How to control pet hair
Here's a useful infographic on how to control pet hair. Whether your beloved dog or cat has short hair or long hair, shedding on furniture, floors, and clothing can be annoying, embarrassing, and disgusting.
Koch to clean carpet
Billionaire brothers move into household cleaner business The Wall Street Journal reports that Koch Industries, Inc. will be entering the household cleaner business, competing with established brands such as Clorox and Procter & Gamble. A new carpet cleaner product line will be launched under the Stainmaster brand. Read the full story on WSJ.com. [...]
Fast-acting tips for at-home pet accidents
Bringing home a new puppy or adopted older dog is an exciting time for any family, filled with plenty of excitement and joy. But alongside the fun, the new addition of a pet in the home will most likely require some housetraining, and inevitabley, some pet related accidents. Pet urine can be extrememly difficult [...]
Infographic: 10 DIY carpet cleaning secrets and tips
Whether for your business or to share on your blog for your customers, these tips are great to have in your back pocket.Enjoy this helpful infographic courtesy of Foam Frenzy. Click the image to enlarge or download.
8 Things Cleaning Contractors Should Know about the Carpet Cleaning Business
Professional cleaning and carpet cleaning are two different industries; view them as two separate entities...because they are.Plymouth, MN - As more contract cleaners look to expand their services, the service most consider adding is carpet cleaning. However, entering the carpet-cleaning business can be more complicated than many contractors realize. Not being aware of this can [...]
10 Tips on Safe Floor Refinishing
Floor refinishing can be complicated and many cleaning professionals overlook the fact that it can also be dangerous. As the weather gets warmer, expect to see more floors in commercial settings being stripped and refinished. This is invariably true in educational facilities but has become somewhat of a tradition in all types of locations, from [...]
Join the OSHA 2015 National Safety Stand-Down
It's not too late for the cleaning industry to be heard!OSHA's 2015 National Safety Stand-Down is a 9-day company and national awareness campaign to increase understanding and compliance with fall prevention methods. And there's still time for every cleaning company in the US to participate before the official event ends May 15, 2015! "Falls from [...]
8 Common Cleaning Mistakes that Can Kill the Life of Your Carpet
Before your next stain appears, the IICRC offers insight on what you should avoid when it comes to keeping your carpet cleanLAS VEGAS – Have you ever cleaned up a stain only to have it reappear the next day? If your answer is “yes,” then you didn’t remove it all the way. But don’t feel [...]
Speeding Up Carpet Cleaning
Carpet cleaning fees are based on the amount of area cleaned, so the faster a job can be completed, the more profitable it is.West Chicago, IL - In the carpet cleaning industry, time is money. Charges are based on the amount of area cleaned so the faster a job can be completed, the more profitable [...]
Maid Service of Aurora-Naperville Relies on ProTeam Backpack Vacuums
Saving time, creating happy customers, and making more money with backpack vacuums.Ray Pillar’s career took a turn in the late ‘90s when the dot-com bubble burst and left him ready to make a major change. He took his time deciding what to do next, spending a year and a half studying his options and talking [...]