Sanitizing

[Encapsolutions]

I'm new to the low moisture process from hwe, and im curious if there is an additional step that may be added to the process in order to achieve a sanitized carpet.

The hot water from the hwe method is generally what sanitizes carpets, and i know that this is the ONLY benefit of going hwe over lm.

Anyone have the solution?


Also i know oxy-dry has one method that does sanitize using ozone, but still curious if there is ny thing else

[Jarrod]

There is no way to sanitize a carpet. HWE will not sanitize a carpet. Ozone will not penetrate enough to sanitize. Cleaning a carpet will help reduce bacteria and viruses but will never sanitize completely. The research I have done on this matter it is nothing more of a sales gimmick.
For something to be sterilized it needs to be in boiling water for Approximately 10 minutes. HWE can only achieve this for a few seconds. Peroxide detergents stand a better chance at killing most bacteria etc but will never penetrate far enough to be considered sterile.
The short answer is. You can't clean a carpet and leave it sterile.

[lee@deepclean.us.com]

Jarrod is correct.
Technically HWE is unable to sanitize 100%.

[encapman]

I agree with the two replies above. No method of carpet cleaning can truly "sanitize" the carpet. We can make it clean looking. But to be totally sanitized (i.e. sterile) - that's not possible.

[Lounge Lizards]

I also agree with the above.

Apart from that, for how long would people expect the carpet to stay sanitized, if it were at all possible??

Look at how often medical/surgical instruments are sanitised, and they are not a porous material like carpet is.