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I cleaned for a lady today who was at first very skeptical of our cleaning process. I gave her a brochure to read, while I started cleaning. She had previously used Stanley Steemer. There was a red stain in the Master bedroom, that Stanley Steemer said was permanent. I told her about our Red Dye Remover, but told her she would have to sign a disclaimer. She agreed, so I proceded with the cleaning. The red stain disappeared. The bill totaled $109.00 ($99 for 3 rooms & $10 for red dye removal) She was so amazed that she made the check out for $150. I was there for about 1 hour.
I have a couple of customers that had red spots that SS (and other CC’s) said would never come out, and we got them right out with red dye remover. It’s a good feeling. Great product.
David,
Don’t be affraid to charge more for red dye removals-especially when they’ve been told it won’t come out and you get it out. I usually tell my customers that red removal starts at $20. If it’s in the middle of the room or a highly visible area it starts at $30.HI have no problem charging $35 for Red Dye remover for the first stain and it goes up if it is more than one spot. I did an apartment for a property manager that had several red stains in three different rooms. I told him it would be $100 just to get the red dye out. He said great and was very pleased that he did not have to replace the carpet
I have a customer who purchased a cheap, deep red pillow for her sofa. The dye rubbed off onto the sofa. I used FAE, 101 and portable extract. I got about 75% off yet there is still a light red tint.
Should I really use the red dye remover on a microfiber sofa?
i don’t think red dye remover will work on a fabric dye. It is meant for food dye. I had a customer with a red dye stain from a christmas tree skirt. It wouldn’t work on that.
I used it where a mexican silk rug had left red on the carpet, and VOULAA! It took work, but came out. AMAZING!
I used it on several spots where a dog urinated while it was on meds. The carpet was a very good quality, light-colored one. I read one of the posts that said that it would work so I gave it a try. The only bad thing was that once the hot steam hit the stain the whole room smelled of evaporating pee! Oh well, it wasn’t a pretty process, but the results were awesome. It worked absolutely fantastic. This is especially so because her last cleaner said that those stains were permanent. I think that in about 80% of the houses that I’ve done work in the previous cleaner said that certain stains were permanent that were not. I think that some of my local competition has become too comfortable and think they’ve got the territory in the bag. About 90% of the time the only thing that I did different was get down with a towel or my brush and apply very little elbow grease to the problem and voila! Oh, and the FAE is always used to break them down first. Ill never ever do a job without it! Well, if they keep doing work of the quality like I’ve been hearing then my business will only get easier and more plentiful! Maybe I should send them a thank you card. 😉 Anyways, I guess you get what you pay for.
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