DIY Steam Cleaner Rentals Verses Professional Carpet Cleaning

Many customers inform me when they want to save money on their carpet cleaning they go and rent a DIY portable machine. I often hear them say it’s not as effective as a professional cleaning. It saturates their carpets for long periods of time, they are worn down by the amount of refills and time consuming work, they notice their carpets getting dirty within a month after the clean and so on… Needless to say they tolerate the trouble a portable provides to save a little extra cash.

Something to consider, carpets are an expensive piece of property and add property value to our homes. There should be great consideration for our investments if we want them to last and maintain their new like appearance. By not having them properly cleaned by a certified (IICRC) professional we only worsen their condition. A lack of knowledge and training as well as equipment will worsen carpets over time.

Here is a list of important information to consider when renting a portable:

1)   Less than desired results

-This is because the machines lack power for penetration, suction and heat.

2)   Long dry times

– This is caused by the machine not extracting the massive amount of water it uses. It oversaturates your carpets and even your padding and can result in bad smells and can form mold.

3) Spots returning

-If you have heavily saturated spots in your carpet, your machine will not effectively remove all that is in your pad and only wet what is down there. When you first clean it looks great but after a day or so you notice the spot returning. This happens when your carpet is drying the saturation spot makes it ways to the top. It’s like a wick in an oil lamp. It manifest what is on the bottom.

5)   Brown spots appearing

-This issue is caused by over wetting and soaps / detergents left in the carpet when drying and pushing dirt to the surface. Another reason for this is by the type of fiber causing the browning effect.

6)   Shrinkage

– Not all carpets have this issue but by knowing the type of carpet you have and its construction is something most certified (IICRC) professionals would know. This problem can also be caused by excessive amounts of water.

7)   Rapid re-soiling

– This results from the amount of detergent used in the machine leaving its high alkaline ph residue in carpet. Your carpet is supposed to be on the ph meter of a 7. Most certified (IICRC) professionals understand this, and so they use a pre-spray before cleaning then they rinse it out afterwards with a proper rinsing agent without injecting it with more solution. This is the proper way to clean and rinse carpets.

Not only does Quality Care Carpet Cleaning discourage renting portables but highly recommend using a qualified (IICRC) professional. Some carpet cleaning companies claim they are (IICRC) certified but this does not mean the individual cleaning your carpet is. If they are certified they should carry with them the (IICRC) certification. You should ask to see their certification before they clean your carpets.

Quality Care Carpet Cleaning prides itself in maintaining (IICRC) standards for all of its technicians. At this time it only has one technician who is highly qualified and will be the one cleaning carpets. His name is Tim Moore (owner and technician). He not only has his certification but management experience to go with it. He used to work for a large carpet cleaning company in Dallas TX and became one of their trainers. He trained other technicians in how to properly clean carpets. If you are looking for the right company and the right professional to take care of you the right way then please feel free to contact us by phone, email or even our website!