SamIam
Member
Formula 90, ultra pac
I appreciate all of the comments under the "Cleaning Products You Use, Part 1" Thread.
It seems that most all of us were prespraying carpet with pH 11 or 12 products, hosing down stinky carpets with cationic based quats, and were blissfully unaware of what would happen next.
At the risk writing yet another epic, suffice to say that the introduction of stain resistant carpet, especially the heavily promoted Stainmaster product by DuPont, in 1986 created a massive change in our industry.
Through the work of some politically adept and charismatic manufacturing industry ambassadors, we were told at industry events and in trade journals that we had to change everything we did, and there were dark, if vaguely worded, warnings of the consequences for not following these new rules:
Products had to have a pH of "less than 10" (more on this later)
Cleaning temperatures had to be no more than 150 degrees
Deodorizers could not be cationic
Deodorizers could not be applied after cleaning, but instead before
Protectors had to be "approved"
Cleaners needed to be certified
How did those who were present when "the asteroid hit" respond?
That must have been a long time ago Scott, I have a hard time imagining what YOU could have done to get kicked out of a Restaurant.I was a member of SCT and closely working with Ed York in 1986. Immediately went to SOuth Carolina for the DuPont Master series training. Got thrown out of a restaurant while dinign with Ed York. The first time I was thrown out of any establishment.
Began marketing DuPont and StainMAster Approved and MAster Series and picked a serious amount of business since the consuemrs were also gravitating to Stain Master.
Then began to question the pH and temperature limitations and got no good answers. Went down to Dalton with Ed to talk to DuPont and several carpet manufacturers. Got thrown out of another restuarant while dining with Ed. Decided Ed was not the best role model and began to expand my view of the carpet industry.
I was a member of SCT and closely working with Ed York in 1986. Immediately went to SOuth Carolina for the DuPont Master series training. Got thrown out of a restaurant while dinign with Ed York. The first time I was thrown out of any establishment.
Began marketing DuPont and StainMAster Approved and MAster Series and picked a serious amount of business since the consuemrs were also gravitating to Stain Master.
Then began to question the pH and temperature limitations and got no good answers. Went down to Dalton with Ed to talk to DuPont and several carpet manufacturers. Got thrown out of another restuarant while dining with Ed. Decided Ed was not the best role model and began to expand my view of the carpet industry.
I remember at Bane Clene that we were upset to not be included in the original big 7 formulators. We met up with Bill Doan at the Columbus UCCI convention where John Downey and all the others were dressed in Star Wars outfits. That night Bill Doan was nearly lynched by the crowd due to the Stanley Steemer alignment. Exciting times.
Oh the trivial things we used to argue about.......forgotten as the years go by....legends made that future generations could care less about.
And as father time marches on.........each and every one of you will be only remembered on your head stone......."IICRC certified, Master Series, ScotchGard protection. The younger generation will just glance and say WTF? And your ghost will forever roam the graveyard arguing with the other ghosts as to how important you thought you were.