Cleaning Your Wichita, KS Home After a Fire-Dry Sponges

8/16/2021 (Permalink)

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The aftermath of a fire can be tempting to start the cleanup on immediately, our first recommendation is to start with calling a professional in to provide expert knowledge and advice. SERVPRO of Northeast Wichita has been in the fire restoration business for over 20 years and has the expertise and experience to provide you with the tools you need to restore your home or business back to preloss conditions as quickly as possible.

 The type of surface you are cleaning will determine the method used and the tools needed. One of the tools we use on a fire job is our Dry-Cleaning Sponge sometimes these types of sponges are called “chem sponges” but this isn’t accurate as they don’t have any chemicals infused in them dry or wet. The Dry-Cleaning Sponge is used to clean smoke residues from surfaces. The sponge is for non-greasy residues and clean better on flat nonglossy surfaces, with firm pressure, friction, and absorption the sponge cleans with no chemical products. Like in the picture, we have extendable poles which allow us to easily sponge every surface in a property, it’s pretty thorough work. Dry-cleaning is the best option when wet cleaning may not be possible. Cleaning soot with water, or with over the counter cleaning agents can set the soot stain, but our products (not chemicals) are specifically made to remove soot. Unfortunately, not every kind of soot and smoke damage can have the stain removed. In that case we still clean do what is called “prep to paint” where we clean the walls to prepare them to be painted. This is done because if you didn’t clean the soot off the wall before painting it, the soot would eventually bleed through the new paint and the odor of the fire would linger.

Call SERVPRO of Northeast Wichita for your fire damage (316) 684-6700. We are available 24/7/365.