■ Dry solvent-soluble soils include asphalt, tar, grease and animal or vegetable oils that are produced when cooking food. Oily soils often accumulate on carpet just inside entries from sidewalks, spe-cialized work areas or parking lots (par-ticularly asphalt or top coated areas). * Facility managers are always going to want carpeting for scores of reasons. *Based on studies conducted in the late 1990s by Proctor and Gamble and DuPont and reported by Jeff Bishop, a leading car-pet care expert. Myth: The carpet floor covering and car-pet cleaning industry is on the decline. Bloss: As many cleaning contractors know, more and more facilities seem to be opting for hard-surface floor coverings in-stead of carpet. But I believe this is a myth and that the professional carpet cleaning industry will stay strong for years to come. It may have ups and downs, like any in-dustry, but consumers and facility man-agers are always going to want carpeting for scores of reasons, from enhancing the beauty of a facility to making it quieter. And, as long as carpets are installed, a professional technician will be called upon to clean them. In fact, a 2011 study indicates that carpet sales are now on the slight increase, while the growth in many hard surface alternatives has slowed down. CM In the meantime, we’ve engineered an entire family of superior next-generation models. Now there’s a Clarke scrubber with our exclusive BOOST ® technology that’s the right fi t for your fl oors. All with the original random orbital scrubbing technology that offers chemical-free fi nish removal in a single pass. Save up to 70% in water and chemical usage, with 40% longer pad life and far greater productivity*. *Compared to traditional disc models Trusted. Reliable. Efficient. A Nilfisk-Advance Brand ©2013 Nilfisk-Advance www.clarkeus.com FREE INFO: Reader Service 203 or CMMOnline.com/freeinfo www.cmmonline.com 17 Image courtesy of U.S. Products ■ Water-soluble soils include materials that dissolve easily in water, such as sugar, starches, salts and other fluidic residues.
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