Healthy Carpet Cleaning

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• What is Healthy Carpet Cleaning?

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• The basic fundamentals of Healthy Carpet Cleaning
  are

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Soil and allergen removal
• Without toxic chemicals

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• 1 in 5 adults, children and pets are more
  sensitive to chemicals than the general population

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• Every second home contains at least one sensitive
  individual.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• Carpet cleaning has been repeatedly linked to
  respiratory irritation and asthma. Cleaning
  products can effect your health and the well
  being of your customers .

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• Carpet cleaning chemicals and their residues pose
  potential health risks to adults, children, pets
  and you the Professional Cleaner!

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Do you pay enough attention to protecting your
  own health when using chemicals?

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine study found carpet
  cleaning chemical ingredients in blood and urine
  samples of volunteers.
• None of the volunteers work with cleaning
  chemicals.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• FACT
• Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found
  pesticides and disinfectant residues in blood and
  urine samples of 2000 average Americans.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Fact
• No matter which method of cleaning carpets you
  chose a portion of the cleaner will remain in the
  carpet after cleaning.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Do you know what ingredients are in your carpet
  cleaning products?

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• And more importantly
• Do you know what TOXIC INGREDIENTS you are
  leaving in your customers carpets?

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Common Carpet Cleaning Detergents contain
• Sequestrants such as phosphates, NTA, sodium
  citrates and EDTA
• Builders for alkalinity such as silicates and
  caustic soda
• Solvents such as De Limonene, glycol ethers and
  butyl
• Wetting agents or Surfactants

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• TOXIC INGREDIENTS contained in many products
  such as Phosphates, EDTA, NTA, sodium hydroxide,
  caustic soda, sodium carbonate, silicates,
  Ethanalomines and
• Solvents such as Glycol Either, de-limonene and
  others that effect indoor air quality
• can become part of the Body Chemistry of
  everyone exposed to these chemicals.

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• Safe and effective carpet cleaning.
• Do not use- Severe Health Risk to janitorial
  staff and building
• occupants
• Hydrofluoric acid, Nitrilotriacetate/Nitrilotriace
  tic acid (NTA), Perchloroethylene/Tetrachloroethyl
  ene, Tributyl Tin
• Use Extreme Care or Avoid - Health Risk Janitor
• Butane,Isobutane,or Propane(aerosol propellants)
  Ethanolamines Glycol Ethers (such as
  butoxyethanol) Quaternary Ammonium Chloride,
  Sodium Bisulfate, Sodium Carbinate, Sodium
  hydroxide.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Many carpet cleaning products contain ingredients
  that are harmful.
• www.scorecard.org/chemical/profiles

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Do you know that professional cleaners are twice
  as likely to acquire occupational Asthma
• than any other profession.
• (Inform. state of California.)

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Imagine being twice as likely to acquire work
  related Asthma cleaning carpets than a coal
  miner digging coal!
• If you cant breathe nothing else matters.
• ( American and Canadian Lung Associations)

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• ASTHMA
• There are 5000 deaths, 2,000,000 emergency
  hospital visits and 500,000 hospitalizations
  every year in the United States alone.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• ASTHMA
• Excessive respiratory irritation, coughing, and
  sneezing have been reported by both cleaning
  professionals and their customers.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• A portion of the Volatile Ingredients in Carpet
  Cleaning Products will or Already Have Become
  Part of Your Body Chemistry.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning is

• Removal of soil, allergens and existing
  contaminate residues, without the use of toxic
  ingredients commonly found in carpet cleaning
  products, masking agents, deodorizing or
  sanitizing products.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning Method

• Recommend to your customers
• Effective Vacuuming with good filtration is the
  most important carpet maintenance procedure.
• Entrance matting traps soils at entrances.
• Vacuum entrances and heavily tracked areas
  frequently.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• The Steps
• Dry vacuum
• Prespray carpet with ECOgent diluted 8oz per
  gallon of water.
• Power pre spray units are most effective.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Spray all areas to be cleaned
• Allow a dwell time of 5 to 10 minutes.
• Agitate heavily soiled areas with carpet grooming
  rake or mechanical scrubbing.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Rinse and extract carpets with WATER ONLY.
• DO NOT ADD detergent or rinse aids.
• If defoamer is necessary add to vacuum tank only.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• The rinse extraction process can utilize Truck
  mounted equipment, High Flow Extractor, or high
  performance box and wand style extractor.
• Insure equipment including vacuum system is
  cleaned after use.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Avoid over wetting carpet.
• Insure proper drying with good extraction
  procedures .
• Use blowers or fans when needed.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning Chemical requirements

• Complete ingredient disclosure.
• Scent free and No volatile or toxic ingredients.
• Tested by Professional Testing laboratory -
  recognized by carpet mills.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning Chemical requirements

• Independent Validation for Environmental
  compatibility, such as Green Seal, or
  Environmental Choice.
• Recognized as being suitable for use around
  individuals with sensitivities, Envirodesic,
  American Lung Association, Asthma Society, ect.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Uses cleaning products and procedures proven to
  be suitable for use around individuals with
  sensitivities.
• Does not promote carpet re-soiling.
• Removes large amounts of allergens and other
  contaminants which have proven to be problematic
  to sensitive individuals.

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Healthy Carpet Cleaning

• Soil and detergent free carpets are best for
  everyone.