What Are The Black Lines In Your Carpet?
Do you have light colored carpet? Yes, then you must be familiar with those dark ugly lines in your doorways and around your baseboards. This soiling phenomenon is called filtration. It’s called that because it comes from air passing through carpet the carpet as
It attempts to get through cracks between the carpet and the baseboards or under closed doors. This happens over significant period of time, so it goes unnoticed until the build up has occurred.
What is filtration soiling?
"Filtration Soiling" are soiled areas of carpet (or fabrics) created by high volumes of atmospheric pollutants (air) passing through or over the carpet surface yarns, depositing the soil in the carpet. The face yarns function just like a filter trapping dust, soil, and oily matter in the yarns. Examples include dark lines in areas that are subject to strong air passage, such as around the edges of a room, under closet doors, at the seams of flooring, at the corners and edges of stairways, around air registers.
What can you do about filtration soiling?
Many carpet cleaners will tell you that nothing can be done about filtration lines, because they don’t know how to remedy the situation or they don’t want to put forth the necessary effort to remove them. New technology has developed a process that successfully removes over 80% or more of filtration lines. With the use of a special cleaner, worked in by hand with a brush, and rinse it out completely using an internal spray crevice tool. It is important to rinse the cleaner out of the carpet completely, because if any residue is left, it will attract the soil even faster than before. Extremely heavy filtration lines require two or three treatments to remove most of soil. White carpets with extreme filtration soiling may not come 100% clean, but will be improve substantially
Will filtration lines come back?
Because filtration soiling is a result of soil being filtered out of a strong airflow, and not a one-time stain, the lines will reappear over time. If your air ducts have never been cleaned, or not been cleaned for several years, getting them thoroughly cleaned may help slow the rate of re-soiling. Vacuuming and wiping the edges of the carpeting on a regular basis, and having a quality carpet protector such as DuPont Teflon should help to prevent filtration soiling.
This type of soiling is difficult to remove
because the soil particles are so fine that they penetrate deep into the carpet pile, sometimes into the backing of the carpet. Can it be removed? Sometimes. With special products, time and effort, reasonable results can be achieved. Call Mighty Kleen Carpet Services at (832) 573-4933 or visit our website www.mightykleencarpetsvcs.com for a free consultation and estimate.
Charleston L. Gray Jr., owner
Mighty Kleen Carpet Services
832-573-4933
