Carpet Cleaning Chronicles
Five Tips for Maintaining Velvet Upholstery
It’s been a few decades since we have seen velvet in abundance, but it is making a comeback. This trending material is becoming a centerpiece of today’s living rooms. Read on to find out what to do, and what not to do, to keep your velvet furniture looking its absolute best.
Cleaning Sheepskins, Flokatis and Other Animal Hides
Have you ever wondered how we clean a sheepskin rug or other animal hide product? This is not entry level carpet cleaning stuff - Mother Nature’s Cleaning has been cleaning sheepskin rugs, cowhide rugs, leather rugs, flokati rugs and all sorts of animal products in...
Everything You Need to Know about Spots and Stains
Mold – Another Four Letter Word
We see mold on outdoor cushions, Persian rugs, commodity tufted area rugs, on indoor furniture that has been in storage, as well as on carpeting that has been over-wet during a cleaning or flooded. We see our fair share of it so it only makes sense that we are always...
Not Clean Enough – We made a mistake!
Sometimes we make mistakes, and this spot resurfacing was one of them. See what we did to correct it and save face!
An Area Rug Education
Cleaning Sheepskins, Flokatis and Other Animal Hides
Have you ever wondered how we clean a sheepskin rug or other animal hide product? This is not entry level carpet cleaning stuff - Mother Nature’s Cleaning has been cleaning sheepskin rugs, cowhide rugs, leather rugs, flokati rugs and all sorts of animal products in...
Cleaning Grass – Sisal, Jute, Seagrass and Hemp Rugs and Carpeting
We see a moderate amount of grass type rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting. We also see a lot of posts promoting them as an easy to clean and sustainable option, both concepts which we support heavily, but the latter about which we raise an eyebrow. While wading through...
Tricky Upholstery Challenges
Five Tips for Maintaining Velvet Upholstery
It’s been a few decades since we have seen velvet in abundance, but it is making a comeback. This trending material is becoming a centerpiece of today’s living rooms. Read on to find out what to do, and what not to do, to keep your velvet furniture looking its absolute best.
Mold – Another Four Letter Word
We see mold on outdoor cushions, Persian rugs, commodity tufted area rugs, on indoor furniture that has been in storage, as well as on carpeting that has been over-wet during a cleaning or flooded. We see our fair share of it so it only makes sense that we are always...
Learning About Leather
The Importance of Maintaining your Leather
I have been studying, practicing and teaching leather care and restoration for seven years. Today I spent some time on a presentation that I did a couple years ago for our technicians. I was updating some pictures and I was scouring the internet for comparable images....
Will My Aging Leather Sofa Improve With Cleaning and Conditioning?
Fielded a question from the team today about a leather sofa. This came through an email from a customer Nicole. Nicole has a new baby, and as most new moms do, she is looking to get things cleaned up and sterilized before baby begins to move. She emailed us these...
Cleaning Specialty Items
Viscose still trending. Why we hate it.
Hate is a strong word, but this fiber earns it. Back in 2019 I wrote a blog post about viscose rugs. It remains one of our most visited posts to this day. Why is that? Of course I can only speculate, but when you are dealing with a fiber that turns yellow when exposed...
Dryer Vent Access and our Quest for the Exhaust
Never a dull moment - today our tech went to a dryer vent cleaning job. We love dryer vents because they are relatively simple to do with the right equipment and having clean ducts makes a big difference in safety and efficiency of your dryer. Our office team is...
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Five Tips for Maintaining Velvet Upholstery
It’s been a few decades since we have seen velvet in abundance, but it is making a comeback. This trending material is becoming a centerpiece of today’s living rooms. Read on to find out what to do, and what not to do, to keep your velvet furniture looking its absolute best.
Cleaning Sheepskins, Flokatis and Other Animal Hides
Mold – Another Four Letter Word
Cleaning old Carpet and the Lifespan of Carpeting
Learn why older carpeting doesn’t look as clean after a cleaning as new carpeting and understand the lifespan of different types of carpeting.