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Should i try to clean my own carpets and upholstery?

July 14, 2008 on 4:23 pm | In Cleaning Articles From Masterclean ® |

The correct answer to this is ‘No’ but have you recently had a quote from a carpet cleaning professional? and thought wow!!!

that is one hell of a price just to clean a carpet or suite of furniture. The next stage to this scenario is often, ok, then i’ll clean it myself. So with the best of intentions you go and hire out your local rent a carpet cleaning machine for a said amount, then you have to purchase the cleaner to go along with it, it’s your fuel your using to go and pick it up and deliver it back, and you only have it for a certain period of time, people tend to forget these things.

We have heard and seen the outcome on soooooooo many occasions. Now granted, on some types of carpeting you can and will get away with it, on upholstery, well, we just would not recommend it, and for the most part, you really should leave the job to a professional.

Why?? we here you ask.

Lots of reasons, and here are just a few, firstly professional upholstery and carpet cleaners exist for a reason!! think about it. The machines you rent are terribly under powered, and leave a great deal of the water they put down behind, we have heard of peoples furnishing taking a week to dry. There are many different fabrics and fibres available, all of which should be cleaned in a particular manner, using the correct solution specifically designed for that fibre.
A good professional carpet and upholstery cleaner will clean safely, without leaving soil attracting residues behind.

A professional cleaner will/should have many different solutions and techniques at his diposal in order to give a good, fast drying result, regardless of the fabric or fibre he/she is being asked to treat. So many people make the mistake of not getting the job done properly. In general that means you will be involved in expelling a great deal of energy for very little initial gain, cleaning carpet and upholstery is pretty hard work, as many have found out, especially if you do it the wrong way to begin with. We would go as far as to say, simply this, don’t waiste your money.

Then there is the damage you do, some you can see and some won’t become apparent until a little further down the line, soaking wet carpets etc will lead to the groath of mould etc, not healthy at all. You may think, after you have finished that the result wasn’t all that bad, but then a few months later, whilst looking at the carpets or upholstery you cleaned, you realise it doesn’t look quite right, a bit tired maybe, dull, generally unwell, then a month or so after this it looks dirtier than before you cleaned it and you can’t quite figure out why???

Well we know why, it’s because you should have had the job done properly to begin with, there is a definate art and science to cleaning most upholstery and carpets, and to be honest there are alot of so called professionals that are not that great at it either!!!
Our advice is each to his own. you would not take your car to the butchers for a service, so find yourself a dedicated upholstery and carpet cleaning professional with experience and knowledge of in the field cleaning and stick with them, get the job done properly every 12 to 24 months and get the most from your upholstery and carpets, they will last for many years longer, giving many years more good service if looked after and cleaned regularly in the correct manner. When you way up the pro’s and con’s of do it yourself carpet cleaning and professional carpet cleaning there really isn’t a question to be aswered.

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