[Daren Morrish]

During my quest to be the best carpet cleaning guru in the land, i am considering getting my paws on some of these books.

http://www.cresta-books.co.uk/

Has anyone on this forum got any of the books, and are they any use, ie full of USEFULL information??

[Neil Williams]

To the best of my knowledge there's not a single book that get's anywhere near covering anything near everything you need to know.
The introduction to carpet cleaning (on the link) seems like it might be a reasonable start to understanding materials and various products to clean them with, but the best learning would be to do an actual course and then be prepared to be on a steep learning curve through practical experience.
Then after 3 or even 5 years you will still question yourself what to do in some situations.

[Ian Gourlay]

I first read Dr Browns Fundermentals of Carpet Cleaning about 20 years ago.

I believe he is involved with Woolsafe .

I do not know if the book gas been revised but at £10 you could do a lot worse.

[CATMAN]

Chemspec used to do quite an in depth one.

[Craigp]

What your name holdfast, where are you?

Robert Saunders of Alltec would be the man you want to speak too.

[benny d]

Robert Saunders of Alltec would be the man you want to speak too.

Once you have asked your question, you wont get a word in for hours!

[Matt Lindus]

Monday he base jumped a 200ft building.
Tuesday he wrestled lions.
Wednesday he parachuted from a plane at 40000 ft.
Thursday he drove a F1 car at 230mph on the Nurburgring.
Friday he read CLEANING PROFICIENCY MANUAL. 6th edition. John K.P.Edwards,TD, MA, MCMI, FBICSc.

 

[Craigp]

Matt,

If someone base jumped from 200ft they wouldn't have a Tuesday, Wednesday, or any other day!


(it's way to low)

[Billy Russell]

Robert Saunders of Alltec would be the man you want to speak too.

Once you have asked your question, you wont get a word in for hours!

I did! i was on the phone for an hour with him!!! thought he was a nice chap!! 

[Fintan_Coll]

Very difficult to find books on carpet cleaning anywhere. Many years ago I bought a book by Lloyd Owens which I found to be a great help to me at the time. That was long before these forums came into existance. I think the book is still available from some machine suppliers. It will be slightly out of date at this point but still contains a wealth of useful information and advice.

[Ian Gourlay]

Its available at Extracta .

Fintan like you I wonder if they revised it as they never revise their Web Site but have to agree very good book and a lot still applies today

If you look up Jeff  Cross on Amazon there is a Kindle Book for about £7.00 112 pages fully illustrated on all you need to know to pass the Clean Trust  Carpet Cleaning Tec exam
Also has sample questions
Jeff Cross is Editor of Cleanfax and a USA Clean Trust Trainer

[ian harper]

respects

[JandS]

Everything you need is online.

John

[Barbara Green]

That's true, online you can find lots of useful information and also reviews from customers and their experience. Otherwise you can get a book from the library, but it might be out of date.

[garry22]

That's true, online you can find lots of useful information and also reviews from customers and their experience. Otherwise you can get a book from the library, but it might be out of date.

Aromatherapy and spam too

[Daren Morrish]

Thanks for the replys folks, some usefull sugestions to follow up.

I do enjoy getting my nose in a good book, especially a good thick hardback Carpet Cleaning book, phhooor!! : :

[Dave_Lee]

Ive a few books for sale, see under Second hand Equip for sale.
Dave.