Dry Vs. Wet Carpet Cleaning
When you have your carpets cleaned, most likely it will be with a wet method. However, a category of cleaning known as low moisture, often referred to as dry cleaning, offers consumers an alternative. Both wet and dry cleaning methods offer benefits and drawbacks. Does this Spark an idea?
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Types of Wet Cleaning
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Wet cleaning methods are those that use the most water. Steam, also known as hot water extraction and shampoo cleaning methods, are wet cleaning methods.
Types of Dry Cleaning
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Absorbent compound is the driest cleaning method, relying on a moist powder to absorb dirt, odors and stains from carpet. Dry foam barely wets carpet, using only the foam from a shampoo mixture. Bonnet cleaning uses a light mist of liquid cleaning chemical.
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Benefits of Wet Methods
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Wet methods are the most aggressive and remove the most dirt and debris from a carpet. Restoration cleaning requires the deep cleaning offered only by the wet methods.
Benefits of Dry Cleaning
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The dry cleaning methods offer extremely fast drying times of less than one hour. Dry cleaning is not prone to the over-wetting carpet damage associated with wet cleaning.
Drawback of Wet Cleaning
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Wet cleaning can take 12 to 24 hours to dry.
Drawback of Dry Cleaning
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Dry cleaning is considered a surface cleaning. Therefore, it does not remove the dirt and debris trapped deep in the carpet fibers.
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