Michael Pinto walks through tried and true soft contents cleaning processes from start to finish - including the packout, safety, avoiding cross-contamination, innovations in soft contents cleaning, and more.
Strange, how a fire can ignite from the most unlikely source; especially when that source is water related. A condo in an affluent community drew the unlucky straw of being located next to a pump station that ran the lawn sprinkler for six homes.
A much over-looked resource for contents cleaning jobs is sub-work for another contractor. In some cases the other contractor you want to do work for may also do contents cleaning work within their own company. But maybe they are too busy to take a particular job and yet they don’t want to say no to an adjuster with whom they have a good relationship.
As I travel the world, training customers and speaking with restoration companies, I find they are frequently surprised by the fact that many soft goods can be cleaned with ultrasonic technology.
Outsourcing soft contents restoration is a pretty common practice for restoration companies. However, as innovations in cleaning technology grow, some companies like us are making strides to bring that work in-house.
The IICRC UFT (Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technician) course covers upholstery fiber categories, fiber identification and testing, manufacturing of the fiber and fabric, chemistry of cleaning, 6 methods, protections, spotting and potential problems. A student will have a specific knowledge about fabric and fiber content, as well as furniture construction. This enables students to identify limitations and potential cleaning-related problems on a given piece of upholstery.
