Quick answer
Scotchgard carpet protection with Carpet Rescue is an add-on applied after a steam clean, from $35 per room. A fluorochemical protector is sprayed evenly over the clean, damp pile and groomed in; once dry it makes most liquid spills bead on the surface for long enough to blot, and helps dry soil release during vacuuming and the next professional clean. It wears down in traffic lanes over 12 to 24 months and is reapplied at the next clean.
What carpet protector does, and what it does not
Most new carpet is sold with a factory-applied stain protector. Every clean, every vacuum and every year of foot traffic wears it down, and after a few years most carpets have little left in the lanes. Reapplying a protector such as Scotchgard restores a coating on each fibre that lowers its surface energy, so water-based spills bead up instead of soaking in immediately, and dry soil has less to grip.
It does not make carpet stain-proof. A spill left to sit will still soak in, oily and dye-based stains are only partly resisted, and pet urine goes straight through because of the volume. What it gives you is a window to blot, and a carpet that comes up cleaner and faster at the next professional clean.
When it is worth it
- Light-coloured carpet in living areas and hallways, where every mark shows.
- Homes with young children, where drinks and food travel.
- Rental properties between tenancies, to make the next end of lease clean easier.
- Stairs and hallway lanes, which soil fastest.
- Wool carpet, which is more absorbent than synthetics and benefits most from a protector.
It is less worth it on polypropylene (olefin) carpet, which already resists water-based stains well by nature, and in rooms that get little traffic.
How we apply it
Protector only works on clean carpet, so it is applied straight after the hot water extraction while the pile is clean and slightly damp. It is sprayed evenly with a low-pressure sprayer, then groomed through the pile so every fibre is coated rather than just the tips. The carpet is left to dry as normal (4 to 8 hours) and the protector cures over the following day. Keep foot traffic light until it is fully dry.
We apply Scotchgard per room at $35 a room, on top of the clean. We do not offer protection on its own without a clean, because applying it over soil locks the soil in.
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