Archive for May, 2010

Why do some stains re-appear after a carpet cleaning?

(Carpet wicking)  is a process where spots re-appear on carpets and rugs. It could be a spilled beverage or just a lot of embedded dirt in the carpet backing or padding. As the carpet fibers dry they will pull up any remaining soil left in the carpet backing or padding to the tips of the …

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Carpet Protection

Unfortunately, there is probably as much confusion in the carpet cleaning industry about carpet protectors as there is about cleaning. Uneducated, uninformed, and sometimes downright unscrupulous carpet cleaners cause a great deal of confusion by giving out false information or intentionally misrepresenting the product. A nylon stain-resist carpet is made with two protective properties: The …

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