The Cleaning Show

Yesterday was the annual day trip out with Sweeping Beauties Cirencester to The Cleaning Show at Birmingham NEC. The day started perfectly with Kevin from Sweping Beauties blowing the cob webs from his wallet and treating me to a full english breakfast in a cafe in Nailsworth. Stomachs full, we hit the road to The Cleaning Show. After a short trip from Stroud to Birmingham we arrived with anticipation of new cleaning technologies.

When we arrived we took a good walk around to see which companies were at the show.
The first stand that looked interesting was the stone restoration guys. I had a good chat with them about the new cheeta pad system. Looks like a very impressive system and could help speed up the restoration prossess.

Then of course we had to stop for a swift pint!

Also spoke with Chemspec regarding their chemicals. I always hear a lot of good reports on their products and love their pog solvent spotter.

Overall, there seemed to be less bussinesses at the show compared to previous years and much fewer visitors. Hope this is not a sign of the cleaning industry struggling under the current econmical pressures. It's not something that we have noticed here in Gloucestershire and fingers crossed the cleaning business keeps going from strength to strength here.

After a further pint and our bags full of freebies we headed back to Cirencester and Stroud. The wife was impressed by the laundry sheets, I know how to spoil a lady!!

A year ago I was cleaning carpets at a property in Cirencester. The truckmount was roaring away creating curiosity with the neighbours. On returning to the van for more equipment I was approached by a lady enquiring about what I was doing. I explained the process of carpet cleaning using the truckmount and products used. Explaining that this was the most effective way to freshen, sanitise and give your carpets a deep clean. The lady was very impressed by the equipment used and liked the idea of cleaning her carpets rather than ripping them out as she had previously thought this was the only answer to her tired looking carpets. I gave her my business card and assured her that I could give her a free no obligation survey at a convenient time. I thought I might get a phone call within the next couple of days or weeks but no phone call came. I was disappointed that she had not taken me up on the offer of a survey to see if her carpets were worth rescuing.
Approximately a year later, whilst again cleaning carpets in Cirencester, I receive a phone call from this lady. She described our conversation we had had and asked for the free survey a couple of days later. Survey was completed and appointment booked to clean and revitalise her carpets. As you can see from the photo the difference between half the carpet that had been done and the other half that was yet to be cleaned. The lady was extremely impressed with these results as she truly thought the carpets would need replacing. She has saved thousands by having them cleaned rather than ripping them out and starting again. She was a very happy lady, so much so she even gave me a tip! This goes to show how long someone will hold onto your business card.