Protect Your Investment

Protecting your investment quality textiles and flooring is as important as cleaning them.  Yet this idea is widely misunderstood.  Just like the wax on your car, protectors for flooring and textiles do not prevent these items from getting dirty, they protect them from permanent damage.

What protectors do on carpet, upholstery, wood and vinyl is prevent damage to the surface of the material that would cause light to reflect differently than the undamaged areas creating an undesirable, sometimes “dirty” appearance.  Soil on the surface of these materials combined with foot traffic and friction will scratch and abrade the material and cause this kind of damage.  When protectors are applied they form a barrier between your investment and the harmful soil.  The soil will still be abrasive but it will abrade the protector, which can be removed and replaced regularly, and at a fraction of the cost of replacing the material it is in place to protect.  On carpet and upholstery they also offer the added protection of stain resistance.  Stain resistance is protection against colored dyes that might penetrate the fabric and permanently alter the appearance.

What protectors do on stone, grout and concrete is fill in microscopic capillaries to prevent permanent staining.  If these capillaries are filled with protector then they can’t absorb dye.

What protectors do for all surfaces is create a barrier between your investment and the soil that will damage it, and make that soil easier to remove both during routine maintenance and professional cleaning.

The long term benefits of properly applied protectors are vast.  Items that are protected will maintain their appearance longer which will diminish the need to replace them because they will not look worn out.  When it comes time to have them professionally cleaned the cleaner will be able to avoid restorative cleaning methods because the soil will not be bound to the material.  Therefore more mild cleaning methods can be utilized lowering the cost of the cleaning.

For superior stain and abrasion resistance we offer Maxim Advanced Carpet Protector.