two motors: one for the beater and one for the vacuum.


#2 chemical application to suspend water based soils. Most carpet soiling (dried cola) becomes an oxidized acid. This sticky mess is disengaged from the carpet fibers by adding an alkaline detergent.



#3 agitation of the applied chemical. The carpet must be agitated to apply the cleaning solution to all the fibers.


#4- dwell time for the chemicals. The chemical reaction is enhanced if the chemical is allowed to remain on the carpet long enough for the soil to become suspended.



#5 heat. Heated solutions work better.

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An excellent cleaning company will of course prevacuum the carpet. They will also find a way to apply the proper solution with a tool that will gently agitate the fibers. They will then allow the chemical to stand long enough for the maximum cleaning to take place. They will then extract using super high heat.

There will be the occasional solvent soluble spot that will need to be cleaned with a solvent spotter. Remember that most carpet soil is water-soluble. Some stains (lipstick, ink, grease) will require the use of a solvent spotter. Solvent spotters are applied during the cleaning process.

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Jacksonville carpet cleaning

Jacksonville carpet cleaning require a cleaner to do an outstanding job, because in Jacksonville Florida, there are several options available that will produce a variety of results. The variety is based on the variations of the different methods of cleaning on the market. The carpet cleaning industry's central certification body, the IICRC recognizes several methods of carpet cleaning. These methods include the following:

    * Shampoo: a method using a shower fed rotary brush scrubber, that dispenses a solution that cleans the carpet.
    * Bonnet cleaning: a solution is (always a water based solution)  applied with a pump sprayer and a clean pad or "bonnet" is rotated over the carpet transferring the soil into the pad. (this method is the basis of most dry cleaning advertised as "dry cleaning")
    * Dry particle method. In this method, a corn husk (or other dry carrier) is ground up and a solvent is applied to them. This powder is then applied to the carpet and then vacuumed up taking along with it the carpet soil.
    * Hot water extraction or steam cleaning. In this method, the carpet is cleaned using a portable or truck mounted cleaning machine that injects hot water to the carpet surface with a row of inline sprayers. Right next to these sprayers is a suction port that extracts the spent solution to a holding tank.

All of these methods (according to the IICRC) require the carpet to be vacuumed before it is cleaned. It is a fact that 80% of carpet soil is dry particles that must be vacuumed out before cleaning.


We clean carpet using a commercial pile lifting vacuum cleaner. Following this vacuuming we use a multi brush machine that spins both clockwise and counter clockwise to apply or cleaning solution. After allowing this solution to dwell we extract using the hot water extraction method listed above.


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