Upholstery Cleaning Process

Furniture and upholstery cleaning is one of the many services we are proud to offer at Caring Carpet Care. We know that furniture is not only an investment that can easily be damaged if not cleaned or maintained correctly, it’s also where life happens! Your sofa, loveseat, sectional or recliner is where friends and family gather. With over ten years of experience identifying fiber types and cleaning methods, you can trust that your furniture or upholstery is in capable hands. Our powerful cleaning techniques can get rid of harmful buildups or bacteria that hide between the fibers of your furniture. Let us help you keep one of the most important pieces of your home clean and safe for you and your loved ones, call today!

Our cleaning methods are safe for all floor types, meaning we can even clean right on your hardwood!

The standard clean:

• First, we apply an enzyme based pre-spray with a basic deodorizer to the furniture using a spray bottle in a heavy mist. This pre-spray works similar to soap in that it bonds to many things in the furniture that water would not otherwise want to bond to. This chemical reaction helps the rinsing process to remove more debris from your rug and is safe on most synthetic blends.

• The upholstery is then allowed a “dwell” time where we allow the pre-spray to work its magic before rinsing it with a hot water extraction tool. This tool utilizes water that has been heated in excess of 180 degrees to rinse the pre-spray at approximately 300 psi before being swept up into the vacuum chamber of the tool and carried outside to the disposal tank. This low water method ensures a quicker dry time, preventing resurfacing of stains and allowing use of the furniture in a timely manner.

• The furniture is then dry vacuumed two times for every one “wet” stroke to ensure that moisture, pre-spray and debris are all completely removed and nothing is left behind except for fresh, clean fibers! Spot treatment is performed as needed during this process at no additional charge.

The “dry” clean:

• First, we apply a dry clean pre-spray with a basic deodorizer to the furniture using a spray bottles in a misting manner. This pre-spray works similar to soap in that it bonds to many things in the upholstery that water would not otherwise want to bond to. This chemical reaction is similar to the standard cleaning method, but does not use a hydrophilic enzyme because there is no rinsing involved.

• The furniture is then allowed a “dwell” time where we allow the pre-spray to work its magic before misting again with a rinsing agent. This rinsing agent is composed of both a spot free drying component as well as a catalyst that will bond to the previously applied pre-spray, ensuring a thorough cleaning of the fibers.

• The furniture is then dry vacuumed three to four times to ensure that any moisture, pre-spray and debris are all completely removed and nothing is left behind except for fresh, clean fibers! The vacuum is powered by a 4 cylinder engine located outside in the van and is guaranteed to suck out lots of nasty debris and bacteria from your furniture! Spot treatment is performed as needed during this process at no additional charge.