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The use of green cleaning solutions will matter to most professional carpet cleaners when they make it matter in their marketing and advertising. I know of carpet cleaning companies that have grown to several million dollars in annual revenue...
What other incentives are there for cleaners to “go green?”
I would make the case that many professional cleaners employ the use of an extremely green concept every day in their cleaning. One of the most overlooked ‘green” contributions that carpet cleaners make is in the use of heated cleaning...
Are “green” chemicals more expensive? If so, why should cleaners invest in these?
When green ingredients were first being introduced, there is no doubt that they made some products more expensive. As their use has expanded greatly, most green ingredients are very competitive today with their “non-green” counterparts. In our relatively small industry,...
If you “go green” with your cleaning operations, do you risk sacrificing cleanliness? In other words, is there a difference between green and clean?
Dr. Michael Berry said it best. “Green” and “clean” should be synonymous terms. A clean environment is a green environment so long as the wastes produced from the cleaning process are properly disposed of. If, in order to get an...
What should professionals know about chemistry to decide whether or not to buy a “green” product?
You have to start by doing something that the so called “experts” have not been able to agree upon themselves; i.e., decide what the definition of green is. What is a green chemical and how is the green being measured?...
Viscose Rug Cleaning
Cleaning a Viscose rug using a DriMaster 3 Rug/Upholstery Cleaning tool with Shawn and Brandon at HydraMaster
The 7 Most Common Misconceptions about Carpet Cleaning Chemistry – Part 5 – Residue
Misconception #5 – No residue, low residue. Good residue, bad residue (Sounds like a Dr. Suess Book) One of the inherent advantages (or is that built in dangers?) that being around the carpet cleaning industry for over 35 years provides...
Do you brush, jiggle, or swirl? – Encapsulation Carpet Cleaning
According to a recent survey published in Cleanfax Magazine, 4% of the respondents identified low moisture encapsulation cleaning as their primary carpet cleaning method. 54% said that they offer encapsulation as part of their carpet cleaning offerings, with truckmounted or...