| Cleaning is something that maybe isn't thought | | | | we had placed them in the room with tile flooring |
| about right away when you think about keeping a | | | | with some old towels and set up the gates and |
| clean home. In fact, it sounds kind of industrial. But | | | | went to bed. Well, of course, you know what |
| why not? Why is it the first thing we think about | | | | happens next. The two behemoths pushed the |
| when we want to remove a stain from the | | | | gates out of the way and decided to have a |
| carpet to put down some miracle chemical that | | | | bathroom break in the main living room. My nice |
| "releases" stains? Go look in your pantry with all | | | | brand new sandy white thick berber carpet was |
| the cleaning supplies, or underneath your kitchen | | | | annihilated. They must have eaten like kings the |
| sink, and what do you see? Probably a plethora of | | | | night before. That's all I can say. When we woke |
| bottles and sprays that just get in the way when | | | | up the next morning to start preparing for the |
| all you need is a new trash bag for the trash can. | | | | shower, we were mortified at the disaster which |
| Also, have you read the backs of the bottles of | | | | was our living room. And with the party guests |
| cleaners? I've seen this before, a cleaner | | | | arriving in 3-4 hours, there seemed like no way to |
| specifically made for removing pet stains from | | | | clean up the house and prepare for the shower at |
| your CARPET and on the back this is what it | | | | the same time. Well I ran to the store, whipped |
| reads. "Before applying the solution to the stain, | | | | out my newly purchased steam cleaner and |
| test on a small spot of carpet in a discrete | | | | started cleaning up. Not only was it clean before |
| location." Shouldn't it read "tested safe for all | | | | the guests arrived, I still had enough time to clean |
| carpets"? | | | | myself up, help with preparing for the shower, |
| Chemicals and solutions really are not good for | | | | and took a nice break just before anyone had |
| cleaning. Even if the stain is cleaned, solutions, | | | | arrived. |
| over time, will build up a residue on the carpet | | | | I'll just say from past experiences using both |
| that you will not come out with any kind of | | | | steam cleaners and rubbing 'who knows what' |
| cleaner. So then what do we do? What about | | | | solution into carpets for hours. I'd much rather |
| Steam Cleaning? Think about it. What's needed for | | | | use the steam cleaner, for a multitude of reasons. |
| a steam cleaner to work? Water. That's it (and, | | | | If you're a pet owner who occasionally, or full |
| of course, electricity). Steam Cleaners use a type | | | | time, likes having your pets (or kids... just kidding) |
| of heating element or boiler to heat tap water to | | | | inside the house, you will go through cleaning |
| high temperatures somewhere between 240 and | | | | solutions constantly. That means another expense |
| 310F producing a low-pressure, low moisture | | | | from your wallet which may have become a |
| water vapor, enabling cleaning, sanitizing, and in | | | | monthly occurrence. Again, Steam Cleaners |
| some cases disinfection and even sterilization of | | | | require only water. Free water. If nothing else |
| inanimate surfaces. What else is nice is that drying | | | | warms you up about steam cleaners, just think |
| is done in a fraction of time compared to | | | | of the money you could save each year, or |
| traditional cleaning with solutions. | | | | month for that matter. Steam cleaning also cleans |
| I'll give you a 'for instance'. A few years ago My | | | | better than any other chemical on the market, |
| wife and I we're eagerly waiting for our first child. | | | | and as far as eco-friendly products go, its about |
| At the time she was about 7 months pregnant. | | | | as green as you can get. And Steam cleaning can |
| We had planned for a baby shower at our new | | | | be applied to nearly anything. From cleaning pet |
| house and were expecting somewhere in the | | | | stains on carpets or upholstery to baked on |
| neighborhood of 30 guests to show up. Well the | | | | messes on ovens and stove tops. From grout to |
| night before it was supposed to be about 30 | | | | clothing. And let me tell you, if you've ever had a |
| degrees outside and at the time we didn't have | | | | wrinkle in your nice suit jacket you want to wear |
| anything for our two 9 month old puppies (I call | | | | for you anniversary dinner with your wife, just |
| them puppies, but they're Mastiff/Anatolian | | | | grab your steam cleaner and blast the wrinkles |
| Shepherd dogs and stood about 4 feet tall and | | | | away, or risk burning a nice iron mark into your |
| weighed about 120 lbs. They're more like small | | | | 400 dollar suit jacket. Seems like a pretty simple |
| horses) to sleep in or on yet. So we decided that | | | | choice. In fact, if you own a steam cleaner, It will |
| we would let them stay inside for the night, but | | | | probably become your only choice. |