Rose Petal Housekeeping Blog

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.