Question and Answer: Carpet Cleaning

Question: It says on the website that you can use the Castile and the Sunshine products on your carpets but it doesn’t say how much.  I know it’s very concentrated and I don’t want to add too much.

 

Answer: Use like the detergent concentrates you are used to using. They should measure out the same.

Question: I have my own carpet cleaner that I bought and I want to double check and make sure it won’t hurt the cleaner.  I don’t see how it could but I’m just double checking.

 

Answer: The only issue is that soap and detergents are evil opposites and will annihilate each other. Best not to keep switching back and forth and to thoroughly wash out the machine and hoses with warm/hot water when you do.

Question: Usually a carpet cleaning company will put a stain guard on the carpet after they are done cleaning it and I really don’t want that chemical on there so is there something else I can use to protect my carpets from stains or do I still need to put that guard on there.

 

Answer: Stain guard is Teflon and fluorocarbons. Yuck! Unless you have a very messy life you should think twice about living with these molecules all around you. I was a messy little boy, but carpet guard products did not exist when I was growing up. Somehow we survived just fine without them. I suspect most people can too.

 

Question: Do the oils in the cleaner (Castile or Sunshine) attract dirt?

 

Answer: No. These are oils-turned-into-soap; not oils like motor oil. There are also volatile scents oils but these are more like orange oil in that they cut grease rather than making things dirtier.

 

Hope this helps!

Soapman