Which One Is More Cost-Effective: DIY or the Pros?
You planned to do a deep carpet cleansing this coming weekend. You will rent the machine you saw at the rental store, grab some carpet soap at the grocery on your way home, and put on some elbow grease. Stop before you do any of that. You might damage your own carpet instead of cleaning it. Here are some points to ponder about DIY carpet cleaning.
A lot could go wrong with cleaning machine rentals.
Those rental machines usually do not have the capacity to raise the heat levels of the water to be effective enough for carpet washing and rinsing. This will leave soap and detergent particles deep in the fibers and accumulate dirt a lot faster.
Carpets will be damp for a couple of days.
Since the water from the rented machine is not hot enough, it will take more time to dry. Days after your cleaning, you will have a damp carpet. This will cause a foul smell from mold buildup. Carpets will start coming off the floor, or carpets might start to shrink. The discoloration will be observed due to too much moisture.
Soaps and detergents might not be effective on your carpet or the stains.
If you are not well-versed with the types of carpet and the matching detergent or formulation for them, you might use the wrong product, which will not work on the stains. Worse, the cleaning item you thought would clean the carpet may actually damage it.
DIY deep carpet cleaning is hard work and not always successful. So let the cleaning professionals do it right for you. It is better to get it right the first time instead of having to undo the damage or pay for repairs. Call Nick's Carpet Steam Cleaning for excellent carpet cleaners. We are located in Snohomish, WA. Reach us at (425) 334-0974 today.