![]() ![]() Pet urine starts its life as an acid but becomes a strong alkaline once it dries and accordingly needs to be treated with an acidic product.Have you ever had your carpets cleaned and afterward the spots and trains come back? And the spots are often even bigger than before? THAT is chemical residue! And carpet cleaners have been leaving residue for decades.Fabrics treated with acidic cleaning solutions are less likely to suffer watermarking.When cleaning tiles, acidic cleaning products are required to break down soaps and cleaning product residues, whilst acidic cleaning products treat grease, oil and fat.High pH chemicals can cause chemical burns on wool carpets.High pH chemicals can unset acidy dyes, leading to discolouration or colour leaching.Using an extremely high or low pH substance can damage surfaces (vinegar can etch marble surfaces while strong alkaline cleaners can instantly and often irreversibly damage carpet dyes). ![]() What Your Professional Carpet Cleaner Knows about pH levels (and you probably don’t): ![]() A chemically balanced fabric will also be softer, dry more quickly and be less likely to carry a chemical residue that will contribute to re-soiling. ![]() Getting the right chemical balance allows our technicians to bring back the natural brightness for carpets and fabrics that were manufactured with acid dyes (most fabrics). We also ensure that when high pH (Alkaline) cleaners have been used to treat fatty, oily and greasy stains, we use sufficient levels of a low pH (acidic) neutraliser to re-balance the carpet’s chemical balance. So, how do we do it? As we get your carpet clean, we restore the pH balance, so we adhere to the acidic cleaner for alkaline stains (and vice-versa) rule too. Once we have cleaned your carpet, we inject the instrument into the carpet to confirm that your carpet has returned to its showroom Ph level and is therefore at its cleanest before we leave your home. This is the instrument our technicians to test the Ph level of your carpet. The goal of cleaning is to neutralise the stain’s pH level, so it all depends on the acidity or alkalinity of the soiled area you’re trying to clean. To give you a bit of an idea of what is classified as acidic and alkaline in our day-to-day lives, we’ve created this graphic.ĭespite popular belief, strongly alkaline substances are not necessarily better cleaners. Any water-based substance has a pH rating and includes many foods, drinks, beauty items and yes, cleaning products. It’s likely you have already used a number of substances throughout your day so far that sit on the scale somewhere. A substance that rates a 7 on the scale is neutral. There are 14 points on the scale, and anything with a low concentration of hydrogen ions is acidic (rates 0-6) and a substance with a high concentration of hydrogen ions (8-14) is alkaline. Where that substance sits on the scale determines whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline. PH stands for ‘ potential of hydrogen’ and the scale measures how many hydrogen ions are in a substance. It plays a key role in how effectively you’re cleaning your house. We’re taking you back to high school science class for this week’s blog and sharing a little knowledge about the chemistry involved in cleaning.Ĭhemistry, more specifically the pH Scale, is a bigger part of your everyday life than you may think.įor our Electrodry technicians, a solid understanding of the pH scale is crucial and it can be the difference between a good job and a great one for our customers. If you’ve ever wondered why certain cleaning products are better at certain jobs around the home than others, then this article is for you. ![]()
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