It must also penetrate deep to where most of the dirt is found. No different than your mechanic who has to scrub his hands while applying soap to loosen the bond of grease.Īll carpet cleaning soap must be given an opportunity to work. Soap must be forced deeper into the carpet. For any soap to clean effectively, it must have an opportunity to penetrate the grease and break down its molecular hold. He will tell you that spraying soap on his hands and immediately rinsing it off without scrubbing, only touches the surface of the grim. So lets ask your local mechanic again, what he thinks. They will tell you the 'steam' will force the soap deeper but in reality, there is only a fraction of a second for this to happen before the wand (also shown here on the right) is sucking it back up. It does not penetrate deep down where most of the dirt is found. There is almost no penetrating force behind this spray nozzle so the soap only coats the top surface of the carpet fibers. The company doing the steam cleaning will usually spray a light mist of soap over your carpet with a sprayer like the one shown here. Within a few weeks, many of these dirty areas may be visible again, but you will just blame yourself, the kids, or pets and not the steam cleaning method. Within several days of some steam cleaning, shadows of former dirty areas will begin to reappear. How well are your carpets really cleaned with steam cleaning? Steam cleaners will remove loose easy dirt from the surface, which gives the appearance of being 'clean', but it is not as effective in removing deep ground in dirt and grim. Everyone knows oil and water do not mix unless soap is applied. Imagine him trying to clean his greasy hands with just warm water. This presents an obvious question that is best answered by your local auto mechanic since he deals with oily grime every day. So why use the word 'steam'? Who would buy ' Warm Water Carpet Cleaning' ! Instead, this method often depends on 'warm water' and suction to extract soil and stains from your carpets and upholstery. Does Steam Clean Better?įirst a little unknown fact: Professional steam cleaning does not always use 'steam' which could damage and shrink carpet. Your satisfaction and convenience is our greatest concern which is why we have continued to use dry foam shampoo and not switched to steam cleaning. Given the same humidity, dry foam shampoo dries far faster than steam cleaning because there is much less water left in the carpet. Of course, drying times are very dependant on humidity levels in your house which can speed up or slow down the process. We admit, it takes us longer to complete a carpet cleaning job using dry foam shampoo, but our time is to your advantage, with dry times in as little as 4 hours, instead of steam cleaning which can take as long as 24 hours. Dry times are often inconvenient with steam cleaning over dry foam shampoo. If the carpet is not completely dry and you rest an object on it that contains a stain or dye, there is a high chance these colours will bleed into your carpet and stain it. This will prevent you from putting everything back where it belongs until the next day. A carpet steam cleaner takes less time to complete each room, however, their speed is not to your advantage.Ī carpet steam cleaner uses much more water when cleaning your carpet and therefore may take longer to dry. Steam cleaning is quite fast, but only for the person doing it and not for the homeowner who has to wait for it to dry. Our reasons for offering dry foam shampoo instead are explained below. What is the best way to clean a carpet? If a steam cleaner was more effective, why wouldn't we offer it. Why Dry Foam is the Best Carpet Cleaning Method Steam Cleaning Option
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