Pro's Choice ARA Anti-Resoiling Anti-Wicking Carpet Cleaning Agent

from Bane-Clene^® Corp.

Table of Contents:

• What is ARA?
• Properties & Specifications of ARA
• Causes of and Prevention of Carpet Resoiling after Cleaning
• Reappearing Spots and Stains After Cleaning Carpet
• How to Apply ARA to Prevent Resoiling and Reappearing Spots on Carpet
• Pictures of ARA Preventing Reappearing Spots and Stains on Carpet
• Related Carpet Care Articles and Information
• Related Carpet Cleaning Products
• Place an Order for ARA
• VIDEO: How to Use ARA and Stain Blotter to Prevent Resoiling & Reappearing Spots

Stop wicking problems! Reduce resoiling. Keep spots from coming back after carpet and rug cleaning. Now, with ARA Anti Re-Soiling Agent, call backs can be a thing of the past!

ARA is designed to prevent rapid resoiling of fibers by drying sticky residues into a fine non-sticky powder that vacuums easily. Rapid re-soiling is usually caused by a sticky substance or dirt that wicks up after a carpet has been cleaned. ARA acts as a drying agent that changes these sticky substances to dust that will not attract dirt and can be vacuumed away.

Features and Benefits of ARA:

• ARA is designed to prevent rapid resoiling of fibers by drying sticky residues into a fine non-sticky powder that vacuums easily.
• Acts as a drying agent that changes these sticky substances to dust that will not attract dirt and can be vacuumed away.
• ARA is the first product to address the rapid resoiling problems often associated with commercial, glue down, level loop carpets.
• ARA helps keep up the appearance of carpet in extreme traffic areas such as Bank Teller Lines, Airport Ticket Counters and Medical Reception Desks.
• ARA is the original corrective post-cleaning treatment that solves rapid re-soiling.
• Simply spray ARA on the carpet following your cleaning procedure to eliminate sticky residue.
• ARA absorbs the residue and becomes a dry brittle crystal.
• When vacuumed it fractures away leaving a clean non-sticky fiber.
• ARA uses Pro’s Choice soil crystallization technology.

Properties & Specifications:

• Form: Clear, thin liquid in gallons.
• Odor: Light Mint Odor.
• Use pH: 8.
• Use Concentration: Undiluted.
• Approved Use: Safe for stain-resistant nylon carpet.
• Storage: Protect product from freezing. Keep container closed when not in use.
• Coverage: 1 ounce ARA Anti-Resoiling Anti-Wicking Carpet Cleaning Agent per 3 square feet.
• Manufacturer: Pro’s Choice (CTI - Chemical Technologies, Inc).
• Country of Manufacture: United States of America.
• Flammability: Non-flammable.

How to Reduce or Eliminate Resoiling of Carpet After Cleaning:

• What most people mean by “resoiling” is that the carpet became visibly dirty more quickly than it should have after it was cleaned.
• There are many potential causes of resoiling:
• Track-in of ice melt, especially calcium chloride, will hasten soiling.
• A moisture condition from malfunctioning air conditioning or water leaks leads to moist carpet, which will make the carpet a great cloth to clean off the bottoms of shoes!
• Has the customer recently spilled something on the carpet and tried to get it up - with a sticky spotter or dishwash?
• Sticky residues from soft drink spills will also rapidly cause resoiling.
• Perhaps, the traffic pattern has changed resulting in more soil being tracked in, or the parking lot was recently repaved or there is construction.
• If the carpet was cleaned with a shampooer or a consumer extractor, there may be a great deal of soil attracting residue in the carpet. Bonnet cleaning and the shampoo methods are infamous for this problem.
• How to Prevent Resoiling of Carpet after Cleaning:
• Use SCR Soil Crystallization Rinse for extraction cleaning in extreme cases.
• In areas where there is a large number of spills on a level loop carpet only, such as in a kitchen, follow extraction cleaning with bonnet cleaning using dry bonnets with Pro’s Choice Brush & Bonnet. This speeds up drying and absorbs much of the material wicking to the surface.
• For individual heavy spills of sticky materials, you can use the Water Claw^® Sub-Surface Spot Lifter to flush out the contaminants.
• Immediately following cleaning, spray an even coat of Pro’s Choice ARA Anti-Resoiling Agent onto the carpet in areas where rapid re-soiling is a problem.

Reappearing Spots and Stains After Cleaning Carpet:

• Why Do Spots Come Back After Cleaning Carpet?
• Spots return after cleaning carpet because of “wicking”.
• Because most of a spill is not on the fibers, but is instead in the backing and even the pad, sometimes not all of the sticky contamination is removed in cleaning.
• Sometimes your customer used a spotter or laundry detergent and removed the spot from the surface, but the spill is still in the backing and the pad.
• Your cleaning reactivated the spot and wicked back up to the surface.
• How Can I Keep Spots from Coming Back?
• Drying time is critical to reduce this problem, use plenty of dry strokes and air movers, especially when working with heavily soiled carpet or berber.
• For individual heavy spills where the contamination is in the backing and pad, you can use the Water Claw Sub-Surface Spot Lifter to flush out the contaminants and apply ARA or Stain Blotter.
• If you suspect a spot may reappear after cleaning, the last step after spot removal should be to leave a weighted dry towel or use Stain Blotter. For large areas of spills, apply ARA.
• For extreme problems from spills, such as in a cafeteria or lunchroom, on level loop carpet, dry bonnet the area with Brush & Bonnet after cleaning, do a Brown Out^® rinse and apply ARA.

General Directions for Applying ARA to Carpet:

1. Keep out of reach of children.
2. Read label directions and cautions before using.
3. Warm water extract the carpet and get the carpet as dry as possible.
4. Spray an even coat of ARA onto the carpet in areas where rapid resoiling is likely to occur or has occurred in the past. Apply at the rate of 3 ounces ARA per square yard.
5. After the carpet is completely dry, vacuum the treated areas very thoroughly with an upright vacuum cleaner equipped with a brush.

The pictures below from Pro’s Choice illustrate the effectiveness of ARA preventing reappearing spots, in this case reappearing coffee spill:

Related Wicking, Resoiling Articles:

• Acid Rinse after Professional Carpet Cleaning
• Bonnet Cleaning
• Encapsulation Cleaning of Heavily Soiled Carpet
• Resoiling
• Why Do Spots Keep Coming Back After Cleaning Carpet?
• Wicking after Cleaning Carpet

Link in a separate page or tab to the Secure Bane-Clene Store to Order ARA is below:

• Click here to order Pro’s Choice ARA Anti-Resoiling Agent in gallons Item # 30532.