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Welcome to the personal web site for Ruth Travis,
the "Rug Lady."
Ruth is the Director of the WoolSafe
Program in North America, and an IICRC-Approved Instructor for Senior Carpet Inspector, Rug Cleaning and Color Repair in
affiliation with Clean Care Seminars. She is also an IICRC-Certified Carpet Inspector specializing in color correction.
WoolSafe Course Now Available On-Line!
The IICRC approved the WoolSafe® Fabric Care
Specialist On-Line Training Course for two IICRC CECs. Previously the course was only offered in a face-to-face format with limited availability
to professional cleaners interested in learning more about wool and high-value wool carpet and rug cleaning. Now students will have the opportunity to choose to attend a course either in person or study on-line.
Originally established in 1991 by the International Wool Secretariat
(the Wool Bureau in North America) - the WoolSafe® Organization
launched an accreditation program for professional carpet cleaners in October of 1998.
The WoolSafe® Certified Operators program was created
in response to demand from the cleaning and carpet manufacturing industries and to raise the level of expertise in cleaning
wool floor coverings.
The WoolSafe®
Certified Operator program now operates in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Germany and Greece. It is launching in North America as the
WoolSafe® Fabric Care Specialist program.
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| November 2009 RCT class cleaned 24 rugs! |
As you can see from the photo below Ruth has collected more than 180 rugs for her students to "experience" in the RCT class.
Click here to link to a short tour of Ruth's "Rug Bazaar"!
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| March 2010 rug class in San Diego |
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With the unique perspective of a small fabric care and rug store business owner, and flooring inspector,
Ruth Travis has over 24 years experience in maintenance, restoration and inspection of carpet, rugs and upholstery.
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Ruth operated a fabric care service for 13 years with her partner, Ginger in Chattanooga,
TN where she performed fabric cleaning, protection, and inspection and color correction services for her clients, interior
designers and carpet mills. After selling her share of the business to her partner in 2001, Ruth shifted her focus to training
and instructing others in the fabric care industry.
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| Ruth enjoying a client's private rug collection! |
Ruth consults with consumers and manufacturers as well as gives seminars and teaches courses through
her business, R L Seminars. For more information and fee schedule, contact her directly at 615-794-0250 or e-mail her at ruglady@mindspring.com.
Private classes are available or if you're interested in hosting a class in your
area contact Ruth directly.
Here's a schedule of Ruth's upcoming classes:
IICRC CRT (Color Repair Technician)
With more than 5 hours devoted to "practical" training, this
is one of the most "hand's-on" of all IICRC cleaning related classes!
Now including specialty spotting and color repair for area rugs! CCT or CMT pre-requisite to take
the IICRC exam.
*October 11-12, 2010 (2 days) in Colorado Springs, CO - Call Cindy @ 800-455-4278 to
register.
Rug Cleaning Technician
(RCT)
This
course will teach area rug identification and appropriate cleaning techniques and methods to professional cleaning,
restoration and inspection service providers as well as others in related industries.
Emphasis will be placed on rug cleaning theory, practical
application, hand's-on techniques, and understanding rug cleaning limitations. Several rug cleaning methods
including submersion, dry compound, surface and shampoo will be demonstrated in the class.
Urine decontamination, fringe cleaning and minor rug repairs
will also be demonstrated by the instructors. And students will have the opportunity to view and inspect more than 150
different rugs. CCT and UFT or CMT and UFT are pre-requisites.
Students are encouraged to bring in rugs to be
cleaned during the class (limited size up to 8' x 10').
*October 6-8, 2010 (3 days) in Colorado Springs, CO - Call Cindy @ 800-455-4278 to register.
*October 20-22, 2010 (3 days) in Lansing, MI - Call Cindy @ 800-455-4278 to register.
*November 18-20, 2010 (3 days) in Dothan,
AL - Call Cindy @ 800-455-4278 to register.
The RCT course is co-taught by Ruth Travis and Jeff Bishop; *Prerequisites: CCT and UFT or CMT and UFT to take IICRC exam.
IICRC-Approved Senior Carpet Inspector
*November 8-13, 2010 (6 days) in Dalton, GA
- Call Cindy @ 800-455-4278 to register.
The ASCI course is designed not only for those wishing to perform carpet inspections, but
also for serious carpet cleaning company owners or managers who want to better understand all aspects of carpet
performance and to deflect liability from their companies.
This
course will be held exclusively in Dalton, Georgia,
the carpet capital of the world. That’s the only place that future inspectors can tour extrusion and spinning
mills, tufting mills, dyeing and finishing mills and testing laboratories, all as part of the course tuition.
The
ASCI course covers both residential and light commercial inspections, with multiple case studies of actual claims covered
on a step-by-step basis.
- For other IICRC Certification Courses including CCT, UFT, WRT, FST, RRT and OCT Call
CleanCare Seminars @ 800-455-4278 for schedule of classes taught by Jeff Bishop.
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| Students cleaning a urine contaminated rug in the "pit." |
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| Ruth performing color correction on $10,000 Oriental rug |
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| Jeff Bishop demonstrates dry compound cleaning |
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| Ruth demonstrates minor rug repair in RCT class |
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| Ruth flushing a soiled rug in the rug "spa" |
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| Ruth has collected more than 150 rugs to view in the class |
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ruglady@mindspring.com
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