Our Cleaning Process
Moving a wand over your carpet is not the only way to clean it. Learn more about the whole process before you make your appointment.
From the time we get there until the time we leave, the customer is happy. People ask us a lot of questions about how to clean different kinds of carpets because we are certified Master Textile Cleaners.
Most people have heard of the term “steam cleaning.” But professionals use a number of different ways to clean carpets. Each has both good and bad things about it. We’ll look at the top five ways carpets are cleaned by professionals. Most likely, you won’t have to use them. But this post will help you understand what your cleaner wants you to do. You’ll also know what to expect from each one. After all, people are always happier when they know more. They spend less money but still get what they want. Find out how to join them by reading on.
How come there are so many ways to clean a carpet? Fabrics come in many different types. Any good professional carpet cleaning service will be able to clean carpets, rugs, upholstery, and other home fabrics. Some, like My Home Carpet Cleaning, can clean more than just carpets. They can clean tile, leather, and even your air ducts.
Each material presents unique problems. Therefore, each requires unique solutions. The five most common ways for cleaning carpets by professionals are:
Here are some of the most common tricks that a professional carpet cleaner will use. Taking it out with hot water This is how most carpets are cleaned by professionals. “Steam cleaning” is another name for it. With steam cleaning, hot water is forced into the carpet fibers at high pressure, where it breaks up dirt and bacteria. The hot water is then pulled out with the vacuum. This is why the term “hot water extraction” is used.
Putting a cleaning agent on the area to be cleaned is the first step in the cleaning process. The cleaning agent is then spread with a brush and the dirt is broken up. After the cleaning agent has had time to do its job, the hot water extraction can begin. It can take an hour to clean the average home with steam cleaning, and twice that long for the carpet to dry. Putting up an office or other commercial building can take a lot longer.
Most commercial cleaning jobs are done in the late afternoon or evening so that carpets can dry overnight. In some situations, though, wet carpets for a few hours just aren’t an option. Absorbent Compound Most people call cleaning with compounds that soak up water “dry carpet cleaning.” In dry cleaning, a substance that soaks up dirt and other things from your carpet is used. Most of the time, a mechanical brush is used to spread absorbent materials and break up dirty fibers. It is given time to separate the dirt from the fibers of the carpet. Then, it is picked up with a dry vacuum made for professionals. This method is best for people who want a deep clean but don’t want their carpets to get wet at all.
Cleaning the bonnet Unlike other ways to clean carpets, bonnet cleaning focuses mostly on the surface of the carpet. “Bonnet machines” have a pad that can be spun and is soaked in cleaning solution. They polish the carpet’s surface, which removes dirt and dust. Hotels and other places that need to look better often have their bonnets cleaned. It’s one of the fastest ways for a professional to clean a carpet. Even so, it can still change how the carpet looks.
But using a bonnet to clean is more of a short-term solution than a long-term one. Soil from the lower layers of the carpet will eventually rise to the top. This means that a second treatment is usually needed sooner than with deep cleaning methods. When a bonnet is cleaned, chemicals can also be left behind. Taking care of the carpet Shampooing is one of the oldest professional ways to clean carpets that is still used today. For a long time, it was the only way to clean tough carpets. The process has changed since the beginning, but only in terms of the technology that is used.
Carpets are cleaned today with a substance that makes foam. To work the foam into the carpet, a brush machine is used. Then, both the “shampoo” and the dirt that is stuck to it are removed with a wet vacuum. The carpet will need some time to dry. Then you vacuum dry to get rid of any dust that might still be there. Encapsulation This way of doing things sounds hard, and in a way, it is. During encapsulation cleaning, synthetic foam soaps are worked into the carpet with a brush machine. As the foam dries, it turns into a powder. As it does this, any dirt on the carpet gets wrapped up. The powder and dirt are then sucked up with a vacuum.
Encapsulation is usually better than shampooing because it doesn’t leave any residue, dries faster, and uses less water. Still, cleaning by encapsulation isn’t always the best way to clean. Most people who clean carpets don’t use encapsulation on very dirty carpets. It doesn’t work as well as it used to. In the end, to know what the best solution is, you need both education and experience.
Our job as people who work in the service industry is to help our customers learn. But what’s more important is that it’s our job to have the skills we need to do the job. Strangely enough, asking your carpet cleaner questions is one of the best ways to decide which carpet cleaner to choose. Technicians who know what they are doing can tell you why a certain method works best for your fabric. If your carpet cleaner can’t tell you why they suggest something, you might want to look into other options. If you live in NYC call us to get a free estimate, the real carpet cleaning experts in the NYC area. In addition to educating our customers, we also offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee, as any real service professional should.