While carpet cleaning experts do their job we often ask how much time will carpet takes to dry after it?

Well, the drying time of carpet varies on a number of factors. In ideal circumstances, it is always best to stay away from the carpet until it is completely dry. Normally after carpet steam cleaning, it takes 2 to 6 hours for a carpet to dry completely, sometime it may also take longer depending on the factors mentioned below. In dry cleaning, some moisture is used but it takes very little time to dry in comparison to steam cleaning.

Factors Responsible For The Dry Time of Carpet:

Manufacturing:

This factor includes the type of fibers used in the carpet. it can also make a great difference in dry time of the carpet after cleaning. Woolen carpets can absorb moisture into fibers which can be half of the carpet’s weight in water which gets absorbed by the woolen themselves. Moisture cannot be extracted during carpet steam cleaning and has to be evaporated out of the carpet which also increases the dry time of carpet.

Carpets which are made with a blend of wool and other materials, they also absorb liquid but not like woolen carpets. They do not absorb that much water and thus do not take long to dry.

Another factor responsible for the dry time of carpet is the pile length. Longer the pile of carpet, longer will be the time taken by it to dry.

Weather Conditions

Weather is another factor for describing a dry time of carpet, during warm weather carpet dries quickly. It is very common that during warm weather evaporation takes place and if the humidity level drops on hot days then it will shorten the dry time significantly. Whereas during the cold weather carpets will take more time than usual to get dry.

Soiling

Before carpet cleaning, how much your carpet was dirty also plays a significant role to examine the time taken by the carpet to dry. This is because moisture can be used to clean the carpet effectively. This is not the case always, it can also play a great role in the drying time of carpet. While cleaning the dirty carpets, more agitation can be required which automatically can push moisture into your carpet fibers. Also, more water can be required before the extraction process. All these can add more time in drying because of additional moisture used.

Ventilation

The biggest factor responsible for the dry time of a carpet is ventilation. After carpet cleaning, if the building is closed without proper ventilation, then it can take very long for your carpet to dry. When carpet starts to dry, moisture moves in air and if there will be no proper ventilation then the air gets saturated and it will slow down the drying time of carpet.

How Can We Help You?

Micks Carpet Cleaning Adelaide provide you the new techniques and equipment for Best Carpet Cleaning in Adelaide. We have a high powered vacuum and steamers which allows us to extract a maximum amount of water possible, automatically decreasing the dry time of your carpet.

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