8. I have allergies and I'm chemical sensitive will this system help me?
Because this system uses only water, you are not introducing anything into your environment that has NEW chemicals or NEW odors which may affect your well being. Using the system will actually remove chemical residuals left behind from previous cleaning procedures as well as remove odors, such as perfumes, from garmets and other fabrics. In addition, using the system provides you with a means to sanitize many critical surfaces which are important to your health without using odiferous toxic germicides.
However, if you suffer from chronic and severe chemical sensitivity, you should have someone else actually do the work, particularly during the initial cleanup. Because the system even reaches into the pores of fabric and hard surfaces, it will drive out contaminates and chemical residue from those surfaces. This may have an adverse effect on you until those contaminates are completely removed.
The vapor system, unlike other cleaning or pest control methods, uses heat to do the work, NOT CHEMICALS OR POISONS. Let's consider the dust mite, which lives in our clothes, mattresses, carpets and upholstery. The recommended treatment for dust mites is to launder the concerned item in water at a temperature of at least 130 degrees F. or treat the surface with a tannic acid solution. This may be difficult to do with carpets, couches and mattresses, or your best suit coat which probably is the most highly contaminated. The vapor system comes to the rescue in this case because it provides you with a method of penetrating all of these surfaces thoroughly with temperatures in excess of 180 degrees F. The heat kills the mites without over wetting the surfaces. Minimal wetting is important because mites favor a humid environment. Using the vapor systems fine hot mist prevents this from occuring. The articles treated are completely dry in a matter of minutes - not hours. After treating a surface it is recommended that you vacuum it thoroughly with our HEPA equipped vacuum to remove any particulate matter.
Fleas, flea eggs and flea larvae are also killed by short term exposure to high temperature heat carried by very fine vapor reaching into the pores and pockets of fabric and carpets. No poisons here to affect children, pets, or indoor air quality.
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9. Why haven't I heard of this before?
A. Concept is new to North America & costly to promote.
B. Could hurt chemical sales so stores and janitor suppliers would prefer not to promote it.
C. Because you just use water there is no after sales made on chemicals.
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10. Are these systems being used on a commercial basis?
Yes they are. Many of the systems being used in hospitals, retirement care facilities, the food service industry, hospitality industry and other government institutions such as schools and universities. The use of this system improves indoor air quality, reduces the physical effort involved with cleaning and provides a more thorough approach to cleaning.
Because the use of chemicals is reduced and because water does not involve regulatory requirements that many cleaning chemicals require, the system requires less management time and reduces paperwork.
Facilities using this technology include.....
