Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning: Hot Water Extraction Benefits

Posted on December 30, 2010 by SPITz

Most Los Angeles carpet cleaners, as well as may authorities on home inspection such as the IICRC recommend getting your carpets professionally cleaned at least once a year for both health, safety and maximizing the value of your home.

For those that smoke indoors or have pets, most Los Angeles carpet cleaning companies bump the recommendation up to twice a year.

To really remove microorganisms and harmful particles from your carpets, SPITz Carpet Cleaning always incorporates hot water extraction into our service.

Some Los Angeles carpet cleaning services utilize carpet shampooing or dry cleaning—using masking chemicals—in their services, but we use hot water extraction in almost every circumstance.  Here’s why:

Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning is Tougher that Most Cities

Ever notice that smog hanging over the 101 or 405 during your drive time commute?  Well, that stuff gets in your carpet fibers as well—Los Angeles isn’t exactly the least-polluted city in the country, and hot water extraction actually removes dirt, pollutants and microorganisms as opposed to other chemical methods.

Non-Toxic and Little to No Residue

Chemical treatments can leave powdery or sticky residues on your would-be pristine fibers, especially after dust and traffic have some time to re-accumulate.  Additionally, the toxins found in many leading fabric chemicals could be dangerous for kids, pets and even adults if they are inhaled or come into contact with the skin.

The Deepest Clean

If you spill hot wing sauce on your favorite sweatshirt, would you spray it with chemicals and wear it again?  It’s clearly better to wash it with hot water on a tough washing machine cycle…the same logic is applied to your carpets.

Do it right the first time with hot water extraction—contact us for a consultation or to schedule a Los Angeles carpet cleaning!

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Berber Carpet Cleaning Chronicles Part 1: Berber Carpet Cleaning in Los Angeles

Posted on November 10, 2010 by SPITz

Many customers who need Los Angeles carpet cleaning services, especially property management companies that need large scale commercial carpet cleaning for their properties, need it done on Berber carpets.

There are a few things you need to know about Berber—first of all, many decorators, contractors and even carpet manufacturers recommend not buying Berber if you’re outfitting your own home for the long term.

Berber carpet cleaning is really difficult and often yields fairly disappointing results.  Many proprietors will purchase it because it’s inexpensive and easy to replace, but it is definitely not as easy as regular carpet to maintain.

Berber carpet is a woven carpet with tiny tufts—the name Berber actually refers to the specific weave rather than to the fibers itself.

Berber gives carpet cleaners in Los Angeles their biggest challenge—it is initially marketed as stain resistant and able to hold up in high traffic areas, but this is only initially true.  Once dirt gets lodged into the woven fibers, it becomes difficult to clean without the best carpet cleaning machines.

Plus, as traffic continues, dirt and other particles cause the woven fibers to wear, which really shows the traffic pattern.  Even if a great carpet cleaner manages to get all of the dirt out, the traffic areas will continue to show—something that’s always difficult for customers.

Unfortunately, there are some Los Angeles carpet cleaners that will feign the ability to clean Berber—doing so usually with chem. Dry carpet cleaning methods that really just refract light with chemicals rather than removing dirt.  This will yield an initially satisfying result, but within weeks, the results will vanish and the high traffic stained areas will reemerge.

If you’re stuck with Berber carpets, get them professionally cleaned every six months—otherwise, you may be disappointed with their short life.  If you have severely damaged Berber carpet, don’t trust anyone carpet cleaning service that doesn’t warn you against the possibility of less than amazing results.

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Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning Tips: Stop your Dog from Peeing in the House!

Posted on November 5, 2010 by SPITz

We Los Angeles carpet cleaners probably owe a significant portion of our assets to household dogs—I’m not sure I can think of a single bigger contribution to Los Angeles carpet cleaning calls than pet stain removal.

To a point, we love dogs that pee in the house, but don’t get carried away—pet urine is acidic and can significantly damage carpet fibers and pads, especially if odor seeps into the pad under the carpet.  When this occurs, many Los Angeles carpet cleaning services will come up short in solving the problem.  So rather than letting the pooches run rampant, we’ve come up with a helpful guide to aid you in your quest to train your household pet.

Understanding Pet Stain Removal

Dogs who leave huge puddles of urine on the carpet were probably locked in for too long and couldn’t hold their bladders any longer—or just didn’t want to go outside.  But many pets will leave small patches of urine on your carpets.  The dogs that leave small area stains can be more problematic for you in the long run—while type 1 might necessitate a call to your Los Angeles carpet cleaner, type 2 will continually mark their territory or leave their scent on your furniture, carpet or even walls.

Dogs aren’t repulsed by humans by their urine, instead, they communicate with it, leaving their scent and showing how large they are in the territory they mark. (That’s why dogs tend to lift their legs and pee on objects, to indicate a larger body.)

Change the Behavior

Dogs may continually mark their territory in the house because they are insecure.  Providing your pet with extra attention and a proper feeding schedule relaxes them, making them less likely to look for security in marking their scent.

Dogs also tend to learn extraordinarily quickly from reinforcement when being caught in the act. Firing off a loud noise and a stern command while catching them in the act can help them learn you don’t want them leaving their scent in a certain area.  Positive reinforcement when they go outside, or where they’re supposed to, can help you permanently solve your pet stain problems.

Finally, if your dog is a puppy, behavioral training and housebreaking routines are a good idea.  Interestingly enough, neutering your pet can also help! Many male dogs who are overly aggressive also overly mark their territory.

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Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning Tips: A Vacuum a Day Keeps the Carpet Cleaner Away

Posted on November 2, 2010 by SPITz

Many folks in Los Angeles need to enlist the help of an area rug cleaner or professional steam cleaner for carpet restoration or pet stain removal.  Though the vacuum won’t do much to prevent your pets from breaking the rules from time to time on your carpets, they can do a lot for the former.

Using a vacuum regularly is the No. 1 way to reduce your need for Los Angeles carpet cleaning services—the less dirt and dust that you allow to accumulate on your carpets, the less can be grinded into the fibers.

Though most people don’t realize it, it’s the steady flow of dust from the outside world that’s your carpet’s worst enemy—not a major spill or accident.  It’s the dust and dirt particles that seep in through windows, doors, AC units and off shoes that are responsible for those nasty high-traffic areas on your carpets and rugs.

These particles are also a Los Angeles carpet cleaner’s worst enemy—they can also do permanent damage to carpet fibers that makes carpet restoration difficult and sometimes impossible.

If you want to limit the amount of times annually you need to call LA carpet cleaning services, here are a couple tips:

Vacuum Regularly

Getting into the habit of vacuuming regularly, at least once a week or so, will remove much of the dirt and dust particles that cause major carpet damage.  Doing so—or making the kids do so—can result in big savings on Los Angeles carpet cleaning services and much longer carpet life.

Change Air Filters Frequently

Doing so not only ups the quality of the air you breathe, but also prevents dust and dirt particles from settling on your floors and carpets.  This simple step can help keep your dust and dirt to minimal levels, making their removal more manageable with a vacuum instead of needing to call the Los Angeles carpet cleaning service.

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Rotovac Outshines Other Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning Services

Posted on September 14, 2010 by SPITz

Not all Los Angeles carpet cleaning services are created equally:  Just like any industry, the equipment your Los Angeles carpet cleaners choose to use will affect their results and ultimately, how satisfied you are as a customer.

SPITz Carpet Cleaning has always taken pride in providing the best quality service possible, which is why we exclusively use Rotovac carpet cleaning equipment.

Rotovac out-performs other industrial-strength equipment by offering 6 times the cleaning and vacuuming power of manual steam cleaning wands.  Plus, its rotary movement allows your carpet fibers to be cleaned from multiple angles.

The cleaning power of the Rotovac carpet cleaning takes lots of the muscle out of carpet cleaning—usually only one pass is necessary with the Rotovac where other equipment requires multiple passes. This translates to more striking results wile being less taxing to the operator, meaning faster, more efficient and oftentimes friendlier service.

Many manual steam cleaning wands consist of one spray jet that shoots hot water and cleaning solution on your carpet fibers, while a trailing vacuum slot sucks up the water and dirt.  The Rotovac incorporates two rotary heads, each equipped with 3 spray jets and vacuum slots, which rotate at 250 RPM.

This rotation effectively removes tough stains and shadowing that other steam cleaners just can’t wipe out, providing a true deep cleaning to your carpet, without the use of harmful chemicals or cleaning solutions.

Where other Los Angeles carpet cleaning companies just provide hot water and extraction services, SPITz provides the full scrubbing power of the Rotovac, for fast and efficient results you can see long after your carpets are cleaned.

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Honest Pricing and No Sales Gimmicks – Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning

Posted on September 14, 2010 by SPITz

SPITz is an honest Los Angeles carpet cleaning service that provides top quality work at honest pricing.  But we understand how the other Los Angeles carpet cleaners work.

First, they lure you in with inexpensive advertised prices, such as $25 per room, but when you call them and book their services, they inform you that either 1. Your rooms are too large to meet the dimensions of the $25 offer, or 2. The $25 offer is only good for light shampooing services, not true deep cleaning.

Many Los Angeles carpet cleaners will use inexpensive chemicals that refract light and only mask hefty stains, shadowing or high traffic spots.

At SPITz, we exclusively use powerful Rotovac carpet cleaning equipment that’s tough enough to effectively clean the toughest of stains.  We also use 100 percent environmentally friendly cleaning solutions to provide a true deep clean—no masking or cover-ups.

SPITz gives every client an honest evaluation and quote for top-quality service up front.  No gimmicks with pricing or up-sells and no tricks with our equipment or services.

Whether you need spot cleaning or area rug cleaning for simple pet stain removal or you’re looking for long term commercial services for your office or commercial building, trust in SPITz to always deliver top-quality carpet cleaning services while leaving the sales gimmicks to the other Los Angles carpet cleaners.

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