Now this is real high end work

[Bob Foster]

http://www.chevalier-conservation.com/e ... ete_en.php

http://www.chevalier-conservation.com/e ... ges_en.php

 

[Chris A]

"aqueous cleaning treatment"

Jesus Christ...

 

[CasinoCarpetCare]

Wow!!!! That is incredible and interesting-Thank you for sharing that! Quite a long way from the car wash bay-or hosing them down in the driveway with the Roadrunners (Beep Beep) I' ve always wondered how to get those hand-woven tapestry chairs clean!!! Now i know i have to send them to France. So much for hosing them down and leaving them on the front porch to dry :roll:

 

[ruff]

So much for hosing them down and leaving them on the front porch to dry :roll:

Not so. You just need to concentrate more on clients possessing good old Herculon furniture

 

[Bob Foster]

I have to give credit to Bryan O'Haleck of DA Burns in Seattle who mentioned them and a fancy vacuum table on a thread on the CleanFax board.

I am looking with new eyes on rugs and fabrics since enrolling in Lisa and Jim's TextilePro course.

Here's a couple of pictures that ought to make some people think twice before attempting to cleaning rugs without good training. I don't know the details of these pictures but I can say that even though you see what is going on in the picture the situation was very much in control in the wash pit.

Don't be hacking rugs or it could be only a matter of time before you end up buying one and losing a customer and your credibility in the process.

 

[rhyde]

Both are from my wash floor and neither rug was a loss I might have after pics somewhere..i'll look when i get to work

 

[Bob Foster]

Both are from my wash floor and neither rug was a loss I might have after pics somewhere..i'll look when i get to work

I know you are comfortable in your own skin about your skills on rugs but I thought if I hung your name on the pictures someone might think you were a hack.

If a bleed happens in a pit (damn good reason to have your pit white in color rather than using black pond liner) a pro like you knows how to pull off a save.

I saw it happen in my TextilePro hands on workshop in Pittsburgh. Total recovery like it never happened.

 

[The Great Oz]

The Chevalier shop taught us something about showmanship. Their customers want to be reassured that their valuable (priceless) textiles are in the right place. The entire shop was white and stainless steel. White tile and grout countertops. Techs in white lab coats. They even had a bank of flashing lights to simulate a visual action of the computerized detergent metering system operation. Looking like you care is a pretty powerful statement.

We came back from that tour and repainted our building from off-white to white, painted the bare concrete interior white, structural members or anything that shows dirt were painted a matching gray, table tops got stainless skins and cabinets were replaced with restaurant surplus stainless steel units. Couldn't go so far as lab coats or fake flashing light panels. customers might laugh.

 

[ruff]

Bryan,
Your place always looks great.
If I happen to be in WA, on my regular- selling ice to the Eskimos business trip.

Can I get a tour?

 

[KevinL]

I don't suppose they get many Walmart rugs in there. My specialty.