Use and Care Guide
5.0 DEEP CLEANING
DEEP CLEANING
Deep Cleaning is restoring the carpet’s appearance by
extracting soil and substances that can damage your carpet.
Mohawk recommends hot water extraction as the most
effective method to give restorative deep cleaning results.
Soil is abrasive and will cause premature wear of the bers
if it is not properly removed and hot water extraction is the
only method that can remove the soil and residue from deep
down in the bers.
HOT WATER EXTRACTION CLEANING METHOD
Hot Water extraction, performed with truck-mount,
portable, or self-contained equipment, uses the high-
pressure force of water injected into the carpet followed by
powerful vacuum suction to remove suspended soil. The
process happens almost instantaneously and does not allow
cleaning agents to have adequate dwell time. Therefore, the
only cleaning agent you should use in the machine’s tank
is an acidic rinse agent to help return the pH to neutral, or
a de-foamier to cut down on the accumulation of detergent
foam in the machine. Instead, use your cleaning agent as a
pre-spray, agitate, and then rinse with your extractor using
plain water.
HOT WATER EXTRACTION CLEANING METHOD
1. Vacuum thoroughly to remove as much dry soil as possible.
2. Pre-spray with cleaning agent
3. Agitate with a counter rotating brush or carpet rake to work
the pre-spray throughout the carpet pile and suspend the soil
4. Rinse with plain water
NOTE: During extraction, it is essential to extract as much
moisture as possible with dry passes (3 to 4 dry passes
per each wet pass). Enhance the drying time by using air
movers allowing three to four hours drying time after the
last extraction before trafc is allowed on the carpet.
DEEP CLEANING
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