![How Hot Water Extraction Cleaning Works](png/hot_water_clean75e3.png?itok=WXJmXZ83)
![How Hot Water Extraction Cleaning Works](png/hot_water_clean75e3.png?itok=WXJmXZ83)
Our customers often use the terms “steam cleaning” and “hot water extraction” interchangeably, but the two processes are quite different. COIT uses the hot water extraction method to get carpets super clean. So how does hot water extraction cleaning work?
What is Hot Water Extraction?
Hot water extraction carpet cleaning is easy to understand. First, a powerful machine heats water in the cleaning truck. Trained carpet cleaning experts use a professional hot water extraction cleaning machine to inject water and a cleaning solution into the carpet and remove dirt. The machine then extracts the solution and the hot water back out of the carpet so that it can dry quickly. While there is visible steam from the hot water, it is the water doing the cleaning, not the steam.
How is Hot Water Extraction Different from Steam Cleaning?
First of all, steam is hotter then hot water. Obviously, to get steam, the water must boil and evaporate into steam. Steam can actually set some stains in. If a cleaning agent like detergent is being used, steam cannot provide as thorough a rinse as using hot water provides. Hot water thoroughly flushes the carpet fibers and removes dirt.
How is Renting a “Steam Machine” Different from Getting a Professional Service?
Hot water extraction is the best way to get carpets clean. A yearly professional hot water extraction cleaning will remove the dirt and grime that commonly builds up in carpet and causes unnecessary wear and tear.