Carpet Cleaning Chronicles
Don’t Trust a Carpet Cleaner who Cleans Area Rugs in Your Home.
Many (if not most) carpet cleaners will happily clean an area rug for you in your home with no stipulations or objections. In fact - many will insist! "Just let me take a quick pass on that rug while I am here!" When we were first starting out, we did the same. it...
Yes, We Will Clean Area Rugs in Your Home!
There is a company in Marin that holds the seat of popularity for in home area rug cleaning because they claim to do an excellent job of cleaning an area rug in your home. It’s popularity comes from the low price tag. The caveat is that they don’t clean rugs any other...
Everything You Need to Know about Spots and Stains
Reappearing stains – stop them forever!
Why do some carpet stains reappear after a cleaning? Learn why here, and how to prevent them from coming back forever!
Upholstery Cleaning Codes and What They Mean
I recently read a number of articles explaining to consumers that knowing cleaning codes can help them to clean most upholstery spills and stains themselves. Having a couple of decades of experience under my belt, I would have to disagree with that claim. However,...
An Area Rug Education
Don’t Trust a Carpet Cleaner who Cleans Area Rugs in Your Home.
Many (if not most) carpet cleaners will happily clean an area rug for you in your home with no stipulations or objections. In fact - many will insist! "Just let me take a quick pass on that rug while I am here!" When we were first starting out, we did the same. it...
Yes, We Will Clean Area Rugs in Your Home!
There is a company in Marin that holds the seat of popularity for in home area rug cleaning because they claim to do an excellent job of cleaning an area rug in your home. It’s popularity comes from the low price tag. The caveat is that they don’t clean rugs any other...
Tricky Upholstery Challenges
The rundown on Tencel and Alcantara – what are these fibers?
As high end upholstery cleaners specializing in complicated fibers (things so delicate that we sometimes need to clean in our own shop rather than in our clients homes) we come across a lot of fibers that are new or experimental, or just ones that we’ve not heard of...
How to Identify and Eliminate Moths from Rugs and Upholstery
WIth warm weather comes all of the creepy crawlies. As you prepare for summer and begin spring cleaning, remember to check your closets, rugs and wool upholstery for signs of moths. There are all sorts of moths that enjoy the warm, damp climate of late spring and...
Learning About Leather
Let’s Talk Leather
I’m going to shame myself in this post, and hope you all learn from my mistakes! About 8 years ago I bought a sofa set on Craigslist that had seen better days but wasn’t beyond help. I had my team restore it as a training exercise and it took us FOREVER, but it turned...
Why You Need a Rug Pad for Your Cowhide Leather Rug
Last week, Javier was in the home of one of our clients. It’s a beautiful contemporary farmhouse and he was there to clean the carpeting upstairs. When he walked in the front door, he noticed a beautiful cowhide rug sitting in the entrance. It looked to be in great...
Carpet Cleaning
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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Don’t Trust a Carpet Cleaner who Cleans Area Rugs in Your Home.
Yes, We Will Clean Area Rugs in Your Home!
Reappearing stains – stop them forever!
Why do some carpet stains reappear after a cleaning? Learn why here, and how to prevent them from coming back forever!