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Consumer Report(The
following ad was run in the April 20th edition of the “Penny Saver” in
Chicago.) By: Richard
Byrne Everyone
seems to be in the carpet cleaning business, with many different methods. With the help of Nationwide Consumer
Testing, I have evaluated the different cleaning methods so that you, as a
consumer, can decide which method is best for your purposes. The results of these comprehensive tests show that
Circular Dry-Foam did a superior job over all other processes. Nationwide
Consumer Testing found that the steam methods, which are misnamed because they
don’t use steam, did only a surface cleaning.
The hot water detergent solution that was shot into the carpet, forced
more dirt deeper into the carpet than it removed.
Soil removal was 15.6%. The high amount of detergent residue remaining in
the carpet caused it to resoil in 2 to 3 months.
Drying time was from 1 to 5 days with the average being 2 1/2 days. The shampoo, rotary brush and foam method removed a higher percentage of soil
(21% to 46.4%) but the detergent residue was high and it resoiled in 3 to 5
months. Drying time was from 1 to 4
days with the average being 2 days. The
combination of shampoo and steam had poor soil removal (26.1%) with a high level
of detergent residue causing carpets to resoil rapidly in 1 to 2 months. Drying time was from 2 to 7 days with the average being 3 1/4
days. The aerosol
spray cans and the small shampoo, steam and rinse machines-for-rent did such a
poor cleaning job that Nationwide Consumer Testing discontinued testing these
methods. They said, “They can
advertise all they want, but these methods have very poor soil removal and very
high detergent residue.”
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