Window Covering Cleaning

We are certified fabric care specialists, and are on the list of recomended cleaners for Hunter Douglas.We use two machines to clean your window coverings or fabric based products.

One of the machines we use is an ultrasonic machine.

Ultrasonics is defined as any mechanical vibration that produces an acoustic wave at a frequency above the audible range for humans. This is set at 40,000 cycles per second or 40 kilohertz (kHz). As this acoustic wave is induced into a liquid media, it creates alternating high pressure and low pressure fronts to travel through the liquid. The high-pressure fronts are referred to as compression and the low-pressure fronts as rarefaction. These alternating compression and rarefaction fronts react with microscopic inclusions in the liquid to produce cavitation.

The cavitation phenomenon works on microscopic inclusions or bubbles of entrained air and/or vapor of the liquid. During a rarefaction cycle, the bubble will tend to grow as the internal pressure exceeds the external pressure. During the compression cycle, the bubble will retract due to greater external pressure. Over several cycles, the bubble will undergo alternating cycles, but will have a tendency to increase in dimension until a critical size is attained at which time, during a compression cycle, the bubble will collapse releasing its stored energy. This release of energy produces a high amount of mechanical disruption and temperature release localized to the point of implosion. The combination of these factors causes particles to be separated from surfaces and enhanced chemical activity for soil dissolution.

Ultrasonic cavitation has been used in industrial and commercial application for over forty years. Its cleaning power is very well documented and in some cases is absolutely essential to the manufacturing of high precision assemblies.

The power of ultrasonics lies not only in its ability to clean, but in its ability to penetrate into areas inaccessible by any other method. Since the power of cavitation is able to go wherever the liquid goes, entire assemblies can be immersed in a bath and all surfaces, both external and internal, blind holes and crevices, will be cleaned simultaneously. This insures proper cleaning of components. Although ultrasonics is an aggressive cleaning technique, it is non-abrasive and can produce extremely clean parts without harm to product surfaces.

Through the use of ultrasonic cavitation, parts can be cleaned better, faster, and without damage, making it an extremely valuable production tool. (dirtyblinds.com)

The other machine is an injection / extraction machine

Injection / Extraction is a process that either wet cleans or dry cleans the material, depending on the type. When the dry clean process is used, we guarantee the product will not shrink. With this process, we are able to clean any product that has fabric, from drapes to furniture, mattresses to pool tables, and everything in between.