Category: On the Job Procedures
In pursuing how to properly clean upholstery, we learn about how upholstery is constructed; i.e., we learn about fiber content, weaves, finishes, and construction of the fabric can all affect the outcome of the cleaning. You have to be concerned...
Why Do We Clean Upholstery?
The reasons may vary from company to company: Our carpet cleaning customers expect it of us. We do not have to develop the market. Our carpet cleaning customers often ask us or expect us to be able to clean their...
Wastewater Disposal – What’s a cleaner and restorer supposed to do?
Why should I be concerned about the wastewater resulting from my carpet cleaning services? Several times a month, we get a question about where the wastewater (or recovered material) generated from operating a truckmount, portable. or even low moisture carpet...
Leave No Stain Behind
In a study a few years back conducted with consumers who have had their carpet professionally cleaned, the interviewer asked them why they hired a professional carpet cleaner. One of the top THREE reasons provided by the respondents is because...
Pre-Inspection Procedures for Restorative Cleaning of Stone, Tile, Grout, and Finished Concrete Flooring Surfaces
After you have had the chance to carefully study, practice and understand how to identify the type of hard surface floor you are being asked to restoratively clean (see previous blog entries), it is time to consider the specific procedures...
How long should a carpet take to dry after hot water extraction cleaning?
On an industry bulletin board or Facebook Forum, this topic can bring out thoughts, arguments, excuses, defense mechanisms and more like no other. How important is how long the carpet takes to dry to the residential or commercial carpet cleaning...
Top 10 Reasons to have a FreshWater Tank on Board Your Truck
What advantages does having a freshwater tank provide to your carpet cleaning and restoration operations? Now more than ever, we recognize that room in your van is at a premium. With so many cleaners and restorers diversifying into hard surface...
Why you still want to use a Urine Pretreatment on virtually every pet urine job
Deodorizing treatments for pet urine contamination have come a long way in our industry. There was a time when cleaners used some strong solvent based deodorizer and hoped the incredibly powered fragrance would overwhelm the atmosphere. Today, there are many...
Cleaning the “New” Softer Carpets
What are these “softer” carpets? They are incredibly thin denier (thickness) cut-pile and loop carpets presented in a plush, high pile density format. They range in ounce size from 50-100 ounce (apartment grade carpet is generally 20-28 ounce). They are...
Asphalt Oil Tracking and Carpet Cleaning
Brand New Commercial Carpet + Freshly Treated Asphalt Parking Lot Outside = Bad Combination. HydraMaster Quake HD + HydraMaster HydraBoost CT= Good combination You have probably seen it without even realizing what the problem was. Yellow or dingy traffic...