What makes Sonrise Carpet Care different than most other carpet cleaners?

 The Sonrise 7 - Our "No Compromise Carpet Cleaning" Process

It all boils down to the details! What we call "No Compromise Carpet Cleaning". We exceed the standards created by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration (IICRC).

Most companies do not follow these standards in order to cut costs and shorten the time each job takes. But not Sonrise Carpet Care. Your home is worth us taking the time and making the effort to do the job right.

1.Dry Agitation

Using a soft bristle carpet brush, we brush all of the carpet to knock loose soil, hair and other debris.

2.Thoroughly Vacuum

We thoroughly vacuum the carpet using an industrial power, 4 stage HEPA vacuum to remove as much dry soil as possible.

These 1st 2 steps are crucial, as up to 70% of soils in any given carpet are typically dry, insoluble particles. (This is a step MANY other carpet cleaners leave out, they go straight into our 3rd step)

3.Pretreat Entire Carpet & Spots

We pretreat individual spots with the appropriate cleaning agent, and then thoroughly and evenly coat the entire carpet with a heated, soap free, Alkaline solution. This breaks down any remaining grime and oils.

4.Soil Releasing Scrub

We use a machine that most cleaners charge extra for called a CRB or Counter Rotating Brush machine, which gently scrubs the carpet in 2 directions at once, removing any remaining pet hair not caught by the 1st 2 steps and scrubs away at all of the previously treated spots.

5.Rinse With Hot Water Extraction (Steam Cleaning)

The rinse & extraction step is what most people think of as "steam cleaning". However, what makes us different is that we clean at a higher heat and higher water flow. Our rinse also contains a mild Acid rinse to counter the Alkaline and bring the carpet back to its Neutral PH.

6.Groom the Carpet

We groom the carpet with a soft bristle brush to both eliminate matting and speed the drying process. This gives the carpet its soft feel and uniform appearance.

7.Multi Fan Drying

Lastly, we use specially designed Airpath Dryers to create a large volume of air flow over the carpet to shorten the drying process. Though there are a lot of factors involved that can make this number vary, we aim to have the carpet dry in as little as 4-6 hours after we have left.

Persian, Oriental and Area Rug Cleaning

Personally, I love Persian and oriental rugs.  It absolutely amazes me that someone has the skill and patience to sit down for a long period of time, sometimes a year, and patiently use different colors of thread and tie little knots on the warp yarns set up on a loom and make a beautiful and intricately designed rug.

The Persian rugs especially are truly a work of art!  I’ll never forget seeing a beautiful 8x12 silk rug at the shop of a friend who used to repair damaged rugs.  It was a $25,000.00 rug that had been damaged when the owner’s home had a small water damage situation that happened to get about a one foot corner of the rug wet.  Yes, he restored it to like new condition.

Rugs can really change the appearance of a room from dull and drab to warm and inviting.  Rugs can take a room from being plain to elegant.  If you are really interested in rugs, check out The Markarian Album, a book about the collection of Richard Markarian, one of the masters of the industry in the past.  By the way, Mr. Markarian was from Cincinnati!  We had our own nationally recognized rug expert right here in southwest Ohio!  One of Mr Markarian’s students was Rob Mosby.  Check out his website here for more beautiful rugs.

Rug cleaning can be VERY finicky, not only because of the fiber content, but also due to the many different local dye’s used by the individuals dyeing the fibers going into the rugs and/or the construction of the rug.  If you have someone who offers to clean your hand made Persian, oriental and specialty rugs in your house, STOP!  They clearly have no clue what they are doing!

Your rugs need to be taken out of your home to a facility to be professionally cleaned by someone who has been trained specifically to clean rugs, especially Persians and orientals.  Your rugs could be ruined rather quickly by someone who doesn’t know what they are doing.

We have a rug dealer in the area that knows how to clean these rugs the right way and will treat your rugs with the care they need and deserve.  We can pick up your rugs, drop them off, and deliver them to you when they are finished.