Yep!  Fairbanks coal dust in electric power plant offices offer an awesome carpet cleaning challenge!  Luckily the Trinity Renewal Systems encapsulation/extraction system used by 45Clean more than rises to meet the occasion.

After nearly two thousand carpets cleaned here locally using this newest upgrade to the system, it still never ceases to amaze me just how much soil can be removed in a single cleaning… and how much longer they stay clean!

Here are some pictures of a commercial grade carpet after the very first cleaning ‘pass’ after vacuuming:

We have literally hundreds of pictures like this on file from the past few months, this was a test to see how one would go about loading them off a desktop computer.  I’m not that proficient … yet, and have been using my iPhone for 99% of my work on a blog… soon I’ll follow with some before and after pictures and videos demonstrating exactly how our process works.

Currently, at my website on the ‘video’ tab, you will have access to hundreds of videos mostly done for other carpet cleaning companies, training, or help with machine development.  However, there are so many that you can’t help but to see one with your current circumstances where the carpet is  being ‘made new’ again.

Red dye and other colors are now visible in Fairbanks and North Pole carpets!

Between the dyes being found and all of the pet stains in the carpet, I’m not sure which is more fun!

WooooHoooo! Man! My phone has been ringing off the hook! The sunlight is making things noticeable that you didn’t even know were there until recently.

Although it is really common for us to find dyes in carpet, the sun really has brought out the visibility… and the calls!

I’m going to try and upload a few pictures of the removal process for this week’s blog.

After removing dry soil and working in a ‘reducing agent’

Repeating the reducing/steam heat process over and over as long as progressing in a good direction (less color).  Often changing products and or family of products (like switching to an oxidizing agent instead of reducing, etc).

I have often joked with my clients that in order to remove color from carpet with steam one must develop the appropriate “yell” prior to starting…. just so you are accustomed to it in time for getting your hands involved in the dye removal process :-).

Even our company can’t always remove dyes from a carpet (just always better and more than anyone else in my “humble” experience)… Especially if they were applied hot, allowed to sit and/or ‘chemically’ set with a homeowner cleaning product.  There are loads of variables, but the basics are to remove it immediately at the time of the spill and get it gone while it is wet!

As always, I answer my phone most of the time and am glad to help if you need it, free of charge even!

Fantastic Easter buffett’s attract an awful lot of people!  People that enjoy great food sometimes make great reasons to have your carpet cleaner scheduled in advance :-).

There are folks that read this blog in the “lower 48” that really think I’m nuts… but where else in the world would you be able to experience what we experience here??? How boring it must be to have “normalcy” with your weather and light?  Fairbanks adds new “challenging” twists to every occupation.

Well, when you own a restaurant, you have to plan every detail down to a ‘tee’…  snow pack removal in a parking lot has a new dimension when you operate long hours with lots of activity seven days/week!  These folks have it down to a refined science.

This rental home had a whole myriad of ‘challenges’ including pet hair, pet urine, red dye, abraded fiber in the traffic areas and lots of general “plain ‘ole soiling”.  In this case, there were also several “gum like” asphalt spots in the tops of the fiber that could not be broke down with cleaning solutions and had to be repaired by trimming them out of the carpet.

The red dye was removed without needing heat transfer with a simple hydrogen peroxide product, agitation and time.

After doing a thorough multi-directional vacuum and spot prep treatment, we applied cleaning solutions with mechanical agitation and allowed them to work (dwell) helping to loosen the soil prior to extraction, drying and post vacuuming to remove all the soil that couldn’t be emulsified, but had been separated from the fiber by using the Trinity Renewal Systems process.

As I progress with learning how to provide blog examples useful to the readers, I’ll be including more photos like these even when I have videos.  Look forward to some that we are working on to help folks learn more on simple steps they can follow to solve problems with dyes, pets, rental machine “do-it-yourself” methods, etc.

It is amazing how much soil is held within the snow that’s on your feet! When we first arrive here in Fairbanks, or become aware because of our age, most of us look at that “pristine” white pure snow and think “wow that sure is clean!”

Then, after short time, we realize exactly how much salt, grime, dust and dirt is included with that pristine white fluffy stuff that’s attached to our shoes…

As you can see from the pictures below, it’s even more obvious on a hard floor how quickly the surfaces are damaged by the grinding action of our feet (or rolling furniture, etc) on top of soil that is on top of basically any surface.

In this case, we were able to bring the floor services back to almost original condition, but it was not without a cost. We had to remove not only the wax, but also re-finsh the top of the vinyl itself smooth again. Even doing that, there are some scratches that are remaining.

These pictures are a great “photo explanation” of exactly  how are carpets really never “wear out”, but rather “ugly out” as mentioned on my website.  Dust, grime, soiling combined with foot/furniture traffic is effectively a really terrific “sandpaper”. No abrasives (soil) = virtually unlimited carpet/floor life!

We will attempt to add to this post with more video and detail as we accomplish similar work.

We are currently ‘perfecting’ a step by step process that will be affordable to our commercial clients, be more effective (look better) and last longer with much more application flexibility!

Virtually no harsh chemicals and very little moisture!  It is not only great for our clients comfort, but for our staff as well.

Adding a video showing most of the steps we are using.  The video also shows better detail of the chemical staining of the vinyl itself which was also dramatically improved:

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The Trinity Floor Renewal Systems using their patented ‘orbital’ agitation motion have now proven themselves to be the ultimate floor care machine.

We will try and post more information, as mentioned at the start, publicly sharing some of the results we get on future “hard floor” care jobs.

I will also attempt to share some of experience of fellow trsorg.com members have had/are having with things a bit more rare here in the Fairbanks/North Pole areas like some of the many stone (soft & hard) surface cleanings/refinishing jobs they have.

Next week, we ‘should’ have more video to post with vinyl composite floors without the staining … stay tuned!

This is a photo “shot” that my son took on his way to help us load carpet cleaning equipment for the trip!

You never can tell what might breakdown! We came prepared with two vehicles full of equipment and… just a bit of survival gear!:

This is a short video of the beginning of our trip and the cleaning process, if you watch closely you will get to witness some of the harassment my sons were giving me while I was there. They didn’t realize that I was videotaping the funny faces and signs that they were giving me would show up on their “old” daddy’s blog. :-).

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It really was a great day, not only for carpet cleaning, but for once I was able to go fast enough to keep up with my two older sons and actually spend some time with them. As they get older, it’s hard to “catch & hold” their attention …

This is a picture of the facility as we were leaving, the outside is just as attractive as the inside. Right out in the middle of nowhere!:

Today’s “adventure job” was just a short zip out towards Goldstream Valley.  Right off the main road, but you wouldn’t know it to stand in the front door.  Very peaceful and quiet and far enough away to have some really nice fresh crisp air.

The carpet appeared to be an older 3rd generation nylon plush in dirty, but amazingly good shape (very little abraded fiber, very little fiber loss) carpet… and, even though pets have been present off and on for years, the ‘telltale’ toenail pulls, door digs and scratches were almost non-existent.  However, with a blacklight (and with the naked eye), it was obvious where the source of the pet odor was coming from :-).

After a multiple pass vacuuming, we treated all the individual spots that we could locate and followed with heavy pet deodorizing-sanitizing products/mechanical agitation to work them in to the fibers/backing of every square inch of carpet floors.  Then, followed with standard cleaning procedures and dried/groomed and vacuumed our way out….

Some days you just really feel good about the changes a carpet cleaning/renewal can make!

There were also a couple of large, really difficult red dye stains in the living room that we worked on from the beginning of the job to the end… we finally won with reducing agents and steam to finally get the dye to transfer without ANY color loss from the existing carpet!

Thankful for the cold weather that is “helping” folks spend some time with their carpets :-).  We are busy!

This client certainly has great place to sit around the tree now!  With a soft, sanitary, plush Trinity Systems ‘renewed’ carpet!

It is always fun to provide really obvious visible results to our customers, but it is also nice to know that we are vastly improving the healthfulness of surfaces that they will be in contact with and the air quality that they breathe.  ESPECIALLY when we now lock ourselves up sooooo tight to prevent heat loss.

A great thing to remember is that carpet cleaning slows way down in the winter and it is easier to schedule with us than at any other time of the year… AND, our already quick dry times are reduced even further with the colder temperatures and drier air.  One hour dry times (or less) are common this time of year regardless of the quantity of water used.

Benefits of using our Professional Carpet Cleaning Service

Many homeowners today do what they can to keep their home looking great, but there is often a struggle between finding time to go to work, take care of the house and actually enjoy life to the fullest. While you may need to work a certain number of hours each week for practical reasons, how you spend your time away from work is entirely up to you. You can choose to spend hours of your free time cleaning your carpets in an effort to keep your home looking great, or you can put our convenient, professional carpet cleaning service to use on your behalf.

Fairbanks Carpet Cleaning Services

Cleaning your carpets with professional cleaning service is the perfect way to keep your home clean and looking great with minimal time and effort. You simply have to make a call today to our company to schedule the service you need. When our cleaning technicians arrive at your home, they will go to work so that you don’t have to lift a finger. You can spend your time doing other things like playing a board game with your kids, catching up on your email, planning out your meals for the week or any number of other things. Cleaning your carpets is a necessity, but you could probably think of a million better things to do with your time.

When you call us for carpet cleaning service, you can enjoy the best of both worlds. Professional carpet cleaning will remove the stains and odors from your carpet, and it can actually make your carpeting look years younger than it does today. These benefits can be yours without you having to exert any effort at all when you call us for service.

This article comes from Pete P. – Frederick Mold Removal Services with Sunshine Cleaning