Monday, January 17, 2011

Encapsulation and carpet cleaning. (Carpet Cleaning Basics).

It appears that the old adage, "what's new is old and what's old is new," is once again proving true in the carpet-cleaning world. Encapsulation, also known as crystallization, is one of the hottest "buzz words" in the market today, especially in commercial carpet maintenance. It's also a trip down memory lane to when I entered this field some 30 years ago.

When I first started "steam cleaning" carpets in 1970, there were only three extraction machines in the entire county. At that time almost all carpets were maintained using a "shampoo" process. As steam cleaning began to gain acceptance, we would sell against the shampoo cleaners by showing clients the dirty water containing the soils we had extracted from their carpet.

Ref: Carpet & Rug Institutes Carpet Maintenance Guidelines Products I Like To Clean My Carpets: Febreze Carpet care 

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