subject: Tile And Grout Cleaning Is Easy Now [print this page] It is always a big advantage to find a local carpet cleaning company who are so versatile that they can also provide tile and grout cleaning, as well as upholstery cleaning services. Carpet cleaning by companies such as chem dry is a vast improvement on the methods of cleaning carpets and rugs available in the past, which were primitive, to say the least. In the mid-19th century it was not uncommon to use naphta, a highly volatile, flammable and toxic liquid that was poured onto carpets in the hope that it would push the dirt and stains through to the other side. It is amazing that carpets from that era survived at all, considering that they were often attacked with stiff brushes or beaten with rattan sticks in an attempt to eradicate dust and dirt.
Methods employed in tile and grout cleaning were little better. Some people ignore the fact that they have a perfectly able local carpet cleaning business available and still try to clean grout with a grout brush or old toothbrush, risking scratching the surface of the tiles. Scrubbing the grout with a brush dipped in bleach is another traditional method not an easy option when you have to be careful the bleach doesnt splash on to clothes, and you also have to make sure windows are open to provide much-needed ventilation. One alternative to this is to leave the bleach for a few hours, then scrub them and remove the residue with a solution of baking soda and water to get rid of the smell. The problem with all this is that with all the effort and mess involved, you get a less than perfect result, and all you have achieved is to endanger your children and pets with toxic fumes. Tinted grout also becomes discoloured with the use of bleach.
Some traditional upholstery cleaning services and methods, unlike those offered by your local carpet cleaning company, are also not advised by museum curators who study the restoration and conservation of textiles. In the past there was a very limited range of remedies available for stains on fragile upholstery fabrics. Some of these precious fabrics might have lasted much longer if they had not been treated with early dry cleaning compounds such as fullers earth (a slightly alkaline natural clay), cornmeal or bran. Basically a powdered compound was applied to textiles and then brushed off. These were natural substances but they could never be fully removed from the fabrics, and sometimes encouraged insects or mould. Milk was also used to clean delicate textiles, but often caused worse stains than it removed, and frequently caused colours to run.
Fortunately chem dry, your local carpet cleaning company, has all the latest technology to make tile and grout cleaning as well as rug and carpet cleaning perfectly effective without any risk to your property. The only solutions used are free of dangerous chemicals, and the methods used require little water, therefore minimizing the chance of damaging carpets or underlay. The same high standards are applied to their upholstery cleaning services, which like all their other services are Green and guaranteed to obliterate grime!
