While you have a lot of options when it comes to choosing a carpet cleaning company for your home or business, it's crucial to know the different sorts of carpet cleaning methods implemented by various firms because not all of them will work for your carpet. The following are the various forms of carpet cleaning available on the market:

Hot Water Extraction Cleaning

Hot water extraction carpet cleaning, also known as steam carpet cleaning, uses high-pressured hot water to agitate the carpet fibers and dissolve debris. Cleaning using hot water extraction normally entails applying a cleaning product to the contaminated area, agitating the carpet with a brush, and then rinsing. 

After allowing the cleaning agent to settle in the carpet for a short period, the carpet will be "washed" using carpet cleaning equipment to thoroughly rinse the cleaning agent before being dried in a room or at an air-conditioned temperature. 

An average-sized carpeted workplace of 3000 square feet takes about 2 hours to clean and at least 4 hours to dry. Most cleaning firms recommend having the carpet cleaned in the late afternoon so that it can dry overnight and the office may resume normal operations the next morning. 

Carpet Shampooing

Until the 1970s, shampoo carpet cleaning was popular. While carpet shampooing appears to clean heavily soiled carpets, this method leaves a large number of wet foam residues in the carpet that takes a long time to dry and becomes sticky when it dries because no rinsing is done after shampooing, and rapid re-soiling of carpet – make this cleaning method less popular than others.

Encapsulation

Synthetic detergents are used as a basis for foam encapsulation, and when dry, they crystallize into powder form. When the applied cleaning foam dries, loose dirt particles in carpet fiber will be trapped into powder, and then vacuumed or brushed when the foam dries after cleaning. 

When compared to carpet shampooing, the foam encapsulation cleaning technique has surpassed carpet shampooing since it consumes less water throughout the cleaning process, resulting in a faster drying time. 

Those that promote utilizing environmentally friendly products have given thumbs up to foam encapsulation cleaning because it leaves less chemical residue after cleaning than carpet shampooing. Because of the limitations of the technology, encapsulation carpet cleaning has not been able to thoroughly clean heavy soiling carpets.

Bonnet Cleaning

The method of cleaning the top section of the carpet fiber with a heavy-duty motorized machine with a spinning pad that has been submerged in a cleaning solution to absorb dirt from the carpet surface produces good surface cleaning results.

Bonneting is popular in hotels because it provides a quick fix option for cleaning carpet in high-traffic public areas that require carpet to be cleaned without a lot of wetness and to dry rapidly so that hotel guests are not adversely affected.

Because bonneting does not thoroughly clean a carpet, dirt from beneath it rises to the surface in a short amount of time, leading the carpet to become filthy again quickly. Bonneting also causes the chemical residue to accumulate in the carpet since the heavy machine's pressure on the spinning pad pushes the applied chemical and any remaining debris into the carpet.

Dry Carpet Cleaning

Dry carpet cleaning, also known as compound washing, is a relatively new cleaning technology that has garnered increasing popularity and approval from leading carpet manufacturers due to its effective cleaning performance and lack of drying time. 

Since the invention of dry carpet cleaning technology in the 1980s, a plethora of cleaning compounds and powders have been produced. Many people are skeptical about the effectiveness of this cleaning technique because it is relatively new compared to other traditional wet carpet cleaning procedures that have been trusted and utilized for decades. 

The application of cleaning compound or powder into the bottom section of the carpet with a motorized counter rotating brush machine to open up the carpet fiber and allow the compound to settle inside, resulting in a thorough deep carpet cleaning outcome, is the highlight of dry carpet cleaning.

The cleaning compound is often constructed of biodegradable material that functions similarly to microsponges in that it can collect dissolved dirt in the carpet and be thoroughly removed at the end of the cleaning procedure. Different dry carpet cleaning equipment manufacturers set themselves apart by establishing their cleaning solution or powder formula and personalizing the design and operation of their equipment.

Dry carpet cleaning is safe for all types of carpets and is suggested for business workplaces that need to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as the carpet cleaning process does not disrupt office operations.