Brisbane Carpet Cleaning Blog

These days we are so busy with work, kids, pets and our day to day lives, we forget to maintain items within our home.

Having a proactive maintenance schedule for the home is a way to help prolong the life of your carpet, upholstery and rugs and make it a more safe and healthy environment.  Most times we won’t call to get our carpets done until they start to look dirty and there are traffic marks in the carpet.  Or unless something is spilled on the upholstery or there is change in colour to the leather, is when we call in the professionals.

It is recommended to clean your carpets and upholstery every 12-18 months.  By vacuuming regularly (at least once per week) this will remove any loose soiling or dust within the carpet fibres.  By not doing this, the soil alone in the carpet will cause damage and abrasion to the fibre and wear it down very quickly, making your carpets look worn and tired.  Maintaining your carpets and upholstery is very similar to maintaining your teeth.  Regular check-ups at the dentist with regular cleaning will incur small interval costs as opposed to a large cost for a root canal after 5 years of not maintaining your teeth.   By maintaining your carpet and upholstery with interval cleaning throughout the year will prolong the life of the fibre, which will save you money in the end.

Some of our clients book to have their carpets, leather or fabric upholstery cleaned every 6 months.  Some of these items are 8-10 years of age but look brand new! So there is certainly some benefit to maintaining these items regularly.

Besides the asthetic or monetery benefits, there is also the health benefits.  Our trained technicians can also offer information as to further treatments that are available, such as antimicrobial treatments.  This treatment is effective for bacteria caused from dirt buildup, pets, sweat or vomit.

Give us a call to book in a service , to get your home health checkup today!

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Do you own a boat or camper van? All Aces Services can tailor a cleaning package suitable to your vessel.

We clean and protect carpets, vinyl, leather on any size boat or camper van, whether it be in the water off road.  We have done jobs at Rivergate, Wynnum Manly Yacht Club, Gold Coast Marina and many more.  Typical cleaning that we do involves cleaning around air conditioning vents as filtration marks form, red wine stain removal from parties on board… And mattresses too. Blind cleaning and curtain cleaning is also available.  Other items we clean on board range from lamp shades, quilt covers and cushions.

As most seating areas are removable, these can be done onsite or these can be done at our factory located at Morningside.

As much of the carpet and upholstery onboard your boat is exposed to the elements such as sunlight and salt water, it is important to maintain them by cleaning and protecting them regularly.  The harsh UV rays can discolour and deteriorate fabric, leather vinyl and some carpets too.

Whether it be early morning cleaning or on a weekend we are flexible when other maintenace is being completed on board.

We are members of the Super Yacht Base Brisbane.  We have been members for the last two years and have worked on small boats to large yachts, to large super yachts.  Some super yachts that we have worked on have been valued at over $100 Million Dollars.  The use of protective equipment is a must as well as having certifications in order to clean such expensive items.  All our technicians are trained and certified through the Institute of Inspection Cleaning of Restoration.  Our experienced technicians are trained in Carpet Cleaning, Upholstery Cleaning, Rug Cleaning, Hard Surface Cleaning, Drapery Cleaning and Water Damage Restoration.

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I bet that over the Festive Season someone dropped something or spilled something on the carpet or the lounge suite.

We had a wonderful Christmas lunch of which we enjoyed Roast Turkey with delicious gravy – that Garry actually ended up spilling across the floor – yes I yelled – but it was OK, we have our own bottle of Home Pro Spotter under the sink ready to go. I made Garry clean the mess up – and then we blotted the spotter on the carpet and you would even know he spilt anything on it!

Most carpets in every home are value between $3000-$10 000 and most people go straight for anything in a bright shiny bottle saying – Carpet Magic, Super Dooper Carpet Cleaner.. blah blah blah. These products can actually BLEACH the carpet and make it even worse than what you started with.  If you had a expensive suit or dress that you have spilt something on you would even think about trying to remove it yourself, you would take it straight to the professional cleaners for them to deal with it.. wouldn’t you??

The same applies to your carpet. If you are going to use a product make sure it is the Home Pro Spotter.

The benefits of using the Home Pro Spotter is that it doesn’t leave a residue on the Carpet for dirt or soiling to be attracted too. It will not take colour from your carpet or lounge suite and it will not harm any of the delicate fibres or fabrics that you have in the home.

If you don’t have a bottle of Home Pro Spotter – drop by the Morningside factory and collect one.

Make sure the Home Pro Spotter is the only thing that you use on spots or spills – call us for advice if you get stuck or log on to www.allaces.com.au for more cleaning advice
You are in safe hands with the Home Pro Spotter

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Uh oh! You’ve spilt red wine on your carpet, rug or upholstery? What to do? First thing to do is not to panic, there is always more red wine!!  Second thing to do is read about what to do, below…. Old wives tales may cause you more damage….

1. Act Quickly Many Stains can easily be removed when they are fresh, but can be stubborn if left over a long period of time.  The best thing to do is soak up as much as you can with a white towel or cloth.  AVOID using salt or talcum powder on the stain.  A lot of articles advise these methods are great to just sprinkle on and vacuum up later…. What they don’t tell you is  that this can in fact set the stain further or bleach the carpet.

2. Don’t rush to scrub  When we say act quickly and attend to the stain, this doesn’t mean attack the stain with any and all household products and a brush.  Depending on the fibre, the household products as well as scrubbing the stain can in fact cause irriversible fibre damage and colour loss in some cases.

3. Washing the stain  Adding soda water to a red wine stain will not assist with removing the stain.  This will merely spread the stain through the underlay and make a larger area where the stain will need to be removed.  Don’t always assume that the carpet or upholstery can be washed – always read the label first.

4. Call a professional  It is important to speak with a professional regarding stain removal.  It is recommended that the technicians are trained are certified through the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration.  This will ensure that they know the most effective and safe way to remove the stain from your carpet.  Some carpets that come out of a factory can be acid dyed.  As red wine is an acid dye it will change the colour of the carpet, this can make it difficult to remove.

Any further questions? Jump online and ask our panel of experts on www.cleaningadvice.com.au   They will be able to assist you with questions relating to carpet, upholstery, rugs and much more!

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