What Are the Most Valuable Carpet Cleaning Methods

If you own a carpet cleaning company then you want to find the most cost-effective methods of professionally cleaning a carpet, so that you can maintain high standards and not loose all your profit purchasing new chemicals or the hiring equipment.

Equipment – Hire or Buy

The cost of buying professional cleaning machines second hand can be many thousands of dollars, compared to the price of hiring one out on a daily basis. If you are a small company, then in the short term it may be best to simply hire out machines when you need them. However, this means you are reliant on the machine being available when you need it. A more effective method may be to absorb an initial expense and buy a batch of professional machines and then hire out the ones you are not using.

Methods

There are many ways to clean a carpet, you could use a shampoo and water extractor method, you could steam clean, you could even dry clean carpets. Each method has its pros and cons.

The Wet Shampoo Method

This method involves getting the carpet very wet and foamy and scrubbing it with a machine. From a demonstration point of view, this method is very effective because it looks like you are ‘washing the carpet’. However this method requires a lot of water which means you either need to carry your own, which can be very expensive, or use the customers supply. This method is not as effective at getting stains out as some other methods. In fact, it often includes chemicals, optical brighteners, which make the carpet appear cleaner that it actually is.

The major disadvantage with this method is that it takes a long time for the carpets to dry out and requires the customer to keep their heating on to aid the drying process. This method is good if you want to get plush carpets well cleaned and have the flexibility of a few days for the carpets to dry

The Steam Cleaning Method

Steam cleaners use hot steam to lift dirt out of carpets. The Steam cleaning method is very ecological since it can be done with ecologically friendly chemicals. Steam cleaning is favoured as part of an end of lease clean because steam cleaners can be more easily manoeuvred to clean furniture.

Dry Cleaning Method

This method is very quick drying because it uses very little water and so is favourable if you are requested to do an end of lease clean. Dry cleaning uses a cocktail of degreasing and absorbent chemicals which are spread on the carpet and then vacuumed up. They can be vacuumed up with a domestic vacuum cleaner so the only major cost is the chemicals.

Most Valuable Method

Each carpet cleaning method has significant advantages and disadvantages. The most valuable strategy for your business would be to combine the methods. For example, if you are requested to do an exit clean, dry clean the carpets but steam clean the furniture.

Author Bio
Candice Hubbard is an experienced cleaner of more than 15 years and runs a number of small Carpet cleaning Brisbane area businesses. Her companies specialises in End of lease cleaning Brisbane area. Candice leases out her machines during her quiet season.