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Q: I have been told I should wait as long as possible before having my carpet cleaned
A: Dirt is an abrasive, like sandpaper, every time you step on your carpet you grind dirt into the carpet fibres. This cuts your carpet, just as if you had used a knife. This cutting causes your carpet to wear out faster. A dirty carpet will not last as long as a clean carpet and whilst vacuuming helps, by itself, its simply not enough. The longer you wait to have your carpet cleaned, the more damage you do to your carpet and the faster it wears out.

Q: The only reason you clean the carpet is to remove dirt.
A: No, as you probably know, outdoor air contains pollen, fungus, bacteria, air pollution, cigarette smoke, car exhaust fumes, and hundreds of other chemicals. When you come into your home you carry those pollen, bacteria, and chemicals in your hair, on your skin, clothing and shoes. Not suprisingly all those chemicals and toxins wind up in your carpet. If you have allergies, asthma, emphysema or other breathing problems, one major source of your problem could be the pollen, smoke and chemicals in your carpet.

Q: My friend told me that once you have your carpets cleaned they get dirty again very quickly.
A: This is certainly true if you use the wrong chemicals and procedures. This claim is usually made by a person that has attempted to clean their own carpets with a shampoo product. The scrubbing action with the shampoo makes the carpet initially look clean, unfortunately the deep down dirt and grit has not been removed, plus the carpet is now full of shampoo that, unless it is rinsed out, it will go sticky in the carpet fibres attracting dirt to it like a magnet. Another person may have had a bad experience using a one of those cheap leaflet adverts that are always dropping through your letterbox. Generally these people are in and out before you know it, leaving the carpet soaking and full of cleaning chemicals, which again if not rinsed out and neutralised, will cause the carpet to re-soil quickly.