Carpet Cleaning with Biologicals.
Recently I cleaned a carpet in
one of Niagara's busiest public establishments with a local Cleaning Contractor. The carpet was so deeply soiled
that as you walked you could feel your feet re-gluing themselves to the
surface of the floor. Having been here before, I knew full well that
carpet is without a doubt the biggest soil magnet. Even after cleaning
some carpets they seem like they haven't been cleaned.
Carpet behaves like a wick.
Soil through nearly osmotic process becomes evenly saturated throughout
the medium. Once visibly cleaned many carpets will appear almost as bad
as they were before they were cleaned shortly after they dry. Many carpet
cleaners realize this and with their super powerful truck mounted machines use
a shotgun to squash a fly. Many times this process gives amazing results.
Back to my carpet cleaning
adventure. We opted to use three different products to do our test trial. A
high pH degreaser, a co solvent traffic lane cleaner and a mild biological
carpet cleaner with live bacteria that produce enzymes. All three
locations showed similar soiling. Image #1 is a reasonable cross section of the
entire carpet.
This carpet was treated at 8:00
am with Bio Power on the left half and allowed to stand. Almost to the
point where it was saturated. Shortly after we applied a high pH
degreaser to the right portion of the carpet. At 8:45 we began cleaning
the carpet using a truck mounted machine at 500 psi and 175 degrees F.
Keep in mind that this is a polypropylene carpet solution dyed.
Keep in mind, I am not an advocate of using degreasers to clean carpet.
The end result is great all
things considered. Image #2 shows our results.
No doubt in my mind that the
high pH degreaser in the short term did a great job. What the picture
doesn't show? The colour is generally uniform. Four hours
later as the carpet was still saturated I noticed an improvement in the results
on the biological side.
The moral of the story is:
Biologicals offer great results and use fewer harmful chemicals. The risk
of damage is nearly none. Biologicals offer one even greater benefit.
They continue to clean long another you leave. As most carpet
cleaners know carpets stay wet for up to 16 hours after having been cleaned. As
long as Biologicals have a food source and moisture they continue to do their
thing. No doubt the results are not perfect. All things considered a vast improvement. Carpets like this one would definitely benefit from monthly cleaning.
I recommend that you try
Biopower to clean your carpets.
Image#1
Image#2
