06-02-2013, 10:34 PM
Straight encap is ideally suited for commercial carpet. That's where encap shines! I'm talking "straight encap" no bonnets here. As a standard rule at Excellent Supply, we don't recommend straight encap as a stand alone method for residential carpet. That being said, there are folks successfully using Bonnet/OP/Pad methods of VLM cleaning on residential carpets. With Bonnet/OP/Pad methods there is a measure of soil removal, not as extreme as with HWE, nonetheless it makes more sense than straight encap for residential carpet. So there are some situations where some cleaners might consider certain forms of VLM cleaning for residential carpet. Bottom line though - our position at ES is and always has been not to recommend straight encap for residential.