Carpet/Rug/Upholstery Cleaning

Tips, techniques and advice on removing even the toughest spots and stains in carpet and furniture.

ARTICLES

Rug Repair: How to Deal with Worn Fringes

Customers are often very concerned about fringe appearance, as they want them white and clean
June 17, 2013

Rugs are, to a great extent, fashion. The current trend is away from fringe. However, the majority of rugs coming into wash plants have fringe.


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Five Things to Know about Air Duct Cleaning

Duct cleaning is an important service, especially applicable to customers with allergies.
June 17, 2013

Air duct cleaning is becoming an increasingly popular add-on among carpet cleaning businesses today.


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Balance Your Company Portfolio by Diversifying into Carpet Repair

Carpet repair as a service can also open many doors for your other services and play a major role in your marketing program
June 17, 2013

Do you have a “balanced portfolio?” I’m not talking about a financial portfolio, but how about a balanced business portfolio?


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You’ve Gotta Be Clean to Get Clean

If you want to give your customer the best service possible, there are many simple things you can do to make the experience unforgettable.
June 13, 2013

Experience tells me that our customers appreciate and actually expect us to look clean and smell clean when we enter their property to perform our work.


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Know the Code: Fact vs. Fiction on Upholstery Cleaning Codes

Do you know your upholstery cleaning codes?
May 30, 2013

Upholstery cleaning codes actually originated as colorfastness codes. They were designed to give consumers and cleaners some idea about which fabrics and dye systems would withstand exposure to water and which ones could not.


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Just Ask Jess: Kawasaki Disease - Can Children Get it from Steam-Cleaned Carpets?

Kawasaki Disease, also known as Kawasaki Syndrome, is a rare children's illness
May 23, 2013

The cause of Kawasaki Disease is unknown, but scientists who have studied the disease believe the research and evidence strongly suggests an infectious agent such as a virus or bacteria causes it.


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Rug Repair Part II: Rug-End Securing

The most common repair request is correcting damage to a rug’s ends.
May 16, 2013

Last time we discussed general principles of rug repair and how to get started. So if you are reading this, it is a sign you want to be a “rug fixer.”


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How to Deal with Heavy Traffic Lanes

How do we successfully deal with traffic lanes?
May 2, 2013

When you walk through the front entrance of your commercial carpet cleaning account, it is often easy to locate the busiest areas by following the trail of asphalt tracked in from the parking lot on matted carpet that is already heavily impacted with soil.


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Rug Repair Part I: An Introduction to Rug Conservation, Restoration and Repair

Rug repair is a craft requiring knowledge and skill.
April 3, 2013

Why offer rug repair? Being a full service rug cleaning and restoration facility sets you apart from most carpet cleaners that also offer rug cleaning.


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Carpet Cleaning vs. Carpet Restoration

There's a difference between carpet cleaning and carpet restoration.
April 3, 2013

A friend just bought an Asian food café and the loop-pile nylon carpets haven’t been cleaned in about 2½ years. There are heavy food soils and the walkways are matted with grease. What can I do to clean the carpet?


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EVENTS

Rug Summit VI

5/1/13
Pettyjohn's Rug Care
1905 S Main St #101
Wake Forest, NC
United States

Helping you to get the most out of rugs!

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Centrum Force: Rug Summit VII

9/12/13
Columbus Airport Marriot
Columbus, OH
United States

Over the past four years, the Centrum Force Rug Summits have become one of the favorite events of rug cleaning pros, both large and small.

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The Experience Spring 2013

See all the sights from Clearwater Beach for the inaugural Experience Conference and Exhibition, held from April 17-20, 2013.

THE MAGAZINE

ICS Cleaning Specialist Magazine

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2013 June

Take a look at the brand new June 2013 issue with features on Marketing, Rug/Carpet Cleaning, and Hard Floor Maintenance.
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