 |
Hoover SteamVac Carpet Cleaner with Clean Surge, F5914-900 List Price: Sale Price: $139.83 You save: $40.16 (22%)  |
DescriptionThis powerful home steam vacuum saves you the expense and hassle of having to rent a steam cleaner to keep rugs, upholstery, and bare floors (other than hardwoods) looking like new. The powerful 12-amp motor combined with five spinning brushes that operate at either high or low speed lift the dirt and grime out of carpets... |
 |
BISSELL Big Green Deep Cleaning Machine Professional Grade Carpet Cleaner, 86T3 List Price: Sale Price: $469.00 You save: $130.99 (22%) |
DescriptionThe Bissell 86T3 Big Green Deep Cleaning Machine carpet cleaner helps remove microscopic particles that get buried in carpet fibers for years. It makes your home cleaner and healthier by reaching dirt that other vacuums can't touch... |
 |
Hoover SteamVac Pet Complete Carpet Cleaner with Clean Surge - F5918900 List Price: Sale Price: $157.59 You save: $32.40 (17%) |
DescriptionThis SteamVac is made to deep clean homes with pets. SpinScrub technology allows the brushes to clean carpet fibers from all sides, ensuring a more complete clean-up of pet messes. Comes with heated cleaning, removable rotating brushes for easy cleaning, fingertip surge control for spot removal, and two separate tanks to keep clean solution separate from dirty water... |
 |
Hoover MaxExtract Dual V Carpet Cleaner, Black, F7412900 List Price: Sale Price: $191.99 You save: $48.00 (20%) |
DescriptionThe Hoover SteamVac Widepath has the patented SpinScrub brushes that clean all sides of the carpet fiber. The brushes are easy to remove for easy clean up. And, there are 3 speeds for a variety of tasks... |
 |
Hoover Platinum Collection Professional-Strength Carpet-and-Upholstery Detergent, 50 Ounces, AH30030 List Price: Sale Price: $13.26 You save: $7.73 (37%) |
DescriptionHoover Platinum Collection Heavy Traffic Detergent for all of your carpet cleaning needs. |
 |
BISSELL SpotLifter 2X Portable Deep Carpet Cleaner, 1719 List Price: Sale Price: $47.99 You save: $2.00 (4%) |
DescriptionEveryone has their own system when it comes to mopping up a spilled mug of hot chocolate on the impractical, but beautiful ecru carpeting. Maybe they begin by dispensing half a roll of paper towels to absorb the excess liquid, then apply the carpet cleaner of choice, dab ferociously, and so on... |
 |
Hoover MaxExtract All-Terrain Carpet Cleaner, F7452900 List Price: Sale Price: $199.99 You save: $100.00 (33%) |
DescriptionThe Steamvac All-Terrain Vacuum is designed to clean a variety of surfaces. It works with 120 Volts. |
 |
BISSELL Quicksteamer PowerBrush Multi Surface Deep Cleaner, 20803 List Price: Sale Price: $89.50 You save: $0.49 (1%) |
DescriptionThe Quicksteamer® PowerBrush Multi Surface Deep Cleaner is designed for quick clean-up of carpet, hard floors & area rugs. The easy to fill tank and foot activated power switch make for simple operation... |
 |
Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner with MaxExtract Technology, F8100900 List Price: Sale Price: Too low to display |
DescriptionThe Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner removes more dirt from carpet than any other leading vacuum brand. Hoover's one-of-kind DualScrub Technology combines Spinscrub brushes with a PowerGroomer to provide 360-degree dirt removal and a professional clean finish... |
 |
Bissell PowerLifter PowerBrush Upright Steam Carpet Cleaner Sale Price: $99.99 |
DescriptionDirt is a normal part of a carpet's everyday wear and tear--but that dirt can get ground deep into a rug's fibers every time it's walked on, damaging them permanently. Portable, lightweight, and easy to use, the Bissell PowerLifter PowerBrush Upright Deep Cleaner protects and extends carpet life by removing deep-down grit and stains, using just hot tap water, deep-cleaning detergent, and its four-row rotating DirtLifter PowerBrush... |
Steps On Finding The Best Carpet Cleaning Options by Joe Black
Choosing the best carpet cleaning options all depends on the type of flooring you have, and what stains you may have that will need to be removed. If you have children and/or pets in your home, this will be a deciding factor also. There are 3 main options for cleaning your carpet, steam clean, dry clean, and shampoo.
We will briefly talk about each one so you can make your decision as to which one is best for you.
Steam cleaning is the best option for most people. It uses less water than that of a carpet shampooer, and also kills more of the bacteria and viruses that may be trapped in your carpet. This is the method preferred by most professional carpet cleaning services.
This option uses hot steam to penetrate deep into the carpet fibers to break up any dirt and debris that is suck deep in the carpet fibers. It is especially useful on removing hard, set in stains. Then a powerful vacuum is used to extract the dirt and moisture from the carpet. If done properly, you carpets should dry in about 2 hours, depending on the level of cleaning that was used on the carpet.
Dry cleaning the carpet has become a more popular option as of late. This method uses a dry but slightly moist powder to penetrate the carpet fibers and attract dust and dirt particles. After allowing this powder to set for a certain period of time, the powder is vacuumed up. Another option of cleaning solution for this type of cleaning is a dry foam solution that is applied to the carpet and allowed to dry.
Either of these methods leaves your carpet dry to the touch as soon as the cleaning tech has finished with the entire process. Shampooing is the most common know carpet cleaning option, and is typically the method you will find if you are purchasing or renting a machine to clean your carpets yourself. This method uses a lot of water and cleaning solutions to clean the carpet. But it is impossible to remove all of the water and shampoo from the carpet. Which will leave a soap residue on the carpet fibers and can cause the carpet to look dirtier faster?
If you do not extract nearly all of the water, you risk damaging the carpet fibers and padding, and this can lead to replacing your carpet a lot sooner than you expected to.
Whether you are hiring a professional or doing it yourself. It is important that all steps are followed in order to assure a proper cleaning of your carpets. If you skip a step or perhaps just miss a step, then you can get less than expected results. And can risk damaging the carpet in the cleaning process. The first step to any cleaning method is to vacuum the entire area first to remove any loose dirt and debris.
This will make a big difference in the outcome of the cleaning process.After reviewing all of these techniques for cleaning your carpet; the best carpet cleaning options you can use is steam cleaning. This method is used by almost all professional carpet cleaners, and has been proven to do the best job on cleaning carpets. It also has a less risk of damaging your carpets than using a shampoo method. Be sure to ask your local carpet cleaning company what they recommend as the best option for your type of flooring.
About the Author
Joe Black has been in the field of carpet cleaning companies for a long time and maintains a website about carpet prices where you can find answers to your questions.
Choosing Carpet Cleaner Machine | Carpet Cleaner Machines | Carpet Cleaners Is Simple
