It's a frightening statistic, but did you know that a neglected carpet can contain dirt as much as four times of its own weight?
In the days before carpets are fitted, you would have taken your carpets outdoor at least once a year, to have them beaten thoroughly and been amazed at the huge dust clouds that billowed out. Now they are fitted so you can no longer do that. Furthermore, most houses are centrally heated so dust mites can flourish on the dust. How many people you know of that suffer from allergies?
If you think that vacuuming alone gets all the dust out of your carpet, then you're wrong. Independent studies carried out by leading test laboratory, Cleaning Research International has proven that washing leaves carpets significantly cleaner compared to dry vacuuming alone.
Vacuuming can only take away the top layer of dirt. As a result, the lower layer of dirt remains and as the grit, dirt and grease get trodden deeper and deeper, it cuts the pile, making it dull and loosening the fibres.
| This piece of carpet has been vacuumed regularly. Surface dirt has been removed but the dirt is still buried deep down, gnawing at the pile. No wonder it looks flat and tired. |
After washing with VAX, all that deep down dirt has gone. The colour is back and the pile is soft and springy all the way down to the backing. This is an identical strip of the same carpet to the left. |
It is a common myth that washing carpets, especially woollen ones, will cause damage to the carpets. This couldn't be further from the truth. Washing your carpet will brighten colours, remove trapped odours and germs and prolong the life span of your carpet.
When you wash your carpet with our VAX, the carpet fibres are washed without wetting the backing, therefore, there is no shrinking risk and the carpet is dry enough to walk on in no time.
Washing your carpets is the most effective way to rid your carpets off the unhygienic residues left by dust mites in the carpet pile. These residues can cause asthma and other allergens, and allow air pollutants into your home.
VAX Fibreflow?and Karcher Washing Systems - Deep Water Extraction Methods
VAX pioneered carpet washing by developing its patented Fibreflow?Washing System.
VAXs' unique cleaning action gently circulates warm water/ cleaning solution through the carpet fibres without wetting the backing of the carpet. Damaging deep-down dirt is loosened and then sucked back up into the machine.
See the difference!
Washing carpets with our VAX machine is as easy as vacuuming. The cleaning head has been specially developed to roll over the carpet with relative ease and manoeuverability.
After using our VAX system, you will notice a significant difference in the brightness of the colour and texture of the pile. And once you have tackled ground-in dirt for the first time, cleaning will become much easier. Our Karcher Carpet Deep Water Extraction Cleaning machines use similar systems as well.
