And what about her Classes? Go back to the HOME page to find the schedule
for the next few months.
Work "smart" not "hard" in your business.
In addition to the principals and techniques of rug cleaning, odor control, carpet inspection or color repair, in Ruth's
all PowerPoint classes you'll learn:
IICRC - Approved Color Repair (Correction):
Color
is the number one reason consumers choose carpet. When an unknown "menace" causes a stain or discoloration that
ruins that "perfect carpet" the consumer ultimately turns to the cleaning professional for help. Whether a discoloration
from acne medication, household bleach, insecticide or urine removes color, or a stain from coffee, plant food, mustard, furniture
or soft drink adds color to the carpet, trained technicians can become "heroes" after completing this in-depth two-day
course.
The Carpet Color Correction Course covers the history of dye, color theory,
the carpet dyeing process, carpet fibers and construction, and spotting procedures, as well as on-location carpet dyeing.
Color restoration for sun fading, color enhancement for faded traffic areas, side-match
correction and "wear" related conditions such as shading, pooling and watermarking also are addressed.
IICRC-Approved Rug Cleaning:
Don't Let Industry Changes Pass You By!
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and
Restoration Certification recently approved a new certification category to be named Rug Cleaning Technician (RCT).
The first IICRC-approved RCT course was in August and finished with great enthusiasm and knowledge gained.
It's particularly beneficial to have the new RCT category in place because, with consumers turning to more hard
surface flooring alternatives for living areas, area rugs have climbed to 25% total production market share. And that
figure doesn't include the import of Oriental and specialty rugs. Dont know about you, but by far Id rather
clean a rug in my facility for $3.00-5.00 per sf2, than drive to a home or business and clean wall-to-wall carpet for 30"
per sf. Thats $324 for a single 9x12 rug!
RCT covers natural (wool, silk, cotton, linen, coir, sisal) and
synthetic (rayon, nylon, polyester, acrylic, olefin) fibers, weaving, hand-knotting and tufting; dyeing; rug types and identification;
cleaning techniques ranging from minimum-moisture to total-immersion; fringe cleaning, blocking and minor repairs. This
is the industry's most extensive hands-on rug cleaning course, with live demonstrations of hooked, Flokati,
Dhurrie, Kelim, oriental and designer rugs, and also demonstrations of actual cat urine removal and several methods of
fringe cleaning.
You'll learn to identify all major types of oriental and
specialty rugs, with actual examples of over 150 rugs on display.
Prerequisites
for taking the RCT certification are the Carpet Cleaning Technician (CCT) and Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technician (UFT)
Certifications. This is one course that you cant afford to miss. The IICRC RCT-141 exam is offered at the
end of the course.
All PowerPoint presentations with videos, including the history of rugs and numerous videos
of rug making construction and hand-knotting techniques.
WoolSafe-Approved Fabric Care Specialist:
The purpose of the WoolSafe®
Fabric Care Specialist Training Course (http://rugladyseminars.com/woolsafena)
is to provide professional
cleaners with a convenient means for advancing their knowledge of wool-rich carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning.
The course is intended to supplement training received in the IICRC-approved Carpet Cleaning Technician (CCT) and Upholstery
Cleaning Technician (UFT) certification courses. The 35 Module course is approved for 2-IICRC CECs in the
cleaning, restoration or inspection categories. This course is divided
into a number of sections or modules and includes subjects such as:
- History
of Wool
- Characteristics of Wool
- Wool Cleanability
- Wool
Fiber Structure
- Limitations of Wool
- Chemical Damage
- Abrasive Damage
- Specialty
Spotting
- Wool Cleaning Related Challenges and
- WoolSafe Approved Cleaning Products
- WoolSafe
Program
