September 27,
2005
ISSN 1556-7648
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Trash Talk: Tip of the Week
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Tip of the
Week:
What's in Your Carpet Spotting Kit? |
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you offer carpet spotting as a service in your cleaning
business, you should have a professional spotting kit.
Here’s a list of what should be included in your
kit:
- Spotting
Tool Box to hold all chemicals and tools.
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Blotting towels. Use to transfer spots. Use white towels
only. Colored towels may leave dye on the carpet.
- Bone
scraper. Use for breaking up hard or crusty material
by agitating the chemical on the spot. Whalebone is best.
- Q-tips.
Use for applying small amounts of chemical.
- pH
Test Strips. Use for testing the alkalinity or acidity
of a spot.
- Spotting
brush/ tamping brush. Short, stiff-bristled brush,
use for tamping (not scrubbing) spots and stains.
- Duck
Bill Scissors. Use for taking samples of carpet fibers
and trimming loose ends.
- Flip
top bottles. For easy application of chemical.
- Trigger
Sprayer. Use for applying chemical to larger spots.
- Standard
spotting chemicals:
- ADS
- Alkaline Detergent Solution - Use for
removal of acid-based stains.
- NDS
- Neutral detergent solution - Neutral
in pH and will not leave residue.
- VDS
- Volatile Dry Solvent
- For removal of oil, tar, and grease. Also use to rinse
(NVDS).
- NVDS
- Non-volatile Dry Solvent - Use for removal of
paint, grease, and gum. Allows more time on spot without
evaporating.
- Acid
Spotter - Use for removal of alkaline spots and
browning.
- Rust
Remover - Hydrofluoric acid solution for removing
rust.
Remember:
do not rub or scrub spots because this may result in
spreading the spot and fuzzing of the carpet.
Download
a Spotting Chart Here
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