Well the housing boom is over.  Many people have lost a lot of money or a lot of equity in their homes.But for plenty of families out there, they still are in possession of their homes. Only tough part now is to find a way to improve your investments value. 

Well there a few different ways if you are on a shoestring budget to turn your house into something new.  How you ask?By having your carpets cleaned and maintained.  Running my own carpet cleaners San Diego company I have seen it first hand.  You can make an old house look like new again by doing simple carpet cleaning.

If you are really low on budget and maybe can’t afford a carpet cleaner maybe you can just purchase carpet cleaning products.  By purchasing carpet cleaning supplies you can do it yourself.Yes it would be great to be able to have a carpet cleaner clean your carpets for you.But during these tough times you might have to just do some things for yourself.You will be shocked at how much more beautiful the home can look when you do some cleaning.

Now if you have the means to go with a little more budget you can make your home look beautiful in a different way.That way I am referring to is going ahead and replacing your flooring altogether.  My company also does tile San Diego.Going out and completely putting in new flooring can do wonders to an older house.  It could really make an old house look like a million dollar house. 

In this economy when your home values are dropping any way you can to stop it is worth it.By going out and doing some small home improvement projects can do miracles.   Whether you are doing simple carpet cleaning.Or if you go all the way and have all your flooring replaced.It can make the house look much different.And most important, it has the ability to make your house more valuable.Sure you won’t see the rise in home values like during the boom.  But at least you might stop the massive losses everyone else is experiencing.

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Nylon
The fiber nylon was introduced first by the DuPont Chemical Company in 1938.  Several years later, after a great deal of development, nylon became the first synthetic fiber to be used in the entire carpeting industry.

The first 3 generations of fiber experienced many problems with the worst being staining.  The 4th generation fiber of nylon had a mill applied coating that solved a majority of the carpet staining problems.  The ability of the fiber to repel water and oil based spills as well as soil helped to propel nylon into the top selling carpet fibers out there.

After several other changes, the DuPont company introduced the fifth generation nylon fiber.This stain resistant fiber would repel most dye stains if treated in a reasonable time.  This fiber is more accurately called an acid dye blocker in that it doesn’t allow acid dyes to penetrate and stain the fiber. 

The protective coating mill is applied and fills the dye sites with anionic molecules. 

Tip
An easy way to test fiber for the presence of a fluorochemical is to cut a couple of fibers from a non traffic area and apply a few drops of oil and water mixture.  If it beads up, then there is an active fluorochemical present.

Whenever testing for the presence of the acid dye blocker, you should again cut a couple of fibers from a non traffic area, then immerse the fibers in a red kool-aid mixture and wait for 5 minutes or so.  Remove the fiber from the liquid and flush with neutral detergent solution.  If the acid blockers are present and active, there will be no discoloration.

Polyester
The fiber of polyester was first introduced into the garment industry around in the 1950s. By the late 1960s, polyester was introduced into the carpet industry as a face yarn.  In hand, feel, and appearance it is similar to nylon, although it doesn’t possess that same resiliency. 

Polyester doesn’t absorb water based spills, isn’t affected by urine or kool-aid, but it will absorb oil based spills.  Polyester is non allergenic and mildew resistant. 

Acrylic/modacrylic
Both of these fibers were first used as carpet yarns around the late 1940s.They disappeared around 1988 due to the competition from other fibers. In was reintroduced to the market around 1990 in Berber styling. 

This was done so that people could take advantage of the wool like appearance, hand feel, and the fact that its more spot resistant, much easier for carpet cleaning, and not damaged in the ways that wool is.

Olefin
Olefin is the latest of the synthetic fibers to be adopted to carpets.  Once only available in continous filament, it is now produced in staple form as well.  Olefin has a wide variety of uses that include primary and secondary backing of tufted carpets, warp yarns, and other uses as well.

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