Why Carpet Pre-Spray or Preconditioning Should Never Cost Extra

Is Carpet Pre-Spray (Pre-Conditioning) needed for your carpet cleaning job?

You shouldn't even have to ask this question of your carpet cleaning service, it is a given. It should be included in your price because Pre-Conditioning and Carpet Cleaning go hand in hand.

Think of a pre-conditioner in the same way you'd think of doing your laundry. Your carpeting is the largest single piece of fabric in your home, and you walk over it every single day. The children track in every sort of crud on there feet and shoes, the baby crawls on it, and the dog and cat roll around and slobber on it, and in some homes use it as an oversize litter box. Food and drink spills can permanently stain the carpet. If you have a fireplace or live in a smoky or smoggy location, the carpet becomes the biggest air filter in your home, trapping the odors, tars and toxins in the fibers.

Why do you use a pretreatment on your laundry?
We all know that certain stains will come out if you use a spotter or the proper pre-cleaning solution on the stains! Carpet cleaning is no different. That's why you need to ask your carpet cleaning professional if they use a pre-spray. When a carpet is pre-treated, soils can be more easily washed away from the carpets, the stains are more likely to be removed, and the carpets will come cleaner.

Watch Out for Low Cost Carpet Cleaning Ads!
There are ads in the phone book and newspaper that spell out in very small fine print "preconditioning extra" but don't be taken in. Some companies charge as much for preconditioning as they do for the cleaning itself. You want to ask before the company shows up on the job, "Do you charge for pre-spray or pre-treating the carpets? What do you pre-treat with? If they are charging you for the Pre-Spray or Pretreatment, find another company.