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SPOTS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL CLEANING SERVICES!!
Lee pemberton
If you think about it, a soiled surface is simply a surface with so many spots that they just run together to form an overall soiled appearance. Traffic lanes on carpets or soiled chair arms are an excellent example of serious spotting problems. A spot is defined simply as soil that can be removed. A stain is defined simply as a permanent change or damage to the soiled area that is not correctable. However, today we have remarkable specialty products and tools that are causing more and more stains to be reclassified as removable spots!! This department focuses on these areas.
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
GROOM Handi-Brush is the Only Upholstery Brush You Need!
Jim Pemberton
Upholstery fabrics have undergone dramatic changes in fiber, texture, and weave in the last few years. Microfiber has become one of the main fabrics of choice. You can hardly find Haitian cotton anymore. Velvets are rare, too. The Handi-Brush from Groom Industries now becomes the perfect upholstery grooming and agitation brush for almost every application. . . . keep reading
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SPOTTING - FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE STAINS
Scott Warrington
The category of fruit and vegetable juices ranges from sugary apple juice which will leave a sticky, soil attracting residue to the natural dyes in tomato juice to the artificial colors used in juice products. So, there will be considerable variation in how these spills respond to cleaning. In any situation, the sooner you get to the spill, the better your results will be. . . . keep reading
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Ice Melters & Carpet Problems
(revised 2007)
Jim Pemberton
This is the time of year in the northern regions that cleaners begin to search for information on dealing with damage caused to carpets from use or overuse of ice melters such as rock salt or calcium chloride that is tracked in during the winter. . . . keep reading
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Choosing A Preconditioner -- #2 of 3
Jim Pemberton
The second consideration with respect to preconditioner choice is soil type and environment. While you might break these soils & their unique environments into more categories than the following six (6), but I believe these cover 98% of the soils you will face . . . . . . keep reading
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UPHOLSTERY SPOTTING TIPS
Jim Pemberton
Remember that the spotting techniques that you use on carpeting may be unsafe for delicate upholstery fabrics. The following notes will help you to avoid damaging the fabric when spotting upholstery: . . . keep reading
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Urine Removal Techniques For Upholstery
Jim Pemberton
Urine starts as an acid, and then rapidly changes into an alkaline compound. The process of decomposition that creates this pH change also produces the characteristic "ammonia" smell often associated with urine contamination. . . . keep reading
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Yellow Alert!!
Jim Pemberton
NOTE: This problem may take repeat applications to correct, and is not always correctable! Be certain to inspect carpet carefully before you clean to determine if yellowing is possible. Pre-qualify accordingly. . . . keep reading
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Re-Soiling Revisited
Jim Pemberton
CARPETS THAT RE-SOIL DO SO FOR TWO REASONS: Resoiling from wicking soil and other residues: When heavy soil, detergents, and other foreign materials build up at the base of the carpet yarns, this material will often migrate with moisture to the tips of the yarns after cleaning and leave a soiled appearance. Resoiling from sticky residues in the carpet: When excessive amounts of cleaning agent residue is left in carpet, this residue attracts moisture and literally cleans the soil off of the bottoms of shoes and the carpet soils very rapidly in just a few days. . . . keep reading
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Adhesives On Carpet Are a Sticky Subject!
Jim Pemberton
One such example is the use of "duct tape" to hold walk off mats in place, or to prevent trip hazards from power cords. This practice solves a short-term problem, but the nature of many of these adhesives is such that there remains a sticky residue that rapidly attracts soil, and may be extremely difficult for you to remove! . . . keep reading
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The Odor is Back! & The Spots Are Back!
Jim Pemberton
Large volume spills of sugary soft drinks, oily materials, or high concentrations of sticky detergents, as well as oily solvent based spotters, can create residues that conventional extraction cleaning cannot remove. Pet urine penetrates deeply into carpet pile, through the carpet's backing material, and into the carpet cushion. This is the key reason pet odors return. The solution to all of these problems can be found in one new and revolutionary tool .... . . . keep reading
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