The primary drawback in using a truck mount upholstery cleaning attachment is also its greatest advantage: Convenience!
A cleaning technician who might hesitate to suggest the "add on" of some upholstered furniture cleaning while on a carpet cleaning job is not as likely to hesitate when he just has to connect an upholstery cleaning tool and "go to work".
Unfortunately, this ease of quickly switching tools also makes it easy to overlook such important steps as:
- Testing
- Inspection
- Dry soil removal
- Preconditioning
- The use of a properly designed upholstery tool
- The use of proper cleaning chemicals
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