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The Detrimental Effects of Soap Residue on Carpets and Upholstery
 
Soap Residue is one of the most common problems that people face in the battle to have clean carpets. Soaps or shampoos that are left behind from previous cleanings can cause a list of frustrating problems for people. Such as, spots reappearing, the carpet looking dingy shortly after cleaning, premature re-soiling of the carpet, and browning of the carpet in some cases. The following is a brief explanation of why soap residue is so detrimental to carpets and upholstery.
 
Oil is an excellent product to use for absorbing dirt and soil,
but it is extremely difficult if not impossible to rinse out with water. Therefore, soaps were first made by heating an oil based substance, such as animal fat, cotton seed oil, sunflower oil etc… in a large pot. Once the oily substance was hot enough they would then add in a very alkaline product like pot ash or lye. This helped break down the fat or oil into a product that not only absorbed dirt, but was easily rinsed out with water.
   
Modern science has changed the way soaps and shampoos are now made,
And although these new soaps are much more effective at cleaning and removing dirt from the items they are used on, the principle of how a soap works is generally the same as it was when grandma made homemade soap in a big black pot. One part of the soap attaches to the dirt and the other part of the soap attaches to the water.
   
The following diagram shows the chemical structure of a soap molecule that is found in many modern day shampoos. Its name is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Dodecyl solfate.

The long carbon chain (c-c-c-c-c-c) is the oily part of the molecule that attaches, absorbs or attracts the dirt and soil particles and holds it to the soap. The Sulfate group at the end of the molecule (NAS04) is the part of the soap that attaches to the water. So when a soap molecule is used to clean carpets the idea is that one part holds the dirt and the other part attaches itself to the water. Then the water is sucked out with a strong vacuum and it pulls the soap, soil and water out all at once.

Theoretically this process would work perfectly. However, the problem is that most types of cleaning is either not done thoroughly enough to remove all of the soap, or the process itself does not actually remove any of the soap at all.

When ever soap is left in the carpet it still continues to do its job. Which is attract and hold dirt to it. So as long as the soap remains in the carpet it continues to attract dirt to the carpet. That is why so many people say that once they clean their carpets they seem to get dirty faster after they were cleaned. Now instead of the soap cleaning the carpet it acts as a dirt maginet, attracting and holding the dirt to it.

So what are your options?

  1. First, you can make sure you completely rinse out all of the soap from the carpet during the cleaning, which may then cause over wetting of the carpet. This may cause other damage to the carpet and may also take hours if not days to dry.
  2. Second, you can use a non-soap base product like Protects exclusive Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner.
    It dissolves dirt and stains on contact and will never leave behind any type of soapy residues.
    So ORDER NOW and enjoy fresh, clean and worry free carpets all year long.