People preferred hardwood floors for its beauty and the ease of cleaning. However, cleaning may be easy but there are people out there that tend to scratch, over-wet, and destroy their wooden floors because of improper cleaning.

What is the proper cleaning and maintenance?

1. Sweep your hardwood floors to remove any debris, dirt, dust, and grit.
2. If you’re going to use a vacuum, check to see if the rollers can scratch your wooden floors.
3. Use a ‘damp’ mop to wipe your floor. Never wet your hardwood floors as it can really damage it.
4. Use carpet runners or doormats on very high traffic areas like the kitchen sink and the entrances.
5. If there are any spilled liquid, wipe it immediately with a damp cloth then dry it with a clean towel.
6. To avoid furniture from scratching your wooden floors, buy a furniture pad and place it under the feet.
7. Polish and buff the floor if the hardwood flooring starts to look dull.
8. Clean the carpet runners regularly.
9. Avoid wearing high heels and heavy shoes on the wooden floors.
10. It is recommended that you ask the manufacturer on how to treat the timber floors and what products do they recommend for it.
11. Use curtains or blinds to protect the wooden floor from direct sunlight. This can discolor the hardwood floors.
12. If you have pets that wander around your house, have their nails trimmed to avoid scratching the surface of your wooden floor.
13. If a flood occurs inside your house, immediately call a flood restoration company to clean it.

Why There Is No Single Machine for Auto Detailing?

Many people ask this question: Why do suppliers not provide a single machine that can be used to clean both the interiors and exteriors surfaces of an automobile? There is a simple reason for this. These two very different types of surfaces require different levels of cleaning power. A pressure washer used on the vehicle’s interior would damage upholstery and leave carpets too wet to dry in a reasonable amount of time.

On the other hand, carpet cleaners are inherently not suitable for cleaning hard surfaces of automobile parts and components. The extraction capabilities are designed to remove stains from deep within carpet fibers, an entirely different surface than an automobile’s painted exterior. Top suppliers often offer a combo promotion, allowing auto detailers to purchase both a pressure washer and a carpet cleaner at one low price.

If you are considering the purchase of a carpet cleaner alone, here are some useful tips to guide in you in finding the right machine

Know Your Requirements

You need to be perfectly aware of your requirements. Heated and non-heated carpet cleaners are available to handle applications with varying degrees of difficulty. For example, heated carpet extractors are ideal for the most challenging interior car cleaning applications.

Opt for Devices that Use Less Water

There are two important considerations for auto detailing. The first is the quantity of water used in the process and the second is the times required for the surface to completely dry.
The general rule is to use low quantities of water. This reduces wastage of water and frees the operator from the burden of finding a suitable place where sufficient facilities for water run-off are available. Moreover, using less quantities of water reduces the drying time required for the surface. For any auto detailing professional with limited storage space for vehicles to dry, drying time is paramount.

For ensuring that the quantity of water used is low and the drying time is as short as possible, one has to opt for a carpet cleaner equipped with low flow technology. This makes sure that very low quantities of water are used for auto detailing. As a result, wastage of water is low and the drying time is short ? often as low as two hours.