Carpet Cleaners – Bissell , Hoover Carpet Steam Cleaners
Your carpet is a major investment, and like anything else, will last longer with proper care. Whether you choose to purchase a carpet cleaner, rent carpet cleaning equipment, or hire a professional cleaner, you can't go wrong with cleaner carpes.
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Purchasing a carpet cleaner, renting a commercial machine, or opting to hire a professional will go a long way towards extending the life of your expensive carpet or rug. Even with today's high performance, spot-resistant fibers, you'll want to do everything you can to prevent stains and to treat them immediately when they occur. With a little extra time and attention, you'll keep your carpets looking newer longer.
Plan on deep cleaning your carpet about every 12 to 18 months. With today's advanced fibers, be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning. You can choose professional or do-it-yourself steam or dry cleaning. If you choose professional cleaning, be sure to use a reputable service and get them to perform a visual inspection of the carpet before giving you a quote.
If you opt for the convenience of owning your own carpet cleaner to use for emergency or interim deep cleaning, you have plenty of models from which to choose. Top manufacturers of carpet deep cleaners designed for home use include Hoover, which produces the SteamVac series of cleaners; Bissell, which makes the ProHeat and PowerSteam lines, Electrolux/Eureka, Dirt Devil, Oreck, Royal Appliance and Kirby.
Hiring a professional cleaner, either through a franchise like Stanley Steemer, Sears or ServiceMaster or through an independent company, is certainly a timesaver, but a potentially costly one. Take advantage of coupons offered through franchise cleaners or spring cleaning discounts offered through local advertising.
Methods of Carpet Cleaning
Hot Water Extraction Method
This method is also called steam cleaning, though little, or no steam is produced in the process. Areas of heavy use are preconditioned to suspend ground-in soil, then a pressurized cleaning solution is injected into the pile. Suspended soil and solution are immediately extracted. Hoover SteamVacs and Bissell PowerSteamers are consumer-quality deep cleaning hot-water extraction machines for home use.Absorbent Pad (Bonnet) Method
The absorbent pad method should be used only by a properly trained cleaning professional. The rotary bonnet method uses a machine similar to a floor buffer with an absorbent spin pad attached to remove the soil. The spin pad absorbs soil onto the pad, and soil is removed when the pad is rinsed.Dry Extraction (Polymer Compound) Method
An absorbent compound saturated with detergents and solvents is brushed in and around the fibers with especially-designed machines or brushes. The compound attaches to the soil particles, and both the soil and compound are then removed by vacuuming.Dry Foam Extraction Method
In dry foam cleaning a detergent solution is whipped into a foam and applied to the carpet. The foam is worked into the carpet by a especially-designed machine with reel-type brushes, followed by wet vacuuming. Some machines have their own extraction capabilities while others need thorough vacuuming after the carpet is dry.Rotary Shampoo
The rotary shampoo method uses equipment similar to the rotary bonnet method, except that a cleaning solution is injected onto the carpet before cleaning or through especially-designed brushes. Carpet shampooers for home use are made by Kirby and Dirt Devil (the Platinum Force and Jaguar models).
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