Carpet Cleaning - Restorative Hot Water Extraction
(This methode is used for most synthetic carpet. Not wool or area rugs)
Carpet that has not been properly maintained may need a deep, restorative cleaning. This is performed through hot water extraction (sometimes called steam cleaning) and may include rotary shampoo cleaning or agitation of the preconditioner with a counter-rotating brush machine.In order to perform the best job, a technician must follow the “cleaning pie” as taught in the IICRC CCT/CCMT classes. The cleaning pie consists of four parts: time, agitation, chemical, and temperature.
Basic procedures HW extraction
Basic Equipment set up
- Locate water supply and connect it to truckmount supply hose
- collect corner gaurds and run solution hose(s) to furthest area being cleaned. Make sure to connect shut off(s) and turn it to off position.
- Set up corner gaurds as needed
- Run vacuum hose(s)to same area as solution hose(s) but allow an extra 5-7 ft for retraction when it is under vacuum.
- collect tools needed wand, stair tool etc..Check wands for debris in head. Do not clean with clogged tools.
- If large job connect dump hose to proper area to allow dumping of waste water when waste tank gets full.
- Start up the truckmount, set throttle contorl to upholstery, single or double wand as needed
- set water pressure to 450 - 550 psi for carpet or upholstery cleaning.
- Adjust rinse to 2-3 GPH fill Mix tank if low (video)
- begin cleaning
- when work is done pack up truck in reverse of setup.
Mix prespray (traffic lane pretreatment)
!!! dont forget to wear your saftey googles and gloves!!!
Hydro-Force Mix - 16 oz flex and 5 qt water to hydro-force
x8 scoop 
+ 5 Qt Water
Boost Mix - 1 oz flex - 1 oz citra-quick 30 oz water to tigger spray bottle
x 1/2 scoop + 
x 1/2 scoop + 30 oz Water 
Extraction Rinse
1 Qt Axiom Rinse to 5 Gal water
x 1 QT + 5 gal water to 
Pet Odor Treatment Mix
1 Gal First response to Hydro-force (no yellow tip) no water added
x 1 Gal no tip 
Carpet Protector Mix
1 Qt Protection Plus - 3 oz Deodorizer to 1.5 Gal water in Backpack
x1 Qt +
3 oz + 1.5 Gal Water to
• Carpet re-soiling quickly
• Re-occurring spots
• Spots not removed
• Slow dry time
• Banged up furniture and walls
• Pre-treatment solution splashed on furniture and walls
Basic Steps:
Synthetic carpet, Nylon, rayon, polyester, olefin (commercial), berber. use this methode. Any others like wool or area rugs do not use this methode.
- Vacuum the floor thoroughly. It is easier to remove dry dirt than to clean mud. (if carpets are not too dirty this step may be skiped)
- Pre-spray the carpet with a cleaning chemical designed for carpet.
- If the carpet is synthetic, such as nylon, the product should have a pH of 10 or less.
- If it is olefin (polypropylene), use a product specific for olefin.
- x 8
- Agitate the pre-conditioner with a groomer brush on heavy traffic areas to penetrate the soils. Allow adequate dwell time (ideally 10–20 minutes). Remember, the longer the pre-conditioner is allowed to dwell, the greater the soil suspension. Be careful not to allow the product to dry on the carpet.
- Carry a tigger spray bottle with you while cleaning for spots not removed with prespray use (BOOST) or other spotters listed in spoting section..
- x 1/2 x 1/2
- Thoroughly extract the area using hot water and an extractgion rinse (Axiom Free Rinse) to suspend and rinse the soil from the carpet.
spotting products needed:
Tar, Gum, Grease: Use Citra-Quick
ink.: use pig,
rust: T-Rust
Basic Steps: Topical pet odor stain treatment
Synthetic carpet, Nylon, rayon, polyester, olefin (commercial), berber. use this methode. Any others like wool or area rugs do not use this methode.
- Identify source of odor with Hydro sensor (Hydro video here) or UV light (Uv video here)
- Spray the carpet with a enough cleaning treatment to reach backing of carpet and pad.. (Application video here)
- avoid getting on fruniture or under any fixture that will get damaged from over wetting.
- pad or block as needed
- Agitate thetreatment with a groomer brush Allow adequate dwell time (ideally 10–20 minutes). Tip: Try to do this first maybey before pulling vac hose in so it has time to dwell while you are doing something else.
- For heavily soiled carpets you can also apply your regulare pre-conditioner like flex to soiled areas.
- Thoroughly extract the area using hot water and an extractgion rinse (Axiom Free Rinse) to suspend and rinse the soil and odor from the carpet.
- or
1 Gal First response or Pet stain off to Hydro-force (no yellow tip) no water added
or
x 1 Gal no tip
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