Even with a very worn, old and ugly carpet repair can make a huge difference when you are limited in your options!

Those of you that are active in showing apartments available know exactly what I mean… Sometimes when a viable potential renter first arrives at a unit, their eye is immediately drawn to the deficiency that they first see when on the walk-through.  Then, even if the deficiency is really acceptable, every thing they see from that point forward is through the paradigm of the image first seen and measured.  1st impressions count!

When you find yourself in that situation, even when the owner you are working with has little funds available, there are often small things that can be limited as distractions.

This video example is such a case.  The living room-entry area had a very obvious “hole” in the carpet that was visible immediately upon entry.  Even though it was a lower cost rental unit where such conditions would be expected and well within reason, because of the position the potential renters view was drawn directly to that spot.. :-(…  Even though we had no spare matching carpet to use, we were able to insert a much less worn piece of carpet into the spot.

Since the carpet piece used to insert into the existing “hole” looked so much newer, the colors were obviously different…..  BUT, the ‘catch’ people had on entry was now gone.

Sometimes you just have to make some lemonade out of the lemons.

Let us help you with inexpensive ways to help quickly fill those vacancies!

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This poor Fairbanks office carpet had a terrible life experience…

Just sitting there all by itself one evening, luckily unoccupied, a truck decided it was tired of it’s owner parking it outside in the cold 🙂 and thought it would teach it’s owner a lesson!  It zipped across the main 4 lane road, into the driveway, across the parking lot, over two sets of parking concrete barriers…. and through the building siding, wall and wallboard … now happily warming itself.  What a mess!

Really got to learn a lot about ‘physics’ on this job!  A simple 5000+ lb 4 wheel drive pickup exploding through an office wall creates an AMAZING amount of tiny shattered debris and dust …. and it goes everywhere!

Sure, “a hard surface is easy to clean”…. Wow!  I thought we would never get all the goodies walked into the floor!  Don’t those construction folks understand they need to wipe their feet!

Truly is amazing at times how much soiling that isn’t apparent can be removed from most any “hard surface” like linoleum, tile-grout, wood, laminate and/or stone!

Although I don’t expect it to be a common occurrence, we sure are prepared to clean up should another car decide to park in your offices/home!  Please keep that ‘tucked’ away in the back of your mind “just in case” you need us! 🙂

Actually had the opportunity to video a couple of the ‘interesting’ carpet cleaning (repair & salvage) jobs this past 10 days… thought it would make a good blog post to show some of the exciting opportunities that are available to those that may be thinking that  a “Trinity Floor Renewal” business would be boring :-).

This first video is one we took when we first arrived at a job while inspecting it for our records.  We ended up turning the job down as the customer was leaving town and there was no way to accomplish the salvage work that would be needed within the time we would need (urine saturated: blacklight inspection example included by the technicians as documentation for us as this was a rental property where we didn’t know the owner and wanted back-up that we did show up for our appointment and something that would show some of the conditions that existed if it ever came up).  The quality is exactly that, but enough so the next video will show just how far it was from where we started at (this video was taken very discretely to avoid conflict).  This video was not in the last ten days as the other’s are.

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This next video is after the basic cleaning/debris removal was done.  Then we saturated the entire carpet with bacteria/enzymes to breakdown the urine in the carpet after a thorough preparation vacuuming.  The entire carpet including stairs was treated as one giant urine spot.  Then, using mechanical agitation, we thoroughly worked in the solutions to assure that any potential contamination was completely in contact with those contaminated areas and left the job for a couple of days to work.  This video was our return trip for the second complete cleaning:

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To say the least, the management company that hired us and the owner of this property is “kinda” happy that we were able to save them several thousand dollars :-).

This next one is also from a rental managed by another property management company; although the video is not as detailed with the types of stains we dealt with like “oiled gum” worked into the backing of the carpet, dozens of spots that all looked similar but from multiple sources: oil, grease, food bits/food spots, dyes (in particular a yellow-orange spot that was VERY challenging), urine (found with blacklight), unknown green dyes, a super peculiar odor we couldn’t “source”, but did solve, etc etc.

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This next spot was about 30 miles north of Fairbanks and an EXCITING salvage cleaning/restorative clean.  Videos are great, but man o’ man, when I’m in my office typing this blog and reviewing them… there is soooo much that is left out :-)… You still get the idea:

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This next one was fun!  Imagine just what might be lurking on the inside of your old home boiler… :-)… yep, you guessed it: the official title is “gickum” :-).  So many little ‘challenges’ from one source!  Oil, rust, soil, glycol, etc… combined with a carpet, linoleum, porous unsealed wood, and porous unsealed concrete… YEAH buddy! :-).

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Ok, one more video!

Yes, I’ve got more from this last 10 days as well… and a few that weren’t videoed at all… proof of how I started this blog post…. Floor renewal is NEVER boring and just when you finally think that this is the one that will do it… , then poof!  You realize where you are spending the next few hours….

This next one was exactly that.  Looked soiled, but ‘simple soiled’ and a quick ‘boring’ clean…. :-)… then we realized we couldn’t determine the source of the discoloration (not really that ‘soiled’) and with some questioning, determined that it was probably mostly transfer of soil/color from an area rug that had been in the location… I forgot to include a picture at the very end after vacuuming, but you can see from where we did stop that we were well on our way to solving this ‘challenge’… it looked/felt terrific after vacuuming and was improving more as it dried…

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Ready to come work with us yet?  Still think it is boring, or, for that matter, that we simply “clean carpets”?  -OK, this next one I forgot about… still in the time-frame and I was excited that this actually worked… every get water based and oil based PAINT out of your carpet??  Yep, even I was a bit stressed over this one.. :-):

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Just another few grand extra to toss around as one of our clients… Now if I could just receive 1/2 of the money our carpet “cleaning” saves people, I’d be the richest guy in town :-).

And there were more… a lot more… why oh why most of us within the Trinity Renewal Systems organization every refer to ourselves as “carpet cleaners” ?  What a perspective change to get out your phone video and go to work for a week/two and then look back!  Hindsight is great marketing stuff!!!

Godwin is parking his gas guzzler!  Freedom! :-).  I received this picture today for my input on his graphics… sure look great to me!

Fairbanks airline carriers are busy! Both in cargo and passengers… Especially right before winter closes in!

All those winter supplies are making their way to the villages just in time to beat the snow… And of course, we’re here to help!

Extra traffic on carpets is a wonderful thing as far as we are concerned! :-).

This is Austin (below) (with Jesse way at the other end of the hall) looking at me with disdain again… “taking pictures again??? Don’t you have work to do?”

This is Ryan (below) … mowing down some square feet…

One thing our customer’s will tell you is that using our company, products and equipment not only removes more soil, spotting and stains, but stays cleaner much longer that what they have done in the past and this time of year is a great time to prevent your getting “locked in” with last years dirt for the winter.  The carpet in a home or any facility is almost always the largest filter system in the building… with gravity on it’s side!  Agitation (foot traffic) keeps a lot of the soils airborne daily… we can certainly help!

My pictures that I started with on this blog included tile/grout cleaning in a bathroom as we passed the area doing the carpet… I’m convinced that a gremlin in my computer has consumed it and after almost 4 hours of tryin to find it… have decided to relax my brain and see what I can find this week..  So, I may be back to add to this post! :-).

Hot pink nail polish on a carpet is definitely discouraging 🙁 and VERY difficult to remove… EVEN for those of with years of experience and tens of thousands of dollars in training, there is no easy answer.  I’ve included this blog, however, to show that it can be done almost completely with enough patience … It doesn’t always work, but ….

We were almost completely able to get the existing polish emulsified (into solution) and removed with a combination of “dry” solvents, citrus solvents, reducing agents and steam heat.  Only requiring a couple of 1/32″ sized spots to be trimmed out with a razor… The benefit to not ‘cutting out/replacing’ the stain is that it is nearly impossible to exactly match the wear pattern in a room entrance where heavy foot traffic is “twisting” into a turn.  Fiber in these areas abraids (scratches) easily with the extra weight applied against the soil on/in the carpet at the turn.

Although tile & grout cleaning in North Pole-Fairbanks Alaska is not nearly as common is as it is in the lower 48, more and more houses are built with heated slab construction, and because of that, it is becoming more popular… It used to be that you had to have carpet this far north in order for you to stay warm!

Even with the nice toasty warm heated ceramic tile floors here in Fairbanks or North Pole, you still most commonly seen area rug covering it… But not all of it!!!!

The reason that I was putting this blog up, was to show that we are always improving our techniques. This is a new agitation pad that can be used with the Trinity floor renewal systems, and is incredibly effective. This picture is of it’s very first use here in Fairbanks.  We have much more testing to follow, but based on my experience and what I saw today…. WOWOW! We can provide a MUCH better finished product for our customer at the same or a potentially lower price.

Below, I’ve included a video of the first application. Yes! I may finally actually enjoy cleaning tile & grout!

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45Clean proudly offers carpet cleaning services in Fairbanks, AK and surrounding areas. Contact us today to schedule an appointment. 45Clean spells our phone number 452-5326 and also is our website address of Http://www.45Clean.com !

For over 10 years you have probably seen our “red, white and blue” vehicles with United States of America flags zipping around town?

There are a lot of reasons that we stay busy and are a good choice for you to consider us as the company you select for your home, rental properties  or business.  Right up front I’ll identify the most common and easiest method of separating our company from the others: Ask your friends!  Especially those that have used our company as well as have used others.

What are other reasons?

We are courteous and respect your time! We call even if there is even a chance we are going to be running late!

We are upfront with our pricing! We measure and give you an exact quote and do all paperwork before we ever start: no gimmicks!

We will leave your carpet clean and free of sticky residue! Your carpet will stay clean longer and your routine vacuuming will be more efficient!

We will leave your carpet nearly dry and ready for use in almost all cases!

-Bottom line? We will remove more soil/spots, keep it that way for a longer period of time and have it available for use sooner than most everyone in the northwestern United States.

Still question?  Have us come out for our minimum charge of $118.00 to clean up to 360 square feet of carpet.  The results are easy to compare. :-).

45Clean proudly offers carpet cleaning services in North Pole, AK and surrounding areas.  We are the folks that you often see in the red, white and blue vans with United States of America flags toodling along the roads in the North Pole, Badger road, Moose Creek and Eielson AFB areas. Contact us today to schedule an appointment. If you haven’t used us before, our minimum charge of $118.00 for up to 360 square feet (2 average empty rooms) will give you a chance to experience the results without a big risk.  You will be able to see what we can accomplish and decide for yourself if what we can do isn’t better than any other option you have!  I’m  confident that you will enjoy the experience!

Have questions?  Feel free to call us!  If you have a technical question, warranty issue, fiber type question etc we often can answer those with a free inspection.

Have questions about our company/service? We have done thousands & thousands of cleaning services around the North Pole area, chances are that you will have friends that have/do use our service!  We are even (this year) getting better at the Internet!  You can find us on FaceBook and Google+ (search for 45Clean Carpets)… and… if things go right :-), you will soon have us on Twitter and Pinterest…

We work really hard at having (and keeping) ecstatic customers just so we can have the freedom to always say: “Check with your friends about our service”.

Carpet cleaning in the University West area of Fairbanks this week brought cause for real joy and celebration! After cleaning literally dozens and dozens of acres of carpet using the hot water extraction method with every equipment configuration that I’ve heard of… These are pictures of our last job using that method!!!

Over the past 8 years, we have completed well over 10,000 jobs now locally using the oscillating pad extraction method; many of those with side-by-side comparisons. Our comparisons proved early on that we were able to clean more soil from a carpet in a given amount of time, dry it quicker and keep it clean longer (no sticky residue) than we could by using any configuration of hot water extraction (sometimes incorrectly called “Steam” cleaning) method(s).

With the advent of the Trinity renewal systems equipment, improved cleaning products, and the ATP testing system, we no longer have a need to do an inferior quality of job and leave it wet on top of it!  We no longer count on our or customer ‘assertions’ of how great the carpets look & feel.  We now know that we are measurably cleaner and healthier!  AND finally, the industry is catching on!  With a couple of my co-workers nationally using this method consistently nearly 40 years, we finally will soon have national recognition by major suppliers and manufacturers!  NO MORE arguments!  Cool!

From this point in the job the machine was used to clean the last room, loaded up and delivered to it’s new home… And it isn’t mine :-).