A CLEANER CARPET CHRONICLE
JUNE 2015
Published exclusively for clients of A Cleaner Carpet Cleaner
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” – Norman Vincent Peale
In This Issue
Beware the High Cost of a
Cheap Price
Pet Dental Health
Get Your Car in Shape for
Summer
Laugh Your Way to Lower
Blood Pressure
Recipe: Spicy Chipotle Turkey
Burgers
Client Testimonials and
Quick Tips
JUNE IS GREAT
OUTDOORS MONTH
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Sometimes bargain hunting nets you a
great deal, but other times the gamble
is simply not worth the risk. The 19th
century social commentator John Ruskin
probably said it best, “It’s unwise to pay
too much, but it is worse to pay too little.
When you pay too much, you lose a little
money — that is all. When you pay too
little, you sometimes lose everything,
because the thing you bought was
incapable of doing the thing it was bought
to do. If you deal with the lowest bidder,
it is well to add something for the risk
you run. And if you do that, you will have
enough to pay for something better.” This
is often the case when we are hiring the
services of another person or company.
While it is true that we want to get the
lowest possible price, we still expect
quality and performance.
There is a saying that when you hire the
services of another you can have two of
the following three things: You can have
it on time, on budget, or done right. You
can never, the saying goes, achieve all
three of these at one time. Cheap carpet
cleaning requires cheap equipment,
cheap chemicals, and cheap labor. Even
one of these would cause a problem,
but specifically, how does each of these
budget cutting measures affect you?
Cheap Equipment
To be effective, a cleaning machine must
remove maximum soil and allow the
carpet to dry in a reasonable amount of
time. In addition, the equipment must not
damage the carpet. The best machines
do a superior job of removing soil and
recovering cleaning agents and waste
water. Naturally, these machines are more
expensive. A carpet cleaner who uses
cheap equipment simply cannot get the
carpet nearly as clean as you really need
it to be.
Cheap Chemicals
The best cleaning agents are formulated
to remove soils and leave behind little or
no residue. Sticky detergent residues will
cause rapid re-soiling. Cheap chemicals
are often harsh, and can damage your
carpet fibers and dyes. In addition, the
carpet’s soil and stain resistance will be
compromised by harsh chemicals. So,
although the carpet looks clean, your
carpet will re-soil faster and become
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