Rose Petal Housekeeping Blog

Let’s face it; it’s tough to get excited about the need to clean your carpets. At Elite Carpet Care we understand how you feel. So we try our best to make this process as seamless for you as we can. It’s our desire to get in and do the job efficiently with as minimal “downtime” to you and your lifestyle as possible. Let’s share some answers to the three most commonly asked questions we receive almost everyday.

To compliment the Elite Carpet Care cleaning program, we offer Bridgepoint’s Maxim Fiber and Fabric Protection. This application assures you the best protection possible against re-soiling and stains.  Maxim Fiber Protection has two protective properties.  The first is an acid dye blocker that is basically a clear dye that fills the extra dye sites in a fiber.  This helps to keep “foreign” dyes (such as red dye in a beverage) from penetrating the carpet fiber.  The second property is called a “flourochemical”.  It is commonly known as 3M Scotchguard or DuPont Teflon.  This treatment helps keep spillage from actually getting to the acid dye blocker, but its biggest job is to resist dry soil.  By resisting dry soil, less soil bonds to the carpet, therefore, more soil is being picked up by your vacuum.  Making sure that you have a sufficient amount of protector on your carpet will help keep the soil from bonding to the carpet.  Once it bonds to the carpet, it acts like sandpaper on your traffic area.  Once the yarns are broken down, there is no way to bring them back to their original state.

Ceramic tile is one of the most abused and overlooked floor and wall surfaces in the home simply because of the work involved in cleaning it. No one relishes the thought of scrubbing each tile and grout line for hours with a small brush and of using those irritating, harsh, and unsafe chemicals.

The good news is Elite Carpet Care can take care of your tile cleaning needs, using only earth-safe products that won’t harm your family, your pets, or this world we share.

Pet urine can cause permanent damage to your floors and fabrics. It can also create an unhealthy indoor environment. When urine is first deposited onto a floor or fabric, it has a pH of about 5 or 6, which is on the acid side of the pH Scale. It is easier to remove right then when it is fresh. Once it dries it turns “alkaline” or to a high pH between 10 to12 on the scale and becomes more difficult to remove. The warm acid state of the urine offers a perfect breeding ground for bacteria, which begin to flourish almost immediately.