You have ordered a carpet cleaning from a local carpet cleaner and they are now in your home. They give you the price for the carpet cleaning and then ask you if you would like to have carpet protector applied. Is it worth it? Will your carpet be ruined without it? Read on and I will give you some information that you can use to make an educated decision on whether or not to have protection applied.

The first thing you should know is what protector does for you. A big misconception that people have is that protector will keep your carpets from getting dirty. This is just not true. While it might help keep your carpets clean slightly longer, the main benefit of protectors is that they keep spills from sinking deep into the carpet fiber. They seal your carpet fibers so that spots dry on the surface where they can easily be cleaned off later. It is like wax on a car. It gives you a barrier between the soil and your carpet fibers so that they do not stain as easily.

So when do you need to have protector applied? When your carpet is new it comes with protection from the factory. It is nearly impossible to find carpet that is not treated with some sort of protector. This protector is slowly worn off, it is not cleaned off. Depending on the traffic that you have in your home, it may take 2 to 3 years for the protector to start wearing off. After 2 years you should start applying protector once a year. This will assure that your carpet lasts as long as possible. Carpet protector can be expensive so if you want to save money you could just have it applied to the high traffic areas. This will give you at least some extra measure of protection.

Hopefully this gives you enough information to make an educated decision on whether or not to apply carpet protector. If you have any more questions just ask a trusted local carpet cleaning company.

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