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2007 |
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Bringing
Science into Carpet Cleaning
Education and science have made
major inroads into carpet cleaning in just the
past few years. One of the most significant
advances was the introduction of XRF technology,
which stands for X-ray fluorescence analyzer
technology... |
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Mold Clean-Up
and Prevention
Toxic mold presents a host of
health and safety risks and potential legal
problems for all kinds of facilities, but most
specifically for schools and hospitals. This is
because children and adults with a weakened
immune system are especially at risk if toxic
mold exists and is growing in a facility. |
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Green Carpet Care
Millions of square feet of carpet are cleaned
every day throughout North America, and there
have been relatively few reports of health
problems or reactions because of the chemicals,
procedures or equipment used. |
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SOA Program A
Reliable Tool For The Health Care Cleaning
Industry
About 15 years ago, a major
manufacturer of trash can liners for both the
home and professional markets began labeling
some of their products as “environmentally
safe.” The labeling went on to indicate that the
products were so safe that the bags would
“degrade into harmless organic powder” in a
relatively short time after disposal. |
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Survey:
Green Carpet Cleaning
A June 2007 survey questioned
carpet cleaning professionals on a variety of
issues regarding Green carpet cleaning, carpet
cleaning equipment, programs that “approve”
hot-water extractors, and how they make
purchasing selections... |
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The Successful
Demo
Many young people do not realize
that through the late 1950s vacuum cleaners were
usually sold door-to-door. In those days, most
women were homemakers and the vacuum cleaner
salesperson could knock on someone's door and
ask to demonstrate the vacuum cleaner... |
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Are carpet cleaners ready for the seal of
approval?
The Green Label program, developed by the Carpet
and Rug Institute (CRI), has been one of CRI’s
most successful testing and certification
programs... Also see the sidebar to
this article:
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How Science
Fiction Resulted in Better Carpet Extractors
Lloyd Starks of Dalton, Ga., has
been fascinated with Buck Rogers, science
fiction and space-age technology ever since he
was a little boy. Now, at 58 years of age,
Starks is the proud patent holder for X-ray
fluorescence (XRF) analyzer technology, which is
being put to use not only by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) but,
surprisingly, the carpet cleaning industry as
well... |
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Carpet Cleaner
Wins Extractor at Connections Show
Coeur d'Alene, ID — U.S.
Products, manufacturers of professional carpet,
floor, and restoration equipment, announces that
Douglas Woolfolk, Yuba City, CA, has won a brand
new King Cobra 500 from a drawing at the recent
Connections Convention held in Las Vegas, NV... |
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When Health is
on the Line
As the new fall semester quickly
approaches, most campus facility managers and
housekeeping departments may have trouble
identifying a lingering threat that could impact
the health and education of thousands of
students, their instructors and college
personnel... |
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Surveys Reveal
Jan/San Distribution Trends
A recently released survey paints
an overall positive picture of the services
distributors provide. Another study, conducted
around the same time, reports distributor
opinions on “green” products. |
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Low-Moisture
Carpet Care: A System That Works
Although facilities often look
for ways to reduce their cleaning budgets,
cutting back on a thorough, ongoing carpet
maintenance program should not be one of them.
If fact, the benefits of a good carpet care
program are so significant that facility
managers simply cannot afford not to have such a
program in place... |
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Green Carpet
Care
Millions of square feet of carpet
are cleaned every day throughout North America,
and there have been relatively few reports of
health problems or reactions because of the
chemicals, procedures or equipment used.
However, such problems do occur... |
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Concerns Mount
Over Green Guidelines For New York Public
Schools
Recently, the New York State
Office of General Services (OGS) posted for
public comment its proposed guidelines and
specifications for the procurement and use of
environmentally sensitive (Green) cleaning
products for all public and nonpublic elementary
and secondary schools in the state... |
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The Greening of
Carpet Cleaning |
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Without question, carpet is a preferred and
widely used floor covering. There are almost 200
billion square feet of carpet currently
installed in more than 100 million buildings in
the U.S... |
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Building
Employee Morale One Step at a Time
As we do with most first-time visitors, we gave
him a tour of our facility to provide a better
idea of who we are, how we do things, and our
product line... |
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A New Look at
Tile and Grout Cleaning
Maintaining a high level of cleanliness,
appearance, and sanitation in
restrooms can be a very difficult task for
cleaning professionals. This
is especially true in schools and industrial
settings, where restrooms
are heavily used... and often abused... |
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Winter Carpet
Care and Throughout the Year
Coeur d' Alene, ID - FEb 28, 2005
- Although many parts of the United States are
experiencing a warmer-than-usual winter, they
still have seen quite a bit of rain and
snow—both of which can play havoc on carpets... |
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Protect against
winter's worst carpet care offenders
Now is a good time to better
understand the toll that snow, rain, wind, and
even the cold itself can take on rugs and
carpets — and learn the steps you can take to
protect them... |
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Low-Moisture
Carpet Cleaning Methods
Problems can result during carpet
cleaning, and when they do, they can be costly.
Usually, the biggest danger is "overwetting,"
which most often occurs when using older carpet
extractors or poorly adjusted machines that suck
water out at too low a pressure during the
extraction process... |
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2005 |
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Industry
Advisory from U.S. Products - Concerns about
Mold and Mildew
Coeur d' Alene, ID - Dec 17, 2005
- Following the recent hurricanes, homes and
buildings throughout South Florida are now
facing a battle with mold and mildew—and the
health problems they can cause... |
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Hurricanes Push
Flood Pumpers to Center Stage
Opportunities Created for Cleaning Professionals
Coeur d'Alene, ID - Oct 31, 2005 - A
spokesperson for U.S. Products, a manufacturer
of professional carpet cleaning and restoration
equipment, indicates that hurricane cleanup on
the Gulf Coast, in Mexico, and just recently in
Florida, has resulted in a significant increase
in calls, interest, and sales of restoration
equipment for most all equipment manufacturers.
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Low Moisture
Quiz
Green cleaning is much more than just chemicals.
It includes products, tools, and equipment as
well. When it comes to carpet cleaning, one of
the "greenest" and healthiest ways way to clean
carpets is by using low moisture
carpet extractors... |
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Clean equipment
says a lot
The appearance of our cleaning
equipment and the way we maintain it says a lot
about us — including how professional we are and
what quality of work our customers might expect. |
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Stratgies for Success:
Flooring/Maintenance
School and university cleaning professionals
have to know their stuff. To develop an
effective carpet-maintenance program, cleaning
professionals need a good understanding of the
types of carpets they will encounter... |
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Take the Carpet Cleaning Quiz
COEUR D' ALENE, ID, -- U.S. Products challenges
their consumers to take a Carpet Cleaning Quiz.
The company who manufactures carpet, drapery,
upholstery, restoration, and ceiling cleaning
equipment released the following quiz to test
the consumer knowledge of how to solve some
carpet cleaning dilemmas. |
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“Green” Carpet-Cleaning
Products
A healthy 42-year-old woman
living in New Jersey had her carpets extracted
by a reputable professional carpet-cleaning
company... |
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Manufacturers coalition on
setting record straight
Carpet is Good wants to set the
record straight. The coalition of carpet
manufactures states that if properly maintained,
carpeting is a healthy, viable flooring choice
for nearly any commercial facility... |
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Crickets Hold-Up Bank
Texas is famous for having
serious cricket problems. "It does not get cold
enough here to eliminate them in the winter... |
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Winter Carpet Care Tips
Winter weather can be rough on
carpets. Snow, rain, wind, and even the cold
itself can take a toll on rugs and carpets... |
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The nose knows when it comes
to restroom smells
Odor control is a major concern
for facility service providers (FSPs). Most
people will agree that if a building does not
smell clean, it probably is not clean... |
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CMM Cleaning Challenge
Here’s how schools and the
cleaning professionals who maintain them can
prevent, or minimize, the occurrence of mold... |
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Cleaning right vs. wrong: Less
mess and no harm done
Though some carpet cleaning chemicals contain
toxic chemicals, most carpet cleaning products
are safe if used properly — following the
manufacturer’s recommendations — and will have
minimal impact on the health of the user or the
environment... |
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Take care cleaning this
sensitive flooring
Travertine marble has been used
in large public structures such as Chicago’s
Cultural Center — known as the People’s Palace —
for thousands of years, mainly because it is so
durable... |
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The ozone answer
Ozone can destroy odor issues and
add to the cleaning arsenal of all cleaning
professionals, not just restoration experts... |
