Removing Fresh Spills of Coffee and Tea

Old and set coffee stains can be a real nightmare to remove but if the correct remedial action is taken as soon as the spill occurs, then there's absolutely no reason why they should there in the first in place.

So here's what to do when you go to put your coffee cup down on the table and miss:-



Arm yourself with a bottle of soda water, a roll of kitchen towel, or other absorbent cloth and plenty of patience.

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Apply the soda water to the stain (if it's a big stain, do a bit at a time), and then blot carefully with your cloths, always working from the edge to the centre. Never rub -this will make the stain further penetrate the carpet and damage the fibres.

Keep applying the soda water and blotting dry until the water you are blotting up is clear.

Finally, if you feel the urge you can dry the area off with a hairdryer working on a cool setting.



If you're thinking of trying this technique on an old stain, then don't. Just call in the professionals. They stand a better chance of removing the stains without causing further damage.

That's all for today.

GB

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REMOVING LILY POLLEN STAINS FROM YOUR CARPET

Imagine coming home from your holiday and being greeted as you open the front door by the very welcome surprise of a vase of beautiful lilies sitting resplendant on your dining room table. For us it was a welcome home present from our lovely neighbours. The flowers looked fantastic, lasted for ages and filled the room with their beautiful scent.
Now, our lilies were placed in a very suitable place because when their flowers bloomed, the pollen fell on a wooden table top but things could have been very different if the pollen had been able to fall upon a carpeted floor. If you've ever had lilies you may well know what I'm talking about. The stains from the highly coloured pollen can be almost impossible to remove.
So here's a tip.....
If the pollen grains are lying on the surface of the fibres, carefully place some sticky tape over them and gently lift them off.

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SOME OTHER RECOMMENDED DO'S AND DON'TS

Whatever you do....

DO NOT TOUCH the stain with your fingers. The oil from your skin will set it.

DO NOT RUB the pollen. This will only serve to push the colouring ever further into the fibres, from where it'll be much harder to remove.

DO NOT USE A DAMP CLOTH. This will spread and set the stain, never to be removed again.

DO add some concentrated alcohol (not rubbing alcohol which has too much water in it and won't work) to the stain and blot it up with white towelling or kitchen paper.

DO work from the outside of the stain towards the centre to prevent the colour spreading.

This is just one in our series of recommended tips designed to help you get some of the most frequent and obstinate stains out of your carpet.

Hope it helps.

GB

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Why Keeping The Carpets in Your Hotel Clean Is Good For Business

A Note To All Those Responsible For Keeping Hotel Rooms Clean.

A couple of years ago we went as a family for a long weekend to EuroDisney. The stay was a huge success and we all had an absolute ball. There was one small fly in the ointment, however, and that was the hotel room. We weren't expecting great luxury because, after all, we hadn't paid for it but we had expected that our small family room would at least be clean and fresh.
The first thing that struck me as we walked in was the stale smell. It was very hot which probably didn't do much to help matters but all the same - wow, what a whiff!
And as for the carpet, well it just had a feel under foot of grime and stickiness. One thing I didin't want to do was walk around in bare feet.
Now doubtless, the management would point to high occupancy rates and the necessarily very fast turn around of rooms to explain why only the most cursory of cleaning was undertaken and why simple carpet maintenance was completely ignored. After all, they couldn't afford to have rooms out of use while the laborious task of cleaning the carpets was undertaken and then the loss of even more time while the carpets dried out.
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What they didn't know was that with a bit of careful planning and the use of a well chosen carpet cleaning system and service, down time would have been cut to the absolute minimum or even overcome completely. The result for the hotel would have been fresh, odour-free rooms and at least one disgruntled family fewer.
Carpets smell because the particles that cause bad odours become trapped in the individual fibres. Normal everyday treatment such as vacuuming, while very important in helping to make the carpet last longer, doesn't remove these particles. Only regular cleaning, using methods that actually remove the odours rather than masking them, will be sufficient to ensure a clean, fresh and hygienic carpet.
As regular readers will know, we use the Texatherm system which cleans 60% faster than hot water extraction methods, dries in no more than 30 minutes and deep cleans and disinfects the carpets in one super-efficient go.
What more could a hotel want? Fresh, odourless rooms with no down time. Must be good for business.

If you are responsible for cleaning in hotels, act now and call us today for no-nonsense advice and help.

All the best for today,

GB


copyright 2008 Guy Beattie