That said, there is no guarantee that professional carpet cleaners will be able to remove each and every stain from your carpet, particularly if we haven't seen the carpet. Or it may take more than one professional carpet clean to completely remove long-term stains from your carpet.

Some carpet cleaning methods involve a light and affordable rug cleaning, whereas other methods are a better choice for removing tough stains and ground-in dirt and debris. The best method of cleaning carpets is usually steam cleaning, which removes over 90% of dirt and bacteria from carpeting.

A carpet shampooer will treat the surface of your carpet. A carpet steam cleaner uses heat to extract the dirt from the fibers. Decide how deep of a clean you require when choosing between shampoo carpet cleaning vs. steam cleaning.