Carpet Cleaning is usually advertised to highlight the benefits of the type of machine and method used at a company.
Steam cleaning was started around 1945 and in fact, carpet cleaners still employ the same basic principles in today’s industry. Over the years, the carpet cleaning and flooring industry has improved its system and chemicals to clean more efficiently. Although there is an actual steam cleaning industrial process, in the context of carpet cleaning, “steam cleaning” is, in fact, hot water soil extraction cleaning, which is professionally known as HWE. The hot water soil extraction cleaning method uses equipment that sprays heated water, sometimes with added cleaning chemicals, on the carpet. Simultaneously, the water is vacuumed up, along with any dislodged and dissolved dirt.
When done correctly this method can be very effective at cleaning carpet. However, if the correct time and care are not used many problems can occur such as over-wetting and improper detergent removal during the rinsing process. If you are going to higher a carpet cleaning company in Oklahoma City we recommend to find a self owned and operated or franchise company. These carpet cleaning businesses will be less likely to overbook the staff and take the time it takes to do a good job using such a large amount of water.
We have employed many carpet cleaning methods over the last 10 years. The most convenient process we have found is Encapsulation.
In the 1990s, new polymers began literally encapsulating (crystallizing) soil particles into dry residues on contact.[2] In the conventional cleaning process surfactant molecules attach themselves to oily soil particles, suspending them (emulsification) so that they can be easily rinsed away. Surfactant (detergent) molecules and emulsified soils which escape being rinsed away, remain in the fibre and continue to attract soiling, causing the condition of the carpet to degenerate; often re-soiling faster than before it was subjected to the cleaning process. Encapsulators are speciality detergent polymers which become part of the detergent system. As drying occurs (20-30 min. drytime), after cleaning, these encapsulators bind the detergent molecules and residual soils in a brittle, crystalline structure.[1] Detergent and soil particles can no longer attract other soils and are easily removed by dry vacuuming. In addition to binding the detergent and soil residues the encapsulation chemistry coats the clean fibre with the same brittle film. This reduces the fibre’s affinity for oily and particulate soils. As this brittle film “breaks away” and more soil is removed, the appearance of the fibre improves as opposed to soiling more rapidly. Products which also employ fluorochemical technology, display dramatically extended anti re-soiling time periods. Cleaning solution is applied by rotary machine, brush applicator, or compression sprayer. Dry residue is vacuumable immediately (20-30 min. drytime), either separately or from a built-in unit of the cleaning-system machine.
Source: Wikipedia
We use an oscillating pad machine and encapsulation detergent to provide convenient carpet cleaning in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas.
Our customers experience fast dry time, dependable results, and low danger detergents. Low Moisture cleaning also saves tons of water every year versus traditional carpet cleaning, and we are proud to offer this method to Oklahoma City residents and all surrounding areas.
