Dogs with muddy paw prints. Cats leaving hairballs. Little piglets who wee-wee-wee all over the floor. If you have a pet, you’ve had a pet stain. And it’s all too easy to make them worse. There’s a lot of bad ideas floating around on DIY stain removal. Common pet stain remedies include baking soda, hydrogen […]
Are You Drinking the Water?
“I have used Zerorez for years now and they are quite simply the best. Before discovering Zerorez, I used several other carpet cleaning companies and found them all to be mediocre. My carpets would also always seem to be a bit hard and crunchy afterwards (people who have had their carpets cleaned know what I […]
Carpet Cleaning in Pasadena: Carpet’s Most Common Stains
Carpet Cleaning in Pasadena: Carpet’s Most Common Stains We recently got a call for a carpet cleaning in Pasadena from one of our best clients, and she had a problem. Her brother-in-law (no jokes, please) dropped a huge, steaming cup of coffee on her living room carpet, and she was super concerned it was going […]
Irvine Carpet Cleaning: Red Wine Stains
Irvine Carpet Cleaning: Red Wine Stains Lots of homes in Irvine, an upscale, planned community, were built with plush white carpet that looks great, but really shows the spills and splashes, with red wine being one of the major culprits. We know, because we have treated hundreds of homes for that very problem, so we […]
Best Way to Clean Carpets: Pros and Cons of Carpet Cleaning Methods
What is the best way to clean carpets and area rugs? We hear that question a lot, and we know it can be a bit confusing because most people just don’t think much about cleaning their carpets until they actually need to have the work done! We employ over twenty technicians who have worked using […]
What Will It Cost To Have My Carpets Cleaned?
Carpet Cleaning Prices: What Is a Professional Carpet Cleaning Going to Cost Me? Questions to ask This is probably the most asked question we get at Zerorez. What will you charge to clean my carpet? It’s also the question all other carpet cleaners get asked a lot as well. And it’s understandable. If you don’t […]
How Often Should I Clean My Carpet?
It’s a question we encounter all the time: “How often should I clean my carpet?” It usually comes up after we’ve cleaned-up some really bad areas that the homeowner deemed un-cleanable. It’s when they realize that they probably should have called us out sooner and just hadn’t gotten around to it. The quick answer is […]
Carpet Protector: 5 Reasons to Keep it Applied
A trip down memory lane Indulge me for a minute and take a trip down memory lane. Do you remember the days when your carpet was brand new? Maybe you had new carpet installed or you moved into a home with new carpet. Did you take your shoes off before walking on it? Were you […]
Carpet Cleaning in Sherman Oaks: A Case Study
Carpet Cleaning in Sherman Oaks: The Mysterious Reappearing Carpet Stain The joy of a job well done Happy, delighted clients is what we live for here at Zerorez. There’s nothing as satisfying as when we get our clients to respond: ”I can’t believe how well my carpet cleaned up”. The joy of turning a soiled, […]
Dangerous Chemicals in the Home: 9 Tips and Facts
Is Your Home Giving You Chemical Overload? Because Zerorez is known to provide a non-chemical, natural cleaning system for all the surfaces your walk-on (carpet, rugs, tile, grout, stone and hardwood) and sit-in (upholstery), it’s only natural for us to be concerned about the chemicals we use within our living environments (home and work). […]
Rug Care Tips Cheat Sheet
Rug Care Tips RUG CARE MUST HAVES: • White cotton towels Small bowl + sponge Club soda • Soft brush (not too stiff) Corn starch (or Morten’s Salt) Hair dryer *PET OWNERS – White vinegar + cool water (50/50) RUG CARE MUST NEVER DO: *(Risk of color loss, discoloration, permanent yellowing, fiber damage and […]
Why DIY Rug Cleaning Can Be a Bad Idea
Why DIY Rug Cleaning Can Be a Bad Idea Although we find a wide variety of area rugs in our clients homes, and some can be cleaned by you without much, if any, problems, as a general rule I advise against the do-it-yourself attempts. Unfortunately, we see this scenario play-out one to many times with results that […]
Pet Urine Cleaning Tips and Facts
Why Pet Urine Does Not Belong in Carpet. Pets. Oh, how we love them. In fact, new figures just released from APPMA’s 2015-2016 National Pet Owners Survey (NPOS) show pet ownership, in the United States, is currently at its highest level, with 67 percent of all U.S. households owning a pet which equates to more […]
How To Clean Oriental Rugs: Best Methods, Practices, & Techniques
How To Clean Oriental Rugs: Best Methods, Practices, & Techniques By Eric Bollmann If you are unclear on the definition of an Oriental rug, I’d like to point you to a blog I’ve written on that specific subject. More and more we’re getting requests and questions about what type of chemicals are used in our […]
Do carpet protectors work? An Honest Review of Scotchguard, Teflon and GreenGuard
This question comes up quite often when we ask our clients if they’d like us to apply a carpet protector after our cleaning. However, when the same question is asked after we clean tile, it seems to be assumed that the grout gets sealed after it gets cleaned. There is less hesitation and doubt. The […]
