The Secret to Cleaning Grout in Tile Floors – Orange County CA

 

 

Q: DEAR TIM: Cleaning a tile floor is my next big project. The grout lines are filthy, and I haven’t discovered an easy way to restore the tile. Is there a magic product that will clean floor tile? Once the grout is clean, what’s the easiest way to keep it that way? Should I invest in a cleaning machine? — Michelle S., Orange County, CA.

A: DEAR MICHELLE: We had a boatload of tile floors in our last home, and cleaning them was a nightmare. To make it worse, we had brilliant white tile with light gray grout in our kitchen and breakfast area. I knew when I was installing it that it was going to be a challenge to keep it clean. Add to the mix three small kids, and soon the grout around the refrigerator, stove and kitchen sink was nearly black.

It took me years to discover how to clean tile floors in a way that was easy and that didn’t harm my family, pets and the colored grout. I finally settled on using powdered oxygen bleach. Little did I know that this choice would put me way ahead of the current green movement.

Oxygen bleach is nontoxic, doesn’t produce harsh fumes, and is color- and fabric-safe. It removes all food and grease stains with no or minimal scrubbing. The oxygen ions attack the stain molecules, breaking them into pieces that rinse away with little effort.

To clean floor tiles, mix any high-quality oxygen bleach with warm water and stir it until it dissolves. Then pour the solution onto the floor tile so the grout lines are flooded with the solution. It’s best to apply the oxygen-bleach solution to dry grout so it soaks deeply. Let the solution sit on the grout for at least 15 minutes. If it completely soaks into the grout, add more solution, making sure there is always plenty of the cleaning liquid on the grout.

The longer you let the solution sit on the grout, the less work you have to do cleaning tile flooring. The oxygen ions work for up to six hours. To get maximum cleaning results, it helps to scrub the grout lightly after 30 minutes. Always pour new solution onto the grout as you scrub.

An oxygen bleach solution will remove red wine stains in minutes. Beet juice is not a problem. I’ve not discovered one stain it can’t remove. Friends have tried the tile cleaning machines, but they say the oxygen bleach does a much better job. You have to always scrub a little, but that’s how anything gets clean.

Once you have clean floor tiles, you can keep the grout looking like new by adding oxygen bleach powder to your mop water. Apply a liberal amount of mop water to the floor, scrubbing the tile surface with the mop. But leave the mop water in the grout joints without rinsing the floor. The oxygen ions clean the light dirt in the grout without scrubbing. Come back 30 minutes later and rinse the floor with clean water. If you do this each time, you’ll never be on your hands and knees again with a scrub brush.

It’s always best to work on stains while they’re fresh, if at all possible. But tile floors that have been dirty for years will come clean in no time if you use oxygen bleach.

Call on Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning in Orange County CA  (949) 545-5205   www.pacificcarpetcleaning.net

COMMERCIAL CARPET CLEANING – NEWPORT BEACH CA

Clean carpets, drapes, and upholstery effect your businesses public image. Our commercial carpet cleaning and other professional services ensure your company has it’s best foot forward. PACIFIC Steam Clean – Commercial Services understands this connection and provides quality, reliable commercial carpet cleaning, drapery, and upholstery cleaning services to businesses throughout the NEWPORT Beach and Los Angeles area.

Leftover carpet cleaning solutions can act as a magnet for dirt. That’s why Sears exclusive two-step carpet cleaning system includes an essential extra fiber rinse step. When our professionally trained, insured carpet cleaning technicians arrive at your home, they start with a pre-inspection to identify problem areas. Then the Pacific Two-Step Deep Clean goes to work to make your carpet cleaner:

A special heated carpet cleaning solution is sprayed deep into the carpet fibers to loosen embedded dirt.

It’s followed by a high-powered extraction and pH-balancing fiber rinse to remove the dirt and cleaning solution, leaving your carpet as clean as it can be.

Quick Facts

• Professional, trained, background-checked technicians
• Convenient appointments
• 2-Step deep clean process removes dirt attracting residue to keep your carpet clean longer.
• We do not use damaging optical brighteners
• No hidden pricing
• Carpet Protectors & Carpet Deodorizers Available
• Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Pacific Steam Carpet Cleaning – Orange County CA

At Pacific Steam Carpet Cleaning, we look forward to assisting you with your residential cleaning needs!

At Pacific Steam Carpet Cleaners, we understand that your home and everything inside it are your most valuable investments. We’d like to help you prolong their life, and keep them looking new, clean and fresh. Please see the specials below, and be sure to mention them when you give us a call!

Regular carpet cleaning is proven to increase the lifespan of your carpet as well as improve your carpet’s appearance. At Pacific Steam Carpet Cleaners, we recommend having your carpets steam cleaned every 6-12 months, depending upon the amount of traffic in your home or business. High-traffic carpet areas may need professional cleaning quarterly. Many carpet manufacturers recommend this frequency as well.

We employ high-powered, truck-mounted units. We use Prochem equipment for steam cleaning carpets, using a hot water extraction method along with a cleaning solution to aid in stain removal. Water is heated in our steam cleaning machines, and the resulting steam is used to extract dirt and stains from your carpet’s fibers. This is known as “hot water extraction.”

Preparing for our team:

• Q: Should I vacuum my carpet before the Pacific Steam team arrives?A: We recommend vacuuming the high-traffic areas of your carpet before we arrive. However, our technicians can pre-vacuum if needed for a small fee. Our equipment is vacuuming the entire time it is working, so this may not be necessary.
• Q: How long does it take for Pacific Steam to clean my carpets?A: It generally takes about 2-3 hours for the carpet to dry. It can take longer, however, depending upon how badly the carpet is soiled and any necessary spot removal.
• Q: Does Xtreme Steam guarantee customer satisfaction?A: Yes. If you are not completely satisfied with your carpets after cleaning, we will happily spot clean areas or your carpet, or completely retreat an entire area. Our goal at Pacific Steam is repeat business. We will do everything we can to make you happy.

Let us do the work of steam cleaning your carpet for you! We also offer other services such as 24 hour emergency water extraction, upholstery cleaning, tile & grout cleaning and much more.

Call on Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning in Orange County CA  (949) 545-5205   www.pacificcarpetcleaning.net

Commercial Carpet Cleaning ​- Orange County CA

Commercial Carpet Cleaning ​- Orange County CA​

​ Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning offer professional most powerful truck mounted hot water extraction commercial steam carpet cleaning & restoration. First impressions are the most important. What does it say about your company if the first thing your clientele see is ​a dirty, smelly carpet? Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning in Orange County has a commercial steam carpet cleaning program that will fit your company’s budget. Our   courteous costumer service staff ​will help you by customizing a maintenance program that will not only get your carpets clean, but maintain that appearance for the life of your carpet. Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning Truck-Mount and Rotovac Carpet Cleaning is completely familiar with all your  business cleaning needs. Using our patented cleaning process and superior cleaning products, our certified, licensed and fully insured technicians will get the job done right and to your satisfaction.​Pacific specialize in restoring heavily soiled carpeting, that might be marked for replacement. Everything that we do is 100% guaranteed. Customers are our number one priority and we believe in being honest with them. You will never find hidden prices here, only fair charges for every service we offer.

Here at Pacific Carpet Cleaniing we love our pets. They brighten up our day and they’re always there to support us, through thick and thin. However, they can make it a real challenge to keep your home clean, healthy and smelling fresh.

Not only is it difficult to deal with a pet accident once one has occurred, but it’s also tough to know where past accidents may have taken place, accidents you may not have even known about. Pacific of Orange County can identify pet accidents in your home and eliminate pet urine odors from your carpets and rugs by applying our revolutionary cleaning product P.U.R.T.® (Pet Urine Removal Treatment).  P.U.R.T. contacts the source of the odor and then immediately begins a chemical reaction that destroys the urine odor. It’s shown excellent results on even the most severe urine damage.

Eliminate Pet Urine Odors Forever

If not treated properly, the odor from pet accidents can travel through the entire home and impact your health and your happiness. The smell emitted from an accident area also often leads to repeat incidents in the same area until it is properly eliminated.

Pet urine in the carpet not only leaves an unsightly stain and an unpleasant odor, but it penetrates the fibers and contaminates both the carpet and the floor underneath. That’s why it can require major restoration work, well beyond just a simple cleaning and treating. The longer an incident goes untreated, the more likely the urine odor is to permeate deeper and deeper into floors, walls and even the framework and foundation of the home. As the urine dries, the liquid evaporates but the urine crystals become even more concentrated and pungent. Simple cleaning will not remove this odor. Until recently, there wasn’t a product available that that was effective at removing urine odors.

To help rid your home of the smells caused by pet urine, Pacific applies P.U.R.T. – specially designed to contain and eliminate pet urine odors. While most cleanings only masks the odor, P.U.R.T. goes to the molecular level and destroys the urine crystals to eliminate the odor.

How P.U.R.T. Works

1. A trained professional will find the odor source using a black light or penetrating moisture meter and determine the best plan of attack.

2. In worst cases they may need to pull up carpet for further inspection. If necessary padding will be replaced.

3. If necessary technicians will apply an odor blocking resin to the sub-floor.

4. After all prep work is complete, the area is rinsed with our deep cleaning carbonating cleaning solution. Any liquid or loose urine crystals are then extracted using hot water.

5. Next, we apply our proprietary cleaning product, P.U.R.T., generously to tack strip, sub-floor, baseboards and the carpet backing.

6. Over the next 24 – 36 hours, P.U.R.T. will go to work breaking down all the odor causing elements, leaving no odor remnants behind for a fresh smelling, healthy clean. The odors will be gone for good.

We care about your home’s and your family’s health. That’s why P.U.R.T. and our other healthy home cleaning products are completely safe and non-toxic for children and pets. Our goal is a healthier, longer lasting clean for a happier home.

Call us today to schedule a FREE, no obligation, pet urine analysis.

Call on Pacific Carpet & Tile Cleaning in Orange County CA  (949) 545-5205   www.pacificcarpetcleaning.net