DIY Carpet Cleaning

Cleaning Ability of Rental, Store Bought and Professional Machines

The first thing you need to consider is just how clean your carpet will get using a rental carpet cleaning machine or one sold for home use. For starters, while rental and machines designed for home use will soak your carpets deep down to the roots of your carpet fibers but only actually clean the surface of the carpet. As your carpets dry the dirt deeper down in your carpet will rise to the surface leaving your carpeting looking spotty and unclean in areas. Professional carpet cleaning machines are designed to clean deep down into the carpeting fibers getting all the dirt out clear down to the roots of the carpet fibers resulting in an overall cleaner carpet.

In addition, rental and store bought carpet cleaners often do not have very powerful extractors which means that your carpeting may remain damp for several hours or an entire day. If the weather is hot, then this gives mold and mildew a chance to grow in your carpeting. Professional carpet cleaners are designed to extract almost all the water from your carpeting, resulting in a faster drying time and less chance of mold and mildew growth.

Chemical Cleaners Vs. Organic Cleaners

Most of the recommended rug cleaning products for rental machines and many rug cleaning products that are sold on the market contain toxic chemicals that are not good for you or your family’s health. At All Green Carpet Clean we use only organic cleaners. These organic cleaners leave behind no toxic chemical fumes or residue that can be breathed or ingested by your family making them safer to use especially for families who have small children and pets.

Cost

Although it may seem cheaper to clean your carpets itself, if you need to do repeated cleaning to try and get your carpeting clean or if the damp conditions in your carpeting result in the growth of mold and mildew it can end up costing you far more to rent that machine than you might imagine. When you hire a carpet cleaning service you know the cost of the cleaning right up front, so there is never any unexpected expenses.

Experts advise that cleaning your carpeting 2 or 3 times a year will prolong the life of your carpeting and can actually aid in keeping yourself, your children and your pets healthy. The choice is yours.