Cold Water Carpet Rinse

Mix carpet shampoo according to the instructions and add to carpet shampooer.

Cold water carpet rinse.

Rushing the cleaning job may give poor results so plan to take your time. Then start shampooing in a corner of the room and slowly pull the machine across the carpet in straight overlapping lines. The seattle fire department recommends rinsing carpet after shampooing with a vinegar and water mixture poured into the tank of the carpet cleaning machine. 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.

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. 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. All you need to do now is let the carpet fully dry and be amazed at the difference you see. Now you are ready to shampoo your carpet.

As was expected at the time other school districts greening their school maintenance operations adopted the same cold water restrictions. The solution and dirt are then extracted from the carpet. Hot water extraction on the other hand forces a mixture of hot water though not quite steaming and carpet shampoo deep into the carpet. Finally let the floor dry for at least 6 hours.