I get anywhere between five and ten calls per day asking for upholstery cleaning. It’s strange to me that clients who own Microfiber upholstery are under the impression that they have some type of super delicate fabric. They panic. To be put simply, it’s polyester (sometimes nylon)! Microfiber is very fine polyester, making it feel like a suede or nubuck, but cleaning is very simple.

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No it should not cost more money to clean microfiber. I’ve heard of people paying upwards of $500 to clean a micro fiber sofa, not because it’s extremely soiled, or because of some special issues regarding the cleaning, but because it’s microfiber. This is completely unacceptable. Microfiber upholstery cleaning is a simple cleaning process. Do not succumb to unscrupulous upholstery cleaning companies telling you that you have a fine fabric. Until manufacturers start making micro fiber upholstery using rayon, let’s keep it simple.

Now to get technical, polyester (being synthetic) will not absorb oils and spills. It will collect those oil and spill molecules at its surface, creating a film over the microfiber upholstery (a good reason to scotchgard micro fiber). Thorough preconditioning or shampooing prior to hot water extraction is critical to break down the film on the surface of the upholstery. No two types of fabric are exactly the same. Some fabrics need to be cleaned differently. The only different treatment I apply to micro fiber is the addition of a citrus solvent to my preconditioned to help break down any oils that accumulate. Outside of that, my hot water extraction cleaning process (steam cleaning) is pretty much the same. I don’t charge more for cleaning micro fiber upholstery. Please don’t pay more.

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Although rust may seem impossible to remove at first, it really isn’t all so bad. But first I’d like to ask you a quick question that for some may sound odd? Are you sure it’s rust? As a carpet cleaning professional, I go into many homes under the impression that I am cleaning a rust stain only to find out that it really is a wood shellac bleed from a piece of furniture that use to be there. Most of the readers are confident in their stain identification ability, but be aware that the two stains may look similar.

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Rust stain removal is accomplished by using very acidic ingredients. When I clean rust my rust removal chemical states it’s a 3 pH (very acidic). Using household ingredients, this is how you do it.

• Start with a lemon. Squeeze out a liberal amount of lemon juice onto the rust stain and agitate with a metal spoon. The citrus acid in the lemon will help remove the rust stain. Let it sit for 1 hour, blot with a white towel, rinse, and dry. How much of a transfer did you get? Did you get all of it? No…try this.

• Take some cream of tarter and mix it with a little water to form a paste. A quick note about cream of tarter is that it also can be used to clean brass and copper cookware. Spread on the paste onto the rust stain, agitate using a metal spoon, and again let sit for one hour. Blot, rinse, and dry.

• If all else fails go with vinegar. It smells terrible but I’ll show you how to use it to remove that rust stain on your carpet and how to get rid of the smell afterward. As usual pour or spray the vinegar onto the rust stain, agitate using a metal spoon and let sit for one hour. Blot, rinse and dry. To get rid of the vinegar smell afterward, just throw some baking soda onto it. Baking soda is an alkaline; and vinegar, being acidic, will neutralize along with its odor.

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Have you ever had a spot on your carpet, clean it or have it professionally cleaned, only to have in reappear in a few days. This can be extremely frustrating. This short article will explain the “why” behind this problem and hopefully a clear approach to prevention. As a professional carpet cleaning specialist, I commonly find this challenge among Berber olefin, Berber nylon and all other olefin carpets.

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Berber, although beautiful and a very strong style of carpet, can be difficult to clean at times. Its tight, often matted fibers sometimes only allow a cleaning technician to push a spot deeper into the carpet. It disappears. When it drys, due to evaporation, the spot finds the driest spot on the carpet fiber - the surface. To prevent this from happening your cleaning technician must pre-vacuum thoroughly, and go through extensive extraction methods to win against the spot. At the end of the job, be sure that your technician speed dries your carpet so any residue (although there shouldn’t be any) doesn’t reach the visible surface.

Olefin loves oil. The oil in your skin, hair, pet hair, and shoes from outside attach to your olefin carpets and will pick up any and all dirt it comes across. Be sure to tell you carpet cleaning technician that you have an olefin carpet. Cleaning solvents, citrus, and higher PH cleaning chemicals may be needed for success. Again, thorough pre-vacuuming and speed drying should be a carpet cleaning must.
So now you know why your carpets resoil and how to prevent future resoiling. Be vocal with your carpet cleaning technician. Let him or her know that you are an educated consumer and demand outstanding quality of service. And if you live in the NYC metropolitan area, give Steam Pro Carpet Cleaning NY an opportunity to earn your trust.

Blood removal can be tough to remove if it was previously incorrectly cleaned. Do not rub the blood deeper into the carpet. This will definitely make the cleaning process much more difficult, even for a professional carpet cleaner.

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Before you decide to take out that scrub brush, take out a little bit of salt and pour it onto the blood. The salt will absorb most of the blood.

Next pour a small amount of water onto the blood and blot (do not scrub) the spot as close to dry as possible.

Lastly, lightly pour 3% peroxide (the is the domestic dilution ratio 1:33 or 3%) onto the blood spot. Blot and repeat until the blood is completely removed from the carpet.

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