If you have light coloured carpets or good quality wool carpets you may want to apply our carpet stain protector to help your carpets stay cleaner and to prevent spills and stains from ruining your carpets appearance. People often refer to this as scotchguarding of carpets. However, scotchguard is a trademark and brand manufactured by 3M and was removed from the market place over 10 years ago. We have very good quality carpet protectors that are Australian made and provide very good resistance into soiling and stains. Stain protection will make it easier for you to remove the spots and stains with your general spot cleaning because the stains should be on the outside surface of the stain protector coating. The carpet stain protector treatment also resists general soiling so you should be able to vacuum more dirt out before it clings to the carpet fibres. This is especially true with your wool carpets, because wool carpets, are a natural fibre and most natural fibres when placed under a microscope have rough uneven and jagged edges. These are the edges that trap soiled particles making your carpet dirty. Carpet protector will also help for when we come out to clean your carpets next time as the soiling will be on top of the coating and will be easier for our cleaning staff to remove during our top quality cleaning procedures. There is no set amount of time that stain protector lasts. However, the more foot traffic and wear you have on your carpet the quicker it will wear off. The protector will usually remain on your carpet after cleaning. However, if the cleaning needs to be an aggressive clean because your carpets are dirty then we will remove more of your protective coating, but generally the stain protector will last one clean and then the following clean it is recommended for you to reapply the stain protector in most circumstances. Carpet protector does not mean that your carpet will never get a stain, and it does not mean that stains wont appear, it just means that the coating will allow you to easily maintain your carpet without the need to call a professional carpet cleaner.