03-25-2013, 06:37 AM
Although this person's blog is very biased, there are elements of what he's saying that I can agree with.
I've always felt that straight encap is not the best choice for residential carpet cleaning. Now encap in conjunction with bonnet/OP cleaning or with HWE makes sense. For example, if you're performing bonnet/OP or HWE using an encap detergent - in that case you're actually performing two methods of soil extraction (the primary method of bonnet/OP or HWE, and the secondary method of encapsulation).
However I'm not comfortable with leaving all the encapsulated soil in a residential carpet. I know there are a lot of carpet cleaners who are performing straight encap in a residential setting. But I question if it's thorough enough. When the kids come home from school after the carpet's been cleaned, the carpet should be as emptied as possible of its soil content, before the kids roll around on it again.
On the other hand, I still feel that encap is a better fit for commercial carpet. In fact it's perfect for commercial carpet. HWE will very often crash and burn on commercial carpet, whereas encap will make it shine!
That being said, this guys blog was over the top! He obviously feels threatened by the encap method of cleaning. Poor guy.
I've always felt that straight encap is not the best choice for residential carpet cleaning. Now encap in conjunction with bonnet/OP cleaning or with HWE makes sense. For example, if you're performing bonnet/OP or HWE using an encap detergent - in that case you're actually performing two methods of soil extraction (the primary method of bonnet/OP or HWE, and the secondary method of encapsulation).
However I'm not comfortable with leaving all the encapsulated soil in a residential carpet. I know there are a lot of carpet cleaners who are performing straight encap in a residential setting. But I question if it's thorough enough. When the kids come home from school after the carpet's been cleaned, the carpet should be as emptied as possible of its soil content, before the kids roll around on it again.
On the other hand, I still feel that encap is a better fit for commercial carpet. In fact it's perfect for commercial carpet. HWE will very often crash and burn on commercial carpet, whereas encap will make it shine!
That being said, this guys blog was over the top! He obviously feels threatened by the encap method of cleaning. Poor guy.