Cleaning Your Carpet
If you’ve waited until your carpets look dirty, then you have waited too long. The longer they remain dirty, the sooner they’ll wear out. Industry testing shows that you can have up to one full pound of dirt in a square foot of carpet before it begins to look dirty.
This dirt is abrasive and wears down the fibers and substantially shortens the life. Many warranties require at least an annual cleaning by a professional to be honored (check your own warranty to see your requirements, and if they specify the type of cleaning method to keep your warranty in effect).
Another necessity of regular cleaning is to remove the contaminants besides the “dirt” that gets trapped in your carpet’s fibers. The longer you wait to clean, the longer you have to breathe all the pollen, fungus, pet odors, dust mites, and chemicals that hide in your carpet.
Our Cleaning Methods
We use state of the art, White Magic™ truck mounted steam cleaning. This is also referred to as an injection/extraction method. It is the preferred cleaning method of all the major carpet mills.
Our van-powered units truly offer the best in performance, reliability, and simplicity. They use a Vulcan dual heat exchanger method to heat the water to a consistent 240 degrees. We then inject the steam at 600 psi (pounds per square inch) and then extract it with 14″hg of lift.
We use Prochem carpet extraction detergent powder with a solvent boost to quickly cut through tough, dry or greasy soils and leave the carpet clean:
- Powerful enough for commercial buildings and restaurant carpets, yet safe for residential carpet.
- Its Minimum Residue, Maximum Cleaning formulation removes soil that others leave behind.
- Meets specifications for use on stain-resistant carpets
Our van units are completely self contained. We even bring our own soft water.
All this results in cleaner carpets, faster, that dry in 4-7 hours.*
For a modest addition in price, and should you have a necessity for having your carpet dried faster, you can upgrade your order with the usage of our new SUPER drier, where typically we’ve found that your carpet is nearly dry by the time we leave your home.
* Drying times may vary by Temp, humidity, or heavily soiled carpets.
Spills happen.
Stains don’t have to. Follow these general guidelines to prevent carpet blemishes whenever you have a mishap .
- Scoop up as much of the spill as possible, with a towel or a spoon.
- Blot the spot, don’t rub or scrub. Gently press clean cloths into the stained area to remove moisture. Scrubbing can damage the fiber and set the stain into the carpet.
- Apply warm, not hot, water to the stained area and blot until the stain stops transferring to the cloth.
- If you can still see the stain, make a Detergent Solution by adding 1/4 teaspoon dishwashing liquid to one cup warm water. Don’t use too much soap, because it’s difficult to rinse out of the carpet.
- Apply the detergent solution, let sit five minutes, then rinse with clear warm water. Repeat until all the detergent is removed.
- Place layers of white paper towels on the spill to absorb the liquid. Weight down the towels with a non-staining glass or ceramic object. You can let them sit overnight.
- When the carpet is dry, vacuum to restore the texture.
- If you can see the stain after all this, repeat steps 3 through 7. It means the stain penetrated deep into the pile and has wicked up to the surface.
- Call Performance Carpet Care!
