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Carpet seems to be a magnet for all kinds of spills. Red wine, pet urine, blood, soft drinks, beetroot, beer, paint, nail polish, coffee, tea, ink, oil, grease… and so it goes on.

At 0800tulips the best advice we can give in the event of a spill is DON’T PANIC.

The key is to act quickly. For most spills the first course of action is to scoop up any solid material, place on a kitchen paper towel to absorb excess liquid (blot only very gently) and then splash on cold water. Even if this may seem to cause stain to spread you’re doing the right thing. Next place on more paper towels. Don’t push down as this can force whatever has been spilled into the carpet fibre.

Now leave it alone, and relax knowing that your quick action will stop the stain from setting. If it’s evening you can go to bed and not worry. Otherwise pick up the phone and call us at 0800tulips. We’ll advise you on what cleaning preparation to use. If it sounds extremely serious and damaging we’ll come to your place to appraise what can be done.

In the meantime, you may like to look at the following DIY Guide to stopping spills staining:

Beer
Absorb the liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, apply water, blot dry

Berries
Scoop up excess and absorb any remaining liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot, apply water, blot dry

Butter
Scoop up excess, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat, apply water, blot dry

Coffee
Absorb liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, apply water, blot dry

Fruit Juice
Absorb liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry or vacuum, apply water, blot dry

Grease (Car)
Scoop up excess, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat, apply water, blot dry

Ice Cream
Absorb excess and any remaining liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, apply water, blot dry

Ink
Apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat, apply water, blot dry

Nail Polish
Apply cleaning product*, soak up with paper towel, blot dry

Paint (Oil)
Apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat, apply water, blot dry

Paint (Latex)
Absorb liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat, apply water, blot dry

Soft Drinks
Absorb liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry or vacuum, apply water, blot dry or vacuum

Red Wine
Absorb liquid, apply cleaning product*, blot dry, repeat.

*Consult with carpet manufacturer or our team @ 0800tulips for assistance

Wonderful communication over the phone when booking, and excellent job done speedily and professionally. Will be recommending you to everyone I know Excellent service

This is the second time we have used Tulips and will be happy to continue. Excellent service, your guy was punctual, professional and cheerful and did a great job cleaning our suite and carpet. Also very fair price and good telephone contact also for reminders and follow up
Many thanks, Excellent service!!

I have been visiting a few clients to assist them with problems to their floors (commercial & domestic), ie ” hard to clean scuff marks”.

Surprisingly most of them are equipped with a magic mop, or  electric steam mop.

The causes of their problems is damage to the protective coating on their vinyl & lino floor.  Most modern floor coverings have PU coated surfaces, which protects the presentation & wear and tear of the floor. When we clean floors with intense heat, the heat breaks down the coating & impacts directly with every thing we do to the floor. The floor covering becomes less stain proof & gets dirtier easily. Steam even burns the polymer coatings from the vinyl (usually commercial floors).

Polished wooden floors become duller, imagine the cost of sanding & polyurethaning to bring back the shine.  Heat may also soften the adhesive which will ultimately lift the tiles.

Sure, a steam mop can kill bacteria, but how much bacteria do you need to kill…..? this is  a sledge hammer approach. Washing with luke warm water will also clean your floor just as well.

Just ask a flooring manufacutrer for their recommmendation. A cleaning method with a steam mop will not be in their recommend list. If you have to try this gizmo  then you should ask the steam mop reseller if they can give you a wriiten guarantee for damages this may cause to your property before buying it.

I have seen on the TV that the steam mop perfectly cleans carpet, but where does the dust & debry go…..?  Carpet should  be cleaned by a professional technician. Who will rinse & flush all contamanents. Carpet cleaners use stong water pressure, hot water & equipment with very strong suction. Virtually no water is left in the carpet piles.

Vick Sharma manages the floor care division of Prestige Services.  www.prestigeclean.co.nz

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