Cold Water Carpet Rinse

This will remove any leftover formula and give your carpets an extra clean.

Cold water carpet rinse. The solution and dirt are then extracted from the carpet. Then start shampooing in a corner of the room and slowly pull the machine across the carpet in straight overlapping lines. As was expected at the time other school districts greening their school maintenance operations adopted the same cold water restrictions. When looking for carpet shampooer be sure that the shampooer is an extractor with a clean water rinse cycle.

The seattle fire department recommends rinsing carpet after shampooing with a vinegar and water mixture poured into the tank of the carpet cleaning machine. Hot water extraction on the other hand forces a mixture of hot water though not quite steaming and carpet shampoo deep into the carpet. In 2005 as part of a green cleaning initiative new york public schools instructed all custodial crews to use only cold water when performing cleaning tasks including carpet cleaning. Rinsing your carpet after cleaning will take more time but it could keep your carpet looking clean longer.

Now you are ready to shampoo your carpet. When you ve cleaned the entire carpet refill the machine with only cold water and go over the carpet again to rinse out soap residue from the carpet fibers. An optional step that we recommend if you have time is to go back over the cleaned carpet again with only hot tap water in the tank no formula this time. Rushing the cleaning job may give poor results so plan to take your time.