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Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning with Extraction Excellence!

You may also want to see: Upholstery URINE Cleaning Primer

Spot cleaning is important to know because cleaning spots right after they occur is our best assurance they will be safely and in many cases, completely removed by a professional if not by yourself. Extraction utilizes the principles of evaporation and wicking to deep clean.

Figure 1 Simple Spotting Kit

1. SETTING UP a Spotting Kit. You will first need a 24 oz or similar spray bottle for each spotter required. Second, you will need a soft brush for agitation. Third, you will need blotting soft white terry cloth towels. Fourth, you will need a hair dryer. Use a clothes spotting super-market product greatly diluted (about ½ teaspoon for above size bottle). Always pretest each product before first use. Keep the kit readily accessible.

Figure 2 Soiled Fabric Being Reconditioned

2. Preconditioning. (Figure 2) It is sprayed onto the soiled fabric. This solution has a minimum of detergent. As it is sprayed down, it surrounds and softens, after a brief dwell time, most soil. Excessive application of solution is not required unless the level of soiling is great.

3. Grooming. (Figure 3) It disperses loosened soil into the solution. The fabric from the surface looks clean immediately after the raking, but must now be extracted.

Figure 3 Grooming – Soils now in Solution "Appears" Clean

4. Extraction. (Figure 4) Furniture extraction is by blotter cloth or small extractor, but limit rinsing greatly if possible. For especially soiled fibers, multiple passes for rinsing may be needed. Dry passes both speed drying and extract solution which was not absorbed by the fibers or picked up after the initial application.

Figure 4 Extraction uses Evaporation

5. Drying. If cleaning is proper and drying is complete, fabric surface appears clean (Figure 5). Often, however, spots reappear (usually the result of abused fabric or over-soiling without cleaning – Figure 6). The spot must be re-cleaned and blotted as a dryer is used by the customer. The absorbent will collect any soils not first extracted. Volume spills may require 3,4 or more cleanings. Volume spills may require 3,4 or more cleanings. Sometimes the absorbent can be left to dry on the fabric overnight, but most solution should be already removed or mold will appear if drying is incomplete before 48 hours.

Figure 6 highlights the importance of regular EXTRACTION CLEANING! Without 

deep extraction cleaning indoor air quality issues are not addressed.

Figure 6 Residue /Soil Dries on Top [Improper Rinse]. Cleaned Fabrics Dry Last on Fiber Tips

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See also the  Upholstery URINE Cleaning Primer