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Hi Gary!
You do not dilute either the red dye or the wood stain remover. If you want the most details. Go to you HB manual and it is the best resource for these types of questions. As a general rule of thumb though, mix equal parts of each A and B or 1 and 2. Apply directly to the spot. Make sure that you are not dealing with any type of wool first, then use the steam iron for 30 sec up to 2 1/2 minutes. I clean up red dye VERY regularly and absolutely love doing it! I have done red dye spots as big as a bicycle wheel and got 100% out! It really builds relations between you and customers. You can do something that many can not. Not all spots will come out but I have seen some real amazing things come out though, like rug dye from a mexican silk worm. Not all came out but most and the customer was thrilled!

As a standard with every jug of solution, I mix 1 and 3/4 cups of 101 1/4 to 1/2 cup citrus booster, and about 1-2 ounces of OD. BE CAREFULL though. For a while, I got lazy and just poured it directly into the jug and literally OD’ed on OD. When you smell it enough, you get used to it and dont even smell it any more. A good indicator of this is when the customer walks in and says “WOW, don’t you use some kind of mask or anything!” THe same goes with the CA deodorizer.

As for the dirty socks, you can’t be expected to get 100% of the dirt up. No cleaner can, nor will they ever guarentee it. It doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that you are using CA or OD. I would venture to say that you are using too much solution and it is wicking back up into the socks. Any cleaner can go behind us and pick up dirt, but turn, I guarentee that I can go behind any other cleaner and pick up dirt. What customers are paying for is RESULTS, and WE DELIVER THAT. Today, I cleaned a 500sf LR. It was cream berber, and had lots of traffic wear. There were also lots and lots of spills. It took me 1 1/2 hours and I charged 165 for it at .33/sf which was $40 more than I quoted over the phone. (mostly because she had no idea how big her room was). When I finished, you could still see the areas in front of the couches, and there were still shadows where the traffic areas were. BUT, by dang, I got every single spill out, and spot off that carpet. When I finished, she was thrilled with the job! Did I leave dirt behind? Sure I did. Could I have done a better job? No. I did the best that I could. So, I guess that it boils down to…. if you are doing the best job that you can, nothing else matters. If you are producing results then nothing else matters.

Hope this helps. 🙂

It is now past the Jan 2008. They supposedly have implimented this. Has any one ran into problems since this has gone into effect? I was just reading on the website and it still says that HWE is still only just a recommendation.

The only time that I use coffee remover is when I have to, or the spot will not come out via the regular process. If the spot comes back, it means that it wicked back. I don’t know what kind of carpet you are dealing with but I am guessing that it is some type of olefin which will repel stains at all costs! I just go back, use alot less water and then make sure to use a blow dryer to dry completely before I leave to get an idea whether or not it will wick back again. Another thing that you may want to try is putting protectant on afterwards which helps stop wicking also.

Ditto everything that has been said. I would add to join BNI. I started in the winter, December, and BNI carried me through the winter. In fact my first year with BNI, my 300 or so dollar investment made me nearly $14000, and the referrals have continued to come in.

I did my second bleach spot job the other day. It took quite a while. 6 hours! But made $400 on it. The customer was house sitting for a very wealthy friend and his kids put chlorine on a soda spill. Both spots were about a foot long and as big as a dinner plate. I did come to a near exact match though. I was very proud of myself and the customer was very excited not to have to replace the carpet. If you want to make some good money, get into this! The guy would have paid me up to $700! I declined since I was kind of taking my time on it. But 6 hours though.

Any thoughts for some of you that have done this to be able to speed up the process, or was I doing it right for that much area. The carpet was gray and all colors were bleached out except for red.

Taking care of your piece of heaven.

On top of the shelves on the left side, I fanangle the rake in through the hole of the handle and put the handle for the tile and grout scrub brush there too.

I ALWAYS take home area rugs, especially wool rugs. I usually tell them that the turn around time is around 2 weeks. I charge 2.00 per sf and up and include the cost of the delivery. Actually I just plan pickup and drop off around times when I have a job near by. People here also have alot of rugs and hardwood floors, so I stay fairly busy. The best part of it is that I can clean the rug in my spare time and not have to SQUEEZE it in between jobs. I havent advertised this anywhere, but it may be a good idea. I usually just try to sell them over the phone by telling them that I provide pickup and delivery at no extra cost.