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THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUE AND PRICE

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

When you select a carpet cleaner, you choose from a wide variety of cleaning methods and prices.

For your residential Nylon or Acrylic carpet, Shaw Industries, the world's largest carpet manufacturer, recommends hot water extraction from a truck-mounted unit, and using a portable unit only in areas where the truck-mount won't reach.

Here's why: A truck-mounted unit cleans much better than a portable unit for three reasons:

It heats the water to a higher temperature. For every 18-degree increase in temperature above 118 degrees F, you double the solution's cleaning ability. So if the water temperature is 136 degrees F, it will clean twice as well as water that is 118 degrees F.-- 154 degree water will clean four times as well as 118 degree water. And so on, until you reach a water temperature of 250 degrees F.
It shoots the cleaning solution into your carpet at higher pressures, which breaks up the dirt, bacteria, chemicals and pollen. Five hundred pounds per square inch is the optimum pressure for truck-mount hot water extraction. Plus I have a power tool to agitate the pile and dislodge the dirt so it can be sucked out.
The machine uses stronger suction to draw the dirt, chemicals, bacteria, pollen and tobacco smoke residue out of your carpet.

Not surprisingly, having your carpet thoroughly cleaned with truck-mount hot water extraction costs more than renting a shampooer at the corner grocery store.

If you bought the cheapest carpeting you could find, then renting a small shampooer might be all you need. No question, it will get out some of the dirt--but the key word here is "some". It will not get out many of the chemicals, bacteria, pollen and tobacco smoke residues.

On the other hand, if you bought high quality carpeting--if you want it to look good and give you years of dependable service--then you need to take extra good care of it. This means you need t have it cleaned by a skilled, qualified technician at least every six months to one year, depending on the amount of soiling and foot traffic it receives. And you need to have it cleaned thoroughly as only a truck-mount hot water extractor can do.

Of course, if you have Berber carpet, or maybe glued down commercial carpet, we may recommend Encapsulation Cleaning using the Cimex machine. We get excellent results with this method, often superior to using the truck-mount.