THE TRUTH ABOUT OXYCLEAN®, BLEACH, AND OTHER STORE BOUGHT CARPET CLEANING SOLUTIONS

To be perfectly blunt, none of these products will remove spots or stains much less remove and deodorize pet stains. Most of these products only treat the surface. Secondly, they don’t break down the proteins in urine. Thus, you will still have urine under your carpet yarns and soaked into your backing and padding (and most likely in the wood under all that too).

Bleach should NEVER be used on carpet! Many people think that if they use bleach, it will at least disinfect the area. Not only is this not effective it’s completely unnecessary. You’ll only ruin your carpet.

Oxyclean® is not very effective on urine stains. It may reduce the appearance of the stain on the surface but it will not remove the underlying urine and it will not break down the proteins in the urine that bond with your carpet causing the telltale yellowish stain. Caution must be used since misuse of Oxyclean® can have the same effect as bleach in that you’ll have permanent color loss.

This might surprise you, but most, if not all, store bought carpet cleaning solutions actually cause more problems with carpet than they fix. We’ve been in some homes where the homeowner had a urine stain that they tried to clean with a store bought solution and then they had a urine stain that they weren’t aware of. We were able to remove the urine stain that had gone unnoticed. We were not able to completely remove the stain that had been treated with the store bought solution.

Before After

Do you or someone you know suffer from allergies? Do you or someone you know constantly battle with a runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, headaches? Well, it's time to put your foot down and take a stand. The truth is the air inside your house is more polluted than the air outside. People hardly ever open their windows anymore to air out their house. To the contrary, people spend thousands of dollars re-insulating their house, buying double and triple pain glass windows, storm windows, and doors etc. All of this so the air outside stays out and the air inside stays in. We don’t want any air escaping our house all so our energy bills can be lower. Well, while our energy bills are getting lower the amount of pollutants trapped in our homes are increasing. There are a lot of germs and pollutants trapped in people's homes that can't get out.

I Don’t Want You To Be Scared I Want You To Be Educated!

Here are the facts you should know about indoor air quality and your family’s health. Recent studies discovered that air quality in 19 out of 20 homes is considerably more polluted than the air found in most major cities. Your air system plays host to a variety of pollutants such as bacteria, animal hair, pollen, plant spores, dust, smoke, mold, and dust mites. Your maze of air ducts, vents and heating and cooling systems designed to make your home comfortable may, in fact, be making you uncomfortable or even sick.

FACT: 50% of all illnesses are caused by, or aggravated by polluted indoor air.

FACT: Most fiberglass furnace filters are less than 7% efficient.

FACT: The levels of some hazardous pollutants in indoor air are up to 70 times greater than outdoor air.

FACT: One in six allergy conditions are caused by fungi and bacteria in the air duct system.

FACT: Children are more likely than adults to be affected by polluted indoor air.

The facts are we are told to vacuum our carpets at least twice a week, and change our air filters once a month. Speaking of air filters have you ever looked closely at your air filter of course its nasty and you want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But did you know there’s a lot of stuff that passes right through your filter? Call ServiceMaster by Mimsco today and schedule your duct cleaning so you can have a healthier home and healthier lifestyle.