CM/Spotlight: Carpet Care Maintaining Carpets That Will Last By: Gary Borofsky Ensure deep restorative carpet cleaning with low moisture management. D Gary Borofsky has more than 30 years of experience in the contract cleaning industry. He is the inventor and the trainer for the Bonnit Brush Systems, a leading manufacturer of floor cleaning tools. For technical information and cleaning advice on hard and soft surfaces, please feel free to e-mail Gary Borofsky at [email protected]. For any other information about the Bonnit Brush, please e-mail David Borofsky at DBorofsky@ BonnitBrush.com or visit our website at www.bonnitbrush.com. Directors of environmental services and building owners spend a good part of their budget maintain-ing building surfaces such as carpets, roofs and walls, all of which are labor driven. Getting all of this maintenance done takes the right people and the most effective tools available to the trade. Carpets are an expensive investment, and dirty, matted down carpets are not attractive. Dirty carpets are also unhealthy and hold all kinds of debris, which is bad for air quality and degrades or damages the carpet. To maintain carpets and get a long life out of this investment, there are certain steps that one must implement to ensure optimal results. First, good matting is imperative inside and out-side building entrances. Second, a good vacuuming system is needed to keep debris out of the carpet. But remember, vacuuming will not remove carpet spots. A worker should have some tools for spot clean-ing rather than bringing out a large machine for just a couple of spots. These are called manual spotting tools, and they should be readily available for the worker as he or she is doing general cleaning. for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Carpet . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select BUYERS’ GUIDE from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Brushes . Many types of carpet cleaning systems have brushes to lift pile and extract dirt particles. Image courtesy of Bonnit Brush Systems 30 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • June 2013
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