- According to the website Eartheasy, one in three people in the United States suffer from allergies, asthma, sinusitis or bronchitis. To ease the symptoms of these conditions, the website advocates reducing exposure to synthetic chemicals, such as the kind found in many carpet cleaners. Because of the growing market, a number of commercial, non-toxic cleaners are available on the market today. Some of these include Biokleen, Oxy-Clean or Simple Green.
- An estimated 35,000 accidents occur due to exposure to chemicals found in cleaners. This does not factor in the statistics for children who ingest household cleaners. Many common household cleaners don't clean significantly more effectively than the homemade organic cleaners that our grandmothers used. Baking soda, cornstarch, or lemon juice and salt are all good for removing stains.
- For deep cleaning a carpet, a steam carpet cleaner is required. These cleaners inject hot water and a cleaning agent into the carpet before suctioning them back up with a powerful vacuum. A good, non-toxic cleaning compound for use in carpet cleaning machines involves mixing liquid soap, vinegar and water. To clean and deodorize carpets, you can use liquid laundry soap of the non-bleach variety and liquid fabric softener.
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karlakaye said
on 9/8/2009 Chem-Dry offers a Safe & Non-Toxic method for carpet cleaning. Their cleaning solution is called The Natural and uses plant based extracts with the power of carbonation to lift dirt & allergens from your carpet fibers & they are extracted away. No Soaps or detergents to re-attract the dirt and no harmful chemicals!