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LMCCA Becomes IICRC Shareholder

By : September 10, 2009

The LMCCA (Low Moisture Carpet Cleaners Association) becomes an IICRC shareholder.

The LMCCA is a strong and vocal advocate of the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification), including many LMCCA members that are IICRC Instructors, IICRC Master Textile Cleaners, and IICRC Certified Cleaning technicians, it makes perfect sense for the LMCCA to have ownership shares in the IICRC.

Andrechelle Cermak signs the documents to make it official at the LMCCA Board of Directors meeting Sept 10 at Connections in Las Vegas NV. Also pictured IICRC President / Chairman Paul Pearce and LMCCA President Mark Warner.

Attending Carpet Cleaners Events

By : September 1, 2009

In September we will be attending a Carpet Cleaners Conference and Trade Show in Las Vegas as well as a LMCCA (Low Moisture Carpet Cleaners Association) Board of Directors meeting. Then off to Atlanta for another carpet cleaning seminar, a Shaw Carpet Mill tour, another tour of PTL (Professional Testing Labs) and then to the SpotMaster Championship.

We will be closed for a few weeks and referring any incoming regular carpet cleaning to other cleaners in our local network and scheduling any work that requires a “Master” (us) for after our return in October.

Training Professional Carpet Cleaners

By : August 8, 2009

Andrechelle and I were in Pittsburgh yesterday to lead a training seminar for other professional carpet cleaners @ Pembertons Cleaning & Restoration Learning Center. Lots of bright eyes and good questions from students eager to learn. We love what we do and its a real treat to have the opportunity to share our knowledge and passion with others.

National Rug Cleaning Month 2009 – Rugust

By : August 1, 2009

August is national rug cleaning month. Get your rugs cleaned by EcoClean

Yellow Spot Appears Days After Professional Carpet Cleaning

By : July 28, 2009

Got a call this afternoon from an upset customer that we had cleaned carpet for 10 days ago.

She complained of a yellowish spot that had just “appeared” in the last few days and was worried that it had happened outside our “7 day spot free guarantee”. (We were shocked as it was the first complaint, call back, re-do that we’ve had in the 5 years we’ve run this company, since we started in 2004.) She was very upset.

Furniture Cleaning Coupon Specials

By : June 1, 2009

Upholstery Cleaning and Furniture Cleaning Coupon Specials for Lake County and Geauga County Ohio

Emergency Upholstery Cleaning at the Q

By : April 24, 2009

Emergency Upholstery Cleaning at the Q

Spent the day at the “Q” (Quicken Loans Arena) in downtown Cleveland cleaning carpet and 8 cotton sofas in order to have them ready before the big Cavs Play-Off party tonight.

These white cotton sofas got soaked out in the rain (during an NBA event in another city), and then loaded into protective cases and loaded onto a semi trailer for transport to the Cavs party in Cleveland at the Q. They called us while on the road and told us what had happened and the urgent nature of the situation.

No problem, EcoClean to the rescue!

We were in the parking garage at the Q waiting for the truck to arrive. We then helped the loading dock crew setup and unload the 8 sofas and several sections of carpet into a reserved section of the parking garage (directly across from LeBrons parking spot).

Upon inspection, these white Haitian cotton sofas had turned brown with severe water stains and had begun to smell (still wet). The carpet was also soaking wet, as it was under the sofas, at this outdoor NBA event. We cleaned the carpet and set up high velocity carpet drying vortex. We proceeded to restore and speed dry each and every cotton sofa, back to a clean, dry and brilliant white again. By the time we finished restoring the last sofa, all the carpet was completely dry. No odor issues and in better condition than before they were caught in the rain. Most importantly, the client was absolutely thrilled with the result.

We worked extremely hard all day with no breaks, but it was all well worth it. An hour or so before the event, the event staff was setting up the sofas and carpet to be used for the event.

We had “back stage passes” and stayed until right before the start of the event. We have a big day cleaning carpet in Mentor and Painesville tomorrow so we headed back to the shop to prep the cleaning van for the next job(s).

GO CAVS!!

Upholstery Cleaning Seminar Today

By : April 3, 2009

Pembertons hosted an informative seminar on upholstery and fine fabric cleaning at Pembertons Cleaning and Restoration Learning Center in Pittsburgh PA. Although this is the umpteenth upholstery cleaning course we’ve attended, you learn something new at each and every one. Each instructor (and classmates) have something new and interesting to add.

Hands on Training Ride Along Program

By : March 28, 2009

Spent the day today training two carpet cleaners from a local Painesville area company on our “HOT RAP” service – Hands On Training Ride Along Program. CarpetCleaningMentor.com

Tile and Grout Cleaning – Stone and Marble Cleaning Seminars

By : March 13, 2009

Just returned from a trip to San Diego CA for Tile & Grout Cleaning and Stone & Marble Cleaning seminars. In addition we also attended Carpet Cleaning, Upholstery Cleaning and Stainless Steel Cleaning seminars. This was another very educational event with the very best experts in the nation in each field leading the seminars.