All of us want fresh-smelling and clean carpet all the time, after all who doesn’t? I can in no way picture myself living in my Houston house with dirty carpets! You could ask- what’s the most effective approach to clean carpets? I can not tell you a specific technique that works for every carpet simply because it would have to depend on the following things:

- What your carpet is made of (this, I feel could be the most important factor to consider)
- Whether or not your carpet has been treated for stain resistance
- Volume of traffic on your carpet
- Exactly where the carpet is
- Drying time
- Whether or not anyone in the house has allergies to specific cleaning products

Here are the most popular methods in carpet cleaning:

Steam Cleaning

Also regarded as “Water Extraction”, a hot water cleaning solution is sprayed onto the carpet by utilizing a high-pressure jet spray. A wet vacuum will then be used to suck up the solution, water and dirt. This is probably the most popular technique employed in professional cleaning services. This procedure involves numerous stages which includes an extensive pre-vacuum so dry soils will be removed from the carpet before they are wet and turn to mud, treating spots and stains, pre-spraying with a cleaning solution, stirring of the solution on the carpet pile, hot water extraction and application of deodorizer.

Dry Method

Some people swear by this method because there is no drying time whatsoever. It really involves a three-part process: solvent sprinkling on your carpet, going over the carpet using a special buffer with two revolving heads and vacuuming. As you vacuum, all the powder and accumulated dirt will be extracted.

Shampooing

This technique is really simple- a cleaning solution is shampooed onto the carpet with a circular brush. The rotating action of the brush produces foam which traps the soil and is then removed as the foam is vacuumed away.

Bonnet Cleaning

The bonnet (spin pad) must be placed at the base of your buffer and then you have to dip it into a shampoo solution. Go over the carpet just as if you’re buffing your floor. Continue doing this until you remove the dirt from the carpet. Finish off by vacuuming the carpet once it is dry.

Foam Cleaning

The machine used in this technique generates the foam. You use a brush to agitate the foam on the carpet and an extraction vacuum will then be used to pick up the foam as well as the trapped soil and dirt.