Maintain your textile floorcovering

The Tarkett cleaning programme for textile floorcoverings has the following four steps:

• Preventive care: An effective barrier matting system should be installed at all entrances to the building, because 80% of dirt and soiling enters this way, and 90% of it can be removed at this stage.
• Daily cleaning:

Vacuum cleaning: Remove dirt and dust from the floor.Use a vacuum equipped with a brush for all thick-pile tufted carpets. Removal of spots and spillages must be done in conjunction with vacuuming.

Stain removal: Use a clean white cloth with a neutral detergent and/or specific spot removers. Then dab - do not rub - and rinse with clean water.

• Interim cleaning: Use one of the following three methods on a regular basis, depending on traffic, location and soiling:

Powder system: Prepare the carpet pile using an upright vacuum cleaner. Spread and brush the powder into the carpet pile with the machine. Leave in place for up to 60 minutes. Vacuum the soiled powder.
Advantage: can be used during office hours, minimum disruption, less pile distortion and penetrates deeper into pile.

OR

Bonnet cleaning: Prepare the carpet pile using an upright vacuum cleaner. Spray the surface with a specially formulated solution and clean with the machine. The soiled liquid is extracted through the bonnet.
Advantage: cost-effective maintenance method. Minimal disruption of area - only 1-2 hours to dry.

OR

Rotocleaner: Prepare the carpet pile using an upright vacuum cleaner. Spray diluted detergent or clean water through the rotocleaner and clean with the machine. The system extracts the soiled liquid.
Advantage: cost-effective maintenance method. Area disrupted for only 2-3 hours for drying.

• Periodic cleaning: If the carpet has been allowed to become soiled to such an extent that regular cleaning becomes impossible, then hot water injection/extraction will be necessary. The frequency will depend on the traffic, location and soiling. Use one of the following three methods:

Injection/extraction, no brush: Remove all dirt and prepare the carpet tile using an upright vacuum cleaner. Pre-spray with a traffic lane cleaner as required. Inject water and diluted detergent into the pile of the carpet, or onto the face of fibre bonded textiles. The soiled liquid is extracted to the recovery tank. Rinse thoroughly with clean water, or apply textile rinse as required to neutralise the alkalinity.

OR

Combination cleaning: Remove all dirt and prepare the carpet pile using an upright vacuum cleaner. Pre-spray with a traffic lane cleaner as required. Use a rotary triple brush system to shampoo the carpet, or an adapted rotary monobrush machine. Rinse using hot water injection/extraction.

OR

Industrial combination cleaning: Used for large areas (e.g. airports, large corridors, offices and department stores...). The frequency will depend on traffic, location and soiling.