8 Carpet Cleaning Tips for Best Results

We spend a lot of money to clean our carpet. Thus, we can’t get the best service from the cleaners. Follow these guidelines when cleaning carpets with your cleaning machine. 

1.      Finding tough spots: Machines are designed to deep clean and extract in one cleaning pass. Your best choice for cleaning difficult spots, stains or traffic areas is to use specialty products: Hi-Traffic Pre-Treatment, Spot &Stain Remover, Urine Eliminator, or Odor Remover.

2.      Don’t over wet the Carpet: Cleaning machines are designed to deep clean and extract in one cleaning pass. Don’t go over a heavily-soiled spot more than 2 times. Berber, Multi-level or Looped carpets retain more liquid. For these types of carpets, do NOT repeat cleaning passes.

3.      Overlap slowly: IMPORTANT: When pressing the red button, keep machine moving so vibrating brush does not agitate in one place. 

4.      Liquid recovery: You should recover 70 - 80% of the liquid used depending on your carpet type. With Berber carpet, you may recover a little less liquid.

5.      Don’t use excess foam: in the white UPPER tank which can be expelled through the machine and may affect your carpet. If foaming occurs, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup Anti-Foam to white UPPER tank.

6.      Replace Furniture: place aluminum foil under furniture legs to prevent stains. Leave aluminum foil under furniture legs until carpet is completely dry.

7.      Dry Faster: Open the doors and windows. Place fans pointed downward on carpet. Turn on heat in damp or cold weather. Turn on air conditioner in humid or hot weather. This is highly recommended when cleaning Berber carpets.

8.      Berber Carpet cleaning: You can use your cleaning machine to clean Berber carpet. For best results, make only one pass while depressing the thumb switch to release solution. 

So, these are the common rules of Upholstery cleaning in Sydney.