Heated and Non-Heated Carpet Cleaners

Carpet cleaners are advanced cleaning machinesthan their heated counterparts.
designed to deep clean carpets and eliminate foulIf you decide a heated carpet shampooer is right for
odors. These cleaning machines are efficient inyou, there are further decisions to make. For
removing the toughest dirt, stubborn stains, andexample, single tank and dual inline heating element
greasy deposits from carpeted and upholsteredconfigurations are available. Inline heating elements
surfaces, when the right tool is used. However, whentend to be more efficient, with faster heating times.
it comes to selecting a carpet cleaning machines -Pressure levels are another aspect you must note
selecting between heated and non-heated systemsbefore using a carpet shampooer on your carpet. For
can be difficult. As such, it is important to know whatlight carpet cleaning applications or upholstery
sets the configurations apart.maintenance, choose carpet cleaning equipment
Cold Water or Hot Waterfeaturing pressure levels in the range 50 psi to 100
Heated versions of carpet cleaner equipment arepsi. However, for the most demanding carpet
more powerful than their non-heated counterparts.cleaning applications, systems with pressure levels as
While non-heated versions use cold water forhigh as 500 psi are available.
cleaning, heated versions eject very hot water toWhat to Do with Your Machine
more readily dissolve stubborn deposits and stainsNow that you know the advantages of the different
within carpet fibers. Cold water based models aretypes of carpet cleaners, let us move on to the
adequate for lighter cleaning tasks. However, to deepcorrect method of deep cleaning carpets. Your first
clean carpets that are quite dirty or feature toughstep must be to pre-treat the carpet by spraying it
stains, it is best to choose heated configurations.with cleaning solutions, preferably green carpet
Despite the enhanced power afforded by heatedcleaning chemicals. Allow the chemical to remain on
carpet cleaner equipment, there are applications forthe carpet for about 15 minutes to dissolve the
which a non-heated system would be preferred. Forcaked dirt deposits.
example, high hot water temperatures can damageNow you can use the carpet extractor. The latest
delicate carpets. In this case, a cold water orversions of carpet cleaning machines inject water and
non-heated machine would be best. If you possessmore solution (if desired) into the carpet and
heavy-duty and delicate carpets, it would be a goodefficiently extract the dirty water and solution
idea to purchase an advanced model that enablescontaining the dissolved dirt and stain particles.
users to control the temperature settings. This way,In all carpet cleaning applications, low moisture
you will be able to adjust the right temperature fortechnology as key, as it effectively reduces drying
each carpet.times drastically. Carpets cleaned by low moisture
Beyond Temperature Optionscarpet cleaners dry in as little as 1 hour, where as
Compact, light-weight, and portable models of carpettraditional systems require up to 24 hours. To ensure
cleaning systems designed for light-duty carpetthe machine you select offers low-flow technology
cleaning jobs are available in both heated andand optimum power and durability, consult a reputable
non-heated configurations. Though, generally,supplier.
non-heated models are less expensive and lighter