I did a search and got plenty of replies but not on what I searched for.

Curious who here does area rug cleaning. I'd like more info.

Phil - are you talking about cleaning in the customers home or in your shop?

We now do both...if the rug seems lightly soiled and the custy just wants a quick clean, we can encap / op it on spot, depending on the type.

If it is really dirty, or has dog urine (alot do) we now bring it back to our shop and flush it right.

Check out this link for more info :

http://www.therughub.com/

We do all rug cleaning in our office. You can actually see our setup online via a webcam I have setup on my website. www.pearsoncarpetcare.com and then click on webcam. If you have any specific questions about rug cleaning I would be happy to help anyway I can. Feel free to email me or call.



We do use a lot of Releasit in our rug cleaning plant. It is great on wool.

Thanks Kevin. I am curious about the Rug Badger. Or any 'duster' for that matter.

My curiosity is specific to one thing; does one of these machines make any visible difference to the rug or is it more of a tool for speeding up the dusting process?

Hi Phil:

I use & sell the Wolverine rug duster and it does make a significant difference in appearance of the area rug. It takes out dust and silt that you normally would not be able to get rid of with normal vacuuming. You would have to spend a lot more money to find a dusting machine that would take as much soil.



Rick Thode
rick.thode@releasit.ca
Your Canadian Source for Releasit/Cimex

Rick, is it possible for you to post a b4 and after photo of such a rug/Wolverine?

Here is where i am heading. Current plans to not include a rug plant. Yet, I do want to offer rug cleaning. In limited ways of course.

If, and only if, a duster does make a sizable difference in appearance, i want one.

The plan would be to 'dust' vac' OP/HWE (rug type of course) and dry.

No way I want to do this at the clients house but in my shop.

I feel this may be the very niche to divide me from the crowd.

I'd hate to drop that kind of coin for little to no results.

I'll try and get you a picture of this Phil. I will do a commercial mat as this will best illustrate what is happening.

Obviously, if you get a customers area rug that only has "Soluble" soil and not much "Insoluble" soil, the difference will not be so dramatic as dusting on deals with the "Insoluble" type.

Rick Thode
rick.thode@releasit.ca
Your Canadian Source for Releasit/Cimex

I have personally seen the difference a Rug Badger makes, naturally the more dirt in the rug the larger the difference.



I believe the Rug Badger site has before and afters along with video



David



We will be getting the Rug Badge and their towers in the spring.


http://www.rugbadger.com/rbpage/testimonial101.html

Phil,



We own a RugBadger and I don't know what I did without it. It makes rug cleaning so much easier. As for before and afters, here is a video we shot at our office.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThxPSG5GZk>



If you will notice the video is only 2:24 long. Only about 30-40 seconds of that is actual time we are using the rugbadger. Then look at how much dirt came out in only a short time period.

Here is another video that we just shot. Another cleaner had just cleaned this rug in this video. You will be amazed at how much dirt the rugbadger pulls out in only about a minute of using it. Here's the link to my site where it is http://www.pearsoncarpetcare.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2244