Homeowner Halleluiah: The Value of Offering Carpet Repair
Most of you who are reading this story are likely looking at carpet repair as an add-on service to your existing cleaning company.
View ArticleSilk Rugs: What Can a Cleaner Do?
In my last article, which appeared in the May issue of ICS, we discussed rayon viscous or artificial silk that is often assumed by rug owners to be the real deal. This time we will look at silk – a...
View ArticlePreviewing TISE East & its Cleaning and Restoration Pavilion
The Cleaning and Restoration Pavilion is a specialized area on the The International Surface Event East (TISE) show floor which showcases exhibitors who supply the surface industry with the latest...
View ArticleCombating Carpet Mold
You already know that molds can produce toxins. And while there is always a little mold everywhere—in the air and on many surfaces—when mold spores drop on places where there is excessive moisture,...
View ArticleTraffic Lane Cleaning Tips and Tricks
In commercial facilities, all you need to do is follow the trail of dirt, oil, asphalt, food or coffee spills (aka “traffic lane grunge”) to know where the busiest areas are.
View ArticlePracticality in Portables
Is a truckmount system needed to perform hot-water extraction? Not necessarily.
View ArticleNew Markets for Disinfectant Services
MRSA has also shown up at other sports facilities from professional lacrosse venues to high school stadiums and locker rooms.
View ArticleBusiness Might: Leveraging Fortune 500 Technologies in Your Cleaning Company
Vertical market. Big data. SaaS. The cloud. They’re all modern-day buzz words for an ever-changing business environment.
View ArticlePreviewing the 2015 ICE Expo
The International Cleaning Experts (ICE) Expo is returning to the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas this January 29-30 for its second show and appears primed to build off of the successes...
View ArticleThe Rotary Extractor Is it for YOU?
I was very interested with the introduction of the HydraMaster RX-20 many years ago, which was the first of the rotary extractors on the market.
View ArticleThe Value of a Portable Extractor in a Rug Cleaning Plant
In-plant rug cleaning operations in the professional cleaning industry range in size from small shops with a few rugs per week to large shops doing multiple rugs per hour on a continuous basis.
View ArticleRug Touring in England
This past May, Certified Master Rug Cleaner hosted a second rug and cultural tour to the United Kingdom.
View ArticleBack to Basics: A Step-by-Step Overview on Upholstery Cleaning
Cleaning today’s upholstered furniture successfully depends on knowing two things: what the fabric is made out of and which cleaning method will most effectively remove the soil without changing the...
View ArticleThe Future of Truckmount Development: The ICS Roundtable
It was the late Judson Jones who is widely credited for the creation of the first truckmount way back in the late 1950s.
View ArticleTo Bleach or Not To Bleach?
During several recent rug seminars, the topic of bleach has become of interest. Should a rug cleaning specialist use bleach? Let’s take a look at this controversial subject.
View ArticleGet (and Keep) More Customers by Understanding the 6 Reasons People Clean
A big mistake that cleaners make is not realizing that people clean their carpet, floors and fabrics for more reasons than just how it looks.
View ArticleCarpet Cleaning at 58 Below Zero
While most of the United States is just now getting their first real taste of winter, Mark Pfeifer, Brothers and Grime Cleaning and Restoration, has been cleaning in cold weather since September.
View ArticleMarketing, Diversification Help Cascade Cleaning Services Beat the Winter Lull
For Cascade Cleaning Services (Boise, ID), the winter slow season begins after Christmas and typically lingers into spring, with the slowest month being January.
View ArticleCommercial Cleaning and the Flu
In November 2012, a survey was conducted to gauge the impact the months of December through March had on a typical carpet cleaner’s businesses.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Rug Cleaning: The ICS Roundtable
There are more rugs on the planet today than there ever have been before.
View ArticleWhat’s New With Rugs?
Two hot items at retail these days are Tibetan and hand-loomed rugs from India. Rugs woven with a Tibetan knot have been very popular for over 20 years, but the hand-loomed rugs from India are new to...
View ArticleSpring Experience Heads Back to the Beach
After taking place in Frisco, Texas in 2014, The Experience Conference and Exhibition will head back to its long-time Clearwater Beach location this spring, taking place from April 27-29 at the...
View ArticleCleaner’s Corner: Live Cleaning Video Feed Helps Build Trust with Customers
In 2006, my dad and I were constructing a building to house the world headquarters of our cleaning and restoration business.
View ArticleInside Green Chemistry: Levels of Toxicity
Your cleaning customers likely have many questions about whether a given chemical is toxic or will leave toxic residues.
View ArticleEncapsulation and Hot Water Extraction Go Together Like a PB&J
When I was a kid, my favorite afternoon snack was a peanut butter and jelly, or PB&J, sandwich.
View ArticleInjection Sprayers: The History, Uses, Advantages and More
Of all the available accessories for the professional carpet cleaner, and particularly the truckmount user, the injection sprayer or in-line sprayer is certainly one of the most used and popular.
View ArticleHow to Gear Up for the Spring Cleaning Season
A good portion of the country is about to emerge from another cold, harsh and, in some cases, prolonged winter.
View ArticleHot vs. Cold: Which Method of Carpet Cleaning is Better?
In the debate between hot vs. cold carpet cleaning, we asked two industry professionals to make the case for each. Here’s a look at what Steve Ashkin, President of The Ashkin Group and an authority on...
View ArticleThe ICS Roundtable On Green Cleaning
It seems that every which way you turn in the cleaning industry, something is being touted as the next big green thing.
View ArticleTake 2: A Look at Blind, Air Duct Cleaning as Add-On Services
Nu-Look Cleaning Services was founded in 1970 strictly as a carpet cleaning business.
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