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The principles of pet odor removal remain the same in upholstery as in carpet, but the structure of the furniture, as well as the fibers used in making the upholstery fabric, often create situations that prevent successful outcomes at best, or expensive damage claims at worst.
Here are five keys to successfully removing pet odors from upholstery while minimizing your risks and maximizing your chances of gaining a good result:...
Problems with some of the stains that cleaners dealt with in the past, such as red dye stains, are less common today. However, your customers are drinking more coffee and tea (hot and cold) than ever. These spills will continue to be frustrating when they return after cleaning, or time consuming if they do not come out in cleaning once they become stains....
Why do people want pigs as pets? Potbellied pigs (PBP's) make good companions, but only for the right caregiver. On the plus side, pigs are smart, clean, generally non-allergenic, odor-free, flea-free, charming and inexpensive to feed. Pigs are social, bonding easily with humans. They'll readily roll over for a tummy rub, as well as snuggle with you. However, where problems arise is when a 100-200# creature uses a litter box, frequent changes are critical, and misses and accidents- can be more common....
What would you do if you were asked to clean a piece of furniture with antique or heirloom value? In cases where items you are asked to clean may be very valuable, and/or very delicate and easily damaged, your cleaning processes can be altered considerably, and in such cases you will be cleaning to preserve the fabrics structural integrity and overall original appearance instead of attempting removal of all soil and stains....
Designers are now using "Tencel" in addition to viscose for installed carpet. "On location" cleaning professionals must be very, very careful before choosing to clean "Tencel or viscose".
Tencel or Viscose may be present alone in a carpet's construction, or it may be blended with wool. . ....
How would you feel if your customer sent this picture to your phone later in the day after you cleaned their upholstery? It surely would be disappointing, perhaps frightening. The problem that you see here is known as cellulose browning. Brown discolorations can happen in a number of fiber types, but for the purpose of this discussion, we will focus on browning on cotton and linen....
The “Hippocratic Oath” of the medical community starts with “First, do no harm.” The same oath should be taken by upholstery cleaners. This comment can cover a number of things we do as cleaners, but for this article, I would like to focus on texture damage during cleaning....
Prevention is Better than Cure!
- - - - - - - Before you clean any furniture, first conduct a thorough inspection. During your inspection process, you should be wary if you find that the fabric is a jacquard weave, and a thorough colorfastness test should be conducted before any cleaning commences....
In today's marketplace, 'Fine Fabric Specialists' often receive pictures via text with messages requesting opinions and help! CAUTION! is key when such occasions arise. Ask questions & then follow the 1st step recommended in this article without fail! With the right answers, the next 9 will most often be productive....
Find out all you can about the type of cosmetic that was used, and what your customer might have done to attempt to remove it. Many cosmetics are sold as "organic" or "all natural" today, and in this sense "organic" means that they use more natural items, such as egg oil....
It's a FACT: Failures occur in odor control treatments that result from treating carpets, rugs, and upholstery that are just too heavily contaminated to be salvaged, (usually attempted due to misjudgment by the technician). . . However, there are also substantially more cases where failures occur simply because of a lack of understanding of the following 3 basic fundamentals:...
The training and experience needed to be a Fine Fabric Restoration Specialist exceeds the scope of what can be covered briefly here. However, to at least understand what you need to know, always remember these three things: - - - #1 Inspect Carefully, - - - #2 Act Promptly - - - #3 Understand the Differences - - -
You will need to learn the unique procedures and products that are needed to rapidly arrest the ongoing damage that is occurring as soon as possible, then what you will need to do subsequently to restore the fabric into pre-damage- condition....
"Using 20th Century cleaning products and processes for 21st Century fabrics can lead to expensive claims!” (Severely soiled fabrics that require restorative cleaning can still be cleaned without the need for using inferior shampoo systems as well)....
Most cleaning professionals (and rightly so,) believe that "S" code tagged fabrics are nearly always cleanable with water. However, these same professionals often decide to wet clean without making sure their customer has a clear understanding of why the wet cleaning process would be preferred! Learn the importance of establishing a pre-understanding with your customer about cleaning code tags...
If you are presented with a troublesome stain on upholstery by your customer, you cannot begin to find the solution until you know the answer to the equation: Testing + Stain ID +Understanding Cleaning Chemistry = Success!...
How do you know if your business is growing? The following article contains marketing tools that will help you to grow. These tools are all helpful for small cleaning services that are capable of growth. Using the following tools can help you to grow and handle that continued growth....
Happy New Years to you and yours, from all of us at Pembertons!...
A Heartfelt Message From Jim Pemberton . . . . . . You, as one of our customers, readers & friends make up 90% of our business activity. I treasure our special relationship with each of you more than I could ever show, and I want you to know that I am very thankful for your continuing relationship....
Before you can be sure that your Professional Cleaning Service has really started to grow, you need a realistic picture of its current status. Here are several relatively easy methods for evaluating that can give you a reliable picture....
Microfiber fabrics are very popular today, and with that popularity, too many cleaners have become blinded to the fact that there are other textured fabrics in their customers' homes that are not nearly so durable, or fool proof to clean!
Note this picture of an upholstery fabric that was not properly groomed because it was thought to be a microfiber:...
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