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Manuals & Videos

• Hot Water Extraction Training Manual (Download)
• Training video (Part 1)
• Training video (Part 2)

 

Carpet Cleaning - Restorative Hot Water Extraction

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.

 COMMON CONCERNS
• 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.

1. 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)
2. 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. 
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3. 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.
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5. Carry a tigger spray bottle with you while cleaning for spots not removed with prespray use (BOOST) or other spotters listed in spoting section..
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7. Thoroughly extract the area using hot water and an alkaline detergent to suspend and rinse the soil from the carpet.
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spotting products needed:

spots not removed with prespray use boost. boost is the prespray mix of flex in trigger bottle. 1oz flex, 1 oz citrus and fill with water

spotting products needed:

Tar, Gum, Grease: Use Citra-Quick

 

ink.: use pig,

rust: T-Rust

 

Mix prespray (traffic lane pretreatment)

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 - 2 oz Deodorizer to 1.5 Gal water in Backpack

x1 Qt +2 oz + 1.5 Gal Water to

 

 

 

Daily Truck supply stocking:

• Using the Truck stock online form enter the current truck inventory and supplies needed and Submit form
• Retreave the Truck stock online form results from your email and pull needed supplies from stock room and restock truck.

Truck Weekly Maint::

• Using the Truck Weekly Maint. online form check maintenencae items and supplies needed and Submit form
• Retreave the Truck Weekly Maint. online form results from your email address maintenance issues and pull needed supplies from stock room and restock truck. 
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Daily Truck supply stocking:

• Using the Truck stock online form enter the current truck inventory and supplies needed and Submit form
• Retreave the Truck stock online form results from your email and pull needed supplies from stock room and restock truck.