Friday, May 21, 2010
Understanding Fiber Families Key to Getting Better Results in Upholstery Cleaning
Cleaners who use a "one size fits all" approach to choosing upholstery cleaning products and procedures usually end up existing in a world where they skirt safety occasionally, and fall short on the best possible cleaning results most of the time.
This happens because of the fact that you can't clean "plants and hair" (cotton/linen/rayon and wool) like you do plastic (olefin, polyester, nylon, and acrylic).
The cleaning products and processes that clean one type well do not readily clean the other type well, regardless of safety issues.
Think of it this way: Natural fiber upholstery (plants and hair) absorbs water readily, and is usually stained by common spills and body discharges; it’s also sensitive to over-wetting.
Synthetic fibers (plastics) resist water based spills, but draw in oily soils and spills, whether from petroleum, vegetable, as well as animal oils or fats.
In our upcoming webinar on June 22, you'll learn which products and procedures best remove water based stains from natural fiber upholstery, and which ones help to remove oily soils from synthetic fibers.
I plan to share techniques that work and I promise that you will learn
“How to Get Dirty Upholstery Clean, and Get It Done Quickly”.
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Join Jim Pemberton the evening of June 22nd for a 60 minute webinar co-sponsored by Bridgepoint and Mikeysboard where Jim will spell out the simple steps you can take and products you can use to clean upholstery both safely AND effectively.
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Don’t miss this one! We will provide more details in upcoming issues of Pembertons CleanTip
May 28th FREE FRIDAY Tile & Grout Cleaning
June 25th FREE FRIDAY Successful Pet Urine Decontamination,
Deodorization, and Stain Removal.
July 16th BOOKED SOLID Seminar by Jeff Cross
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Labels: Classes, Fine Fabric Care, Upholstery Cleaning
Friday, June 5, 2009
Remarkable Class at Pembertons on May 29th
We had the opportunity to have a leading expert on water damage restoration, Chuck Dewald, speak to our customers on May 29th.
I had heard that he was an outspoken, somewhat controversial character, and that in some cases suppliers and other industry leaders found his comments and approach to be negative.
We did not find any of those concerns to be valid!
Instead, our customers had the opportunity to hear one of our industry’s most innovative minds share his insights about both the technical and business aspects of the water damage restoration industry.
While the technical information that he shared was very useful, perhaps the best parts of his presentation was his passionate belief that water restorers need to have a better understanding of what they are doing. He also spoke from his heart about the deep regard that he has for those restorers both in the audience and throughout our country.
His passion, his mission, is quite obviously to bring up the level of professionalism and education of the restorers, and for them to best serve the public/the insured, and to help those restorers stand up to insurance companies that truly do not have their interests at heart.
We at Pembertons highly recommend that any restorer who wants to "be their best" take the time to attend a class taught by Chuck’s team at their home base in Morristown, Tennessee.
https://www.americandryinginstitute.com/
American Drying Institute
5740 West Andrew Johnson Highway
Morristown, TN 37814
Chuck Dewald III
Phone: (423) 312-6777
Fax: (423) 318-0672
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Labels: Classes, Methods Testing, Restoration and Remediation, Water Damage Restoration