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Those who are not familiar with the cleaning industry nomenclature may find the term carpet extractor a bit of a misnomer. The term sounds like a reference to something that extracts a carpet while in reality what a carpet extractor extracts is dirt from the carpet and not the carpet itself. A carpet extractor is one of the best carpet cleaning equipment available today.
The basic parts of a carpet extractor are a tank of clean liquid, the mechanism to apply that clean liquid on the carpet, the vacuum to extract that solution out of the carpet, and the tank into which the dirty solution collects. The other parts are the wheels that ensure its mobility and the chassis or framework that holds together all these different parts and coordinates the operation.
This carpet cleaning equipment is available in different capacities to suit user requirements. There are those with pressure as low as 50 psi (pounds per square inch) to ones with 1200 psi and more. A carpet extractor, which uses heated solution for cleaning, will have an inbuilt heater also. A proper power source is necessary for using the machine.
A carpet extractor is equipped to do two types of cleaning, known as maintenance cleaning and restorative cleaning respectively. Maintenance cleaning is a more superficial cleaning and the result it produces on the carpet is not much different from that produced by ordinary carpet cleaning equipment like a vacuum cleaner. Though a cleaning solution is used for maintenance cleaning also, the volume of the liquid is comparatively low. The carpet dries fast after a maintenance cleaning, as there is very little leftover liquid on the carpet surface.
Restorative cleaning with a carpet extractor is a full and deep cleaning. The cleaning mechanism in this mode is designed to probe deeper down, and remove the dirt and stains that are not normally removable with other carpet cleaning equipment, or even by the maintenance cleaning process with a carpet extractor. Since larger amounts of washing solution is required for restorative cleaning to flush out the dirt from the carpet, the tanks that hold clean solution and collect dirty solution should have sufficient capacity to do the job.
While a carpet extractor does a thorough job by doing restorative cleaning, the carpet gets fully wet by the time the job is done. As a result, the time required for the carpet to dry out after restorative cleaning will be comparatively high and users or residents may be put to some inconvenience, waiting for the carpet to dry before placing their feet or any objects on it. Though most carpet extractors have a good three-stage vacuum for extracting the liquid out of the carpet, it will still take some time for the carpet to be fully dry.
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