Soft furnishings can be one of the most expensive things that you can invest inside your home. These furnishing, when not well cleaned and protected will soon begin to fade and wear off as time goes by. Most of the times, we get caught up cleaning the "bones" of our home such as floors, windows and fixtures and we often overlook the furnishings where dust and dirt have actually accumulated.
Soft furnishings include furniture upholstered with fabric, leather or vinyl. Many big and progressive cities like Charlotte, North Carolina for example are also homes of professional upholstery cleaners. Upholstery cleaning has carved a niche in the market due to its huge demand and especially in a busy city, homeowners hardly have the time to personally clean up their upholstery. Thus, upholstery cleaning by professionals is widely needed to protect their belongings. Upholstery cleaning professionals are highly trained and well equipped to effectively clean and protect your upholstery.
Even if some people may find time to personally cleanup their upholstery, lack of knowledge on how to effectively and safely clean their upholstery prevent them in doing so. They don't want to compromise their upholstered items by wrongfully doing the process. In the end, they will end up calling a professional. It will be just a matter of choice which one to hire among upholstery cleaning companies. Making the right choice is important because you will be putting your trust on them and the success of cleaning highly depends on choosing the right team. The question would be how you will
know that you have chosen the right one. Upholstery cleaning companies should provide the following so you'll know which company you'll go with.
Pre-Inspection and Written Price Quote
Before any work is performed, an upholstery cleaning company should identify the fiber type and weave of the fabric, recommend the appropriate cleaning techniques and offer a solid price quote for services.
Protection to your Home and Furnishings
After a thorough pre-inspection of the upholstered furnishings to be cleaned, they should protect your household valuables, floors and walls using items such as shoe covers, entrance mats and corner protectors.
Filtration Vacuum
Filtration vacuum shall then be used to thoroughly lift and remove as much dry soil as possible before the moisture from our extraction process ever reaches the fabric. A vacuum system not only adds life to your upholstery by removing damaging dry soil, giving you a cleaner and healthier indoor environment.
Pre treatment
Depending upon the type of fabric and weave of the fabric to be cleaned, a scientifically formulated pre-treatment shall then be applied to the fabric in an attempt to remove and dislodge any spots and stains that have not already damaged the dye sites of the upholstery.
Pre-Treatment Fabric Agitation
The pre-treatment is usually agitated using hand tools that range from soft bristle horse hair brushes to natural sea sponges. This will assist to thoroughly dislodge and ground in soil and remove as many spots and stains as scientifically possible. These pre-treatment and agitation of the upholstered fabric is an extremely important step to an overall professional cleaning system that strives for optimum results.