Next Sunday is Superbowl 46 between the New York Giants and The New England Patriots. Its also one of the best times for a party! Make sure that you have all your food and beverages ready, and plan carefully. If you also plan to have food, beverages, or snacks that can stain your carpet, you [...]
Protein stains from animal accidents can be very difficult to get out of your carpet unless you deal with them right away with the correct extraction method. The first step to cleaning up animal accidents is to pick up all solids with a paper towel and then blot up any liquids from the spill. If [...]
In all the years we’ve been cleaning carpet we have seen some very interesting spills on office carpet that could have been prevented. Cleaning a spill as soon as it happens helps prevent the spill from soaking in and staining. Facilitate quick clean up by placing a bottle of multipurpose cleaner and an instruction sign [...]
Everyone has seen the cartoons where the angel sits on one shoulder and the devil sits on the other fighting over the conscience of a wishy washy mind. Carpet cleaners, like everyone else, are not immune to temptation. I own a commercial carpet cleaning company in the Twin Cities Area (Minneapolis, St. Paul and surrounding [...]
Whenever I tell someone that I know how to remove blood from carpet, usually without a residual discoloration, they usually ask me if I do crime scene cleanup. Although I have cleaned up after crime scenes, those are not where this skill comes in most handy. The most common occurrences of blood in carpet seem [...]
Sand is to carpet what saws are to trees. I own a carpet cleaning company in the Minneapolis – St. Paul Area and Minnesotans track a lot of sand onto our carpet. Carpet fibers are very thin strands; thinner than the hair on you head. The fibers are woven and spun together for strength in [...]
I hear all the time: “I can’t believe how good it smells in here now.” I hear this when I call my clients to make sure they were totally happy with the carpet cleaning job we did for them. Do I have a secret to achieving this? Yes, I do! Every time we fill our [...]
I own a carpet cleaning company in the Twin Cities Area of Minnesota called the Commercial Steam Team. I have been cleaning carpet for 13 years and one of the most effective products I use is Hydramaster’s Multiphase Deodorizer. As in its name, Multiphase is a triple action deodorizer that covers a broad spectrum of [...]
“Since it’s May of 2011 and we don’t seem to get a spring this year, do I still have to get the carpets cleaned?” I know the weather here in the Twin Cities has been mimicking Seattle lately, but yes even their businesses need to have their carpets cleaned. In fact, the extra moisture this [...]
Have you ever had your carpets cleaned in your home or business and the carpet didn’t look as good as you had hoped in the high traffic areas? This could be because your carpet cleaner didn’t do a sufficient job, but it could also be permanent fiber damage. If it didn’t look like there was [...]
