The biggest confusion among homeowners is how often they should clean their carpets. Some believe that cleaning on an annual or quarterly basis by professional carpet cleaners is enough, but those who believe in DIY carpet cleaning typically clean their carpets every month. Despite of their best efforts, they don’t get 100% successful in removing all stains, dirt or dust present in the carpets.
The homeowners use carpets for aesthetic reasons or comfort, but their Carpet Cleaning Coquitlam get easily polluted due to continuous use. In high traffic areas, carpets are heavily polluted as compared to low traffic areas. So, people living in such areas need to get their carpets cleaned regularly.
Professional carpet cleaning companies offer different methods of cleaning. Each method has its own pros and cons. Let’s know more about each carpet cleaning method:
DRY METHODS
Absorbent Compound Cleaning: In this method, an absorbent product is moistened with water and cleaning solvent is spread all over the dirty carpet. The carpet is then agitated and rubbed with special equipment. It helps the compound to completely soak into the carpet fibers. The compound absorbs soil and then extracted using a dry vacuum.
• Pros of Technique: This technique is inexpensive, and carpet dries almost immediately.
• Cons of Technique: The cleaning ability of this method is very limited. If vacuuming is not performed perfectly, you could find ‘sawdust’ flakes in your carpet.
Bonnet Cleaning: To break down the soil, a cleaning solution is sprayed all over the carpet. After that, a rotary machine with a bonnet or absorbent pad is then rotated over the surface. Spinning agitates the cleaning solution which is absorbed into the cotton or microfiber pad. This method of carpet cleaning is like taking a sponge bath.
• Pros of Technique: This method involves very little use of water and hence, carpets dry up quickly. It is relatively inexpensive.
• Cons of Technique: This technique has limited cleaning and extraction ability. It can be hard on the carpets.
WET METHODS
Hot Water Extraction: This is the most preferred and widely recommended method of carpet cleaning. In this technique, a thorough pre-vacuuming is performed to remove dry soil particles. After that, cleaning solution is sprayed, which breaks down the oil and grease. Carpet is rinsed by combining a pressurized hot water bathe with a powerful wet vacuum.
• Pros of Technique: It has highly effective cleaning ability and strong rinsing completely removes imbedded soil. This method is “deep” and “tried & true” cleaning method of the industry.
• Cons of Technique: This cleaning method requires expensive equipment, and involves longer dry times.
Wet Shampoo: This method is rarely employed in the present time. In this method, a high foam solution is applied to the carpets, which soaks into the fibers. The solution is then extracted with the help of wet vac.
• Pros of Technique: There are no practical advantages of wet cleaning over today’s methods.
• Cons of Technique: This technique causes long drying times and limited cleaning ability. It also leaves sticky residues behind.
These are the basic differences between different cleaning methods. Among all these cleaning methods, hot water extraction is the best and most effective.