Air Filtration

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What Is Air Filtration?

Air filtration. Those dark lines around baseboards, staircases, under doors, draperies, couches and near ac/heat vents, any place that the air filters through or under, causes what is called air filtration soiling. This “dark line” is made up of soil from pollution in the air and is not just dust!

Air movement through the gap between wall and floor traps these solid, fine, air filtration particles and they bind to the carpet. These particles build up over time and filter down into the carpet to the backing and become “air filtration” lines. Light colored or white carpet looks “dirty” and unsightly.

What Does Your Carpet Trap?

Your carpet acts just like a filter. The carpet in general traps all the every-day stuff like dirt, dust, dead skin cells, dust mites, fungi/mold and mildew. There are even worse things lurking in this air filtration soiling; toxins, pesticides, germs, bacteria and more. You use your vacuum cleaner to clean the center of the carpet but, you need a crevice tool to clean along the baseboards to remove air filtration soiling because the particles are attached to the carpet fibers and each other by electrostatic bonding.

It can be scary to think about, that as our children play on the carpets or we lay down on the carpet to just relax with friends or family that an air filtration soiling danger lurks beneath the surface. Because of these dangers carpet cleaning should be an integral part of keeping a home clean. Also keeping the home environment healthy for those who live within in.

What Are the Steps I Can Take?

Sometimes even vacuuming this area is not successful. Some vacuum cleaners don’t even have an attachment that allows you to get up close to the baseboards. The following is a short list of what you can try on your own to get rid of air filtration soiling.

Vacuum with a crevice tool to remove all loose soil.

Apply a water-based detergent that is safe for carpet and is formulated to suspend solids, not dissolve them.

Using a soft brush like a toothbrush, scrub the detergent into the carpet. Do it gently, you don’t want to fray the carpet fiber.

Rinse the loosened soil by using clean, white, terry cloths to absorb the detergent. (If available use a steam cleaning wand, or a steam crevice tool.)

Follow this with a clear water rinse, and more cloths to remove all moisture.

 

What Does the EPA And Other Health Agencies Recommend?

A startling fact is that the EPA has estimated 80% of all human exposure to pesticides happens indoors and that dirty carpets can hold up to 8 times their weight in dirt, toxins, bacteria, fungi and more from air filtration soiling and regular wear and tear.

Poor indoor air quality can cause minor health problems from allergies and respiratory issues to major health problems such as poisoning from toxins and pesticides in the carpets.

Final Thoughts

In addition to my services of cleaning carpet and protecting your carpet and furniture, I also stretch carpet when it’s needed. Thank you for visiting Fiber Pro Carpet Cleaning’s web site! We hope you found it enjoyable and informative.

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