Cleaning Methods
Purpose of cleaning and Maintenance
Your commercial carpet installation is a significant investment, both in monetary terms and overall facility image. It is important to implement a maintenance program from the beginning. A consistent and effective carpet maintenance program can maintain the initial facility image and dramatically extend the life of your monetary investment. It is the goal of Coast Carpet Cleaning to assist you in preserving the original appearance of your commercial carpet.
There are many valuable reasons we clean or maintain any object, including carpet. The incentive for an effective cleaning and maintenance program is magnified when we recognize these activities contribute to the following:
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- Maintains the value of property and reduces the rate of depreciation.
- Contributes directly to personal security, comfort, and productivity.
- Accents aesthetics.
- Creates a unique psychology that enhances quality of life.
- Encourages topophilia (affection for place).
- Elevates a sense of well-being, which is the essence of good health.
- Sends caring messages and image.
- Promotes human dignity.
- Manages waste and hazards and contributes to environmental protection.
- Ensures sanitation – reduces adverse exposure levels.
- Serves as a form of insurance that reduces risk and prevents crisis.
In order to keep carpet products performing their best, designing and implementing a comprehensive maintenance plan is very important.
Maintenance Plan and Schedule – The five elements
A customized comprehensive carpet care program consists of five elements.
- Soil Containment – isolation of soil entering the building using mats at entrances.
- Vacuuming – scheduled frequency for removal of dry soil using a CRI approved “Green Label” vacuum.
- Spot and spill removal system – using professional spot removal techniques.
- Interim Cleaning – scheduled frequency appearance cleaning for all traffic areas.
- Restorative Cleaning – scheduled frequency deep cleaning to remove residues and trapped soils.
There are some conditions where appearance change must be expected. In areas where the oily material from asphalt sealers is tracked into the building, carpet and other flooring may become yellowed over time. Check the traffic lanes often for slight dulling of color; this indicates a buildup of soil. It is virtually impossible to remove all of this material once it has penetrated the fiber of any carpet. Entrance mats and scheduled cleaning can reduce this phenomenon. Areas where large amounts of sandy soil enter the building may become dull in appearance over time. This is due to abrasion of the fiber surface, affecting the reflection of light. Frequent vacuuming helps to minimize this problem.
A thoughtfully designed and implemented maintenance program performed by qualified personnel, properly equipped and trained, is essential for optimal long-term performance.
If you don’t maintain it, you can’t expect it to stay clean.
Out of the many methods out there here are two of the methods we offer that will help you maintain your commercial building and keep the appearance you desire.
- Hot water extraction
This method of cleaning is also referred to as Steam Cleaning. Hot water extraction has evolved over the past few years, now using better equipment, techniques, and chemicals than in the early years. While there has been progress, the basic system remains the same.
Hot water extraction cleaning is perhaps the most used method today. If used properly, utilizing all the principals of cleaning it is the finding of many independent experts and laboratories that it removes the greatest amount of soil as compared to the other methods. 
Extraction can employ high temperature, good chemical concentration, and if used with the proper pre-spray, offer time for the chemicals to work. You have what I feel the best method out there today.
Extraction cleaning offers one disadvantage and that is extended drying time. This may differ due to the amount of soil from as low as 2 hours and up to 24 hours in extreme cases of dry time.
- Encapsulation Cleaning
This method is often referred to as a form of dry cleaning. This system is used throughout the carpet cleaning industry as well. It is used as an interim maintenance system as well as for primary cleaning.
How does encapsulation technology work? First we emulsify all the oil and physical contaminates within your carpeting, surround each molecule with an acrylic-polymer barrier that prevents it from reattaching itself to the fibers while drawing it to the surface using controlled evaporation. This immediately allows the carpet to return to its original orientation so that it looks its best, not just after cleaning, but between cleanings encapsulation cleaning could be the perfect option. Fill out the web form and we will contact you soon!
Services Offered
IICRC certified truck-mounted hot water extraction. Handle all varieties of carpet. Cleaning includes pre-vacuuming and spotting as well as pre-conditioning all carpets. 
Our technicians will at all times exercise the utmost care in the handling and cleaning of your upholstered furniture. Cleaning includes pre-inspection of all fabric types to ensure proper cleaning. We offer water based and solvent based cleaning as well as dry cleaning. 
On-site cleaning of all area rugs. Please call us for an in office evaluation. 
Soil retardant is designed to repel dry soils and keep them from penetrating carpet or upholstery fibers. Proper carpet/upholstery preparation, dilution of chemical, and application are essential to obtaining the highest level of performance. Nothing will make a carpet bulletproof, but soil retardants offer extra protection. They are a preventive and make maintenance more effective. 
We offer several types of deodorizing for pet, smoke, and general odor control. These can be injected into the area of concern or put into the emulsifier solution and administered to all the carpet throughout your office. 
The use of natural stone and tile has been on the rise over the years. All stone is taken from the earth in the form of raw block. Explosives, large saws and specialized equipment are used to extract the stone form the earth. The stone blocks are then cut into thinner, more easily handled pieces called slabs. The slab itself is then processed, depending on the intended use of the stone. It may be left natural or given a high shine and shipped to a marble fabricator, who will ultimately turn it into a very expensive floor. |