When it’s just a waste of time trying to fix a tenant’s bad habits
How you know when you’re in the top 3%
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Mikey P
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why are these people calling you?
Because I’m the chosen cleaner their landlord uses. The tenant was the customer this time. They were getting new/cheap furniture delivered tomorrow and they wanted it clean. I told them up front that red removal isn’t included in my $150/minimum
Sierra Clean Care
Member
I think I need a new phone. I’m seeing BIG red splotches everywhere....
I get all kinds of people calling me on the spectrum from bank owners that have wall to wall wool, to this pic above.
Sierra Clean Care
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Had one similar last year. They repainted the entire place. There was probably 150-175 paint spots.. they thought because it was latex, they would ‘just come out with the cleaning ‘....
Face palm....
Face palm....
Yep, I come across those as well
theres craigslist bums that will install smart strand for 1.60 psf here
Lee Stockwell
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4 or 5 packs of red koolaid in a pump up sprayer and you can even that out nicely.
i dont know the last time ive seen one with that much koolaid
thats over $14/yd
for basic poly and nylon we're $10/yd for Removal and install. doesnt include delivery and disposal.
other guys around here easily $2-3/yd. they include delivery and disposal for that.
thats over $14/yd
for basic poly and nylon we're $10/yd for Removal and install. doesnt include delivery and disposal.
other guys around here easily $2-3/yd. they include delivery and disposal for that.
Jim Pemberton
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A millenia ago, in the age before red dye remover, a customer of mine noticed that the bedroom carpet in a home he was cleaning was an ugly red color, and that it looked blotchy.
You likely know the rest of the story already.....
The home owner had spilled koolaid on the carpet, and had been told by cleaners that the stain was permanent. So, in frustration and a bit of inventiveness, she simply mixed up more koolaid and spilled it all over the carpet until it was somewhat even.
To her credit, she used the unsweetened stuff, anticipating the issue with sticky sugar.
steve_64
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What Prespray did you use? I can usually get most stains out with just Prespray and rinse. Even old stains sometimes. Not saying I could've done better but curious.
Jim Williams
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Great. Now thousands of carpet cleaning experts across the fruited plain are going to start doing this as an add on. Available in strawberry, boysenberry, orange and tropical punch.
you forgot Grape
Dolly Llama
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red stains like that??
unless all your custys are red winehEDs exclusively, I ain't buying it
.L.T.A.
There's no way any pre-spray is gonna get out a red stain
Hack Attack
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try running a healthy dose of sodium percarbonate in your hydro force and ammonia in your rinse
The ammonia in the rinse would be diluted too much to have any effect on the red stain. It would just stink out the house more than make the red turn clear. And the time to activate the ammonia and peroxide combination is 15-20 seconds. The wand is moving faster than that over a spot
Hack Attack
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and you'd be wrong
steve_64
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Its polyester just slow down on the spots. Most of what I see like that rinses out. No not all but a lot does.
Those stains are obviously set.
Its polyester not nylon. Rentals are over half my work. Red stains are a common issue and they are not red wine drinkers.red stains like that??
unless all your custys are red winehEDs exclusively, I ain't buying it
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.L.T.A.
I get that the stains have probably been set by c usty. And they don't want to pay for removal.
Cleanworks
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Ammonia in your rinse is also very hard on pumps and seals.
1.60 includes removal, and install with pad
