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This is JP from Procyon with the last Soap free podcast of 2020, thank you very much for that. So the New Year is upon us. 2021 can't come fast enough. I find myself full of gratitude for the health of my family and for all the dedicated users of Soap Free Procyon that have allowed us to survive this very difficult year in good business standing. Looking ahead, my resolutions include be more patient increasing in generosity of spirit, and continuing our founder Ivan Day's mission to improve health and the environment by increasing the usage and the awareness of our Soap Free Procyon detergent-free products.

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And ask you at this time to please consider joining us in this resolution in a simple but profound way. And that's adopting Soap Free Procyon as your main cleaning solutions. They're simpler, they're healthier, they're cost-effective. I know upfront our bottles can cost more than some of the products you buy. It doesn't cost more to be a premium provider of cleaning services for your precious customers, and when you consider the cost of one of our bottles of beautiful, soap-free product that has no residue and does not cause soiling and is healthier for everybody. Remember, often you're buying one bottle instead of two or three or four bottles, a neutralizer, a rinsing agent, a defoamer. All those things go away when you use our simple solutions. And on top of that, you and your customers are not breathing any VOCs, any sort of volatile organic chemicals, any sort of harmful odors, fragrances or chemicals that you can't perceive.

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Super-important. It's super easy and your clients might be more interested in that than you're aware. So please give it a shot. It means something to offer a premium product. You can charge a little more and your clients will be happy to pay for something that you know and they know is better for them. Want to offer you one of my favorite quotes: "whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."

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I think that's a great thought as we're coming into a new year, which I'm sure is going to be brighter for all of us. So from all of us at Soap Free Procyon, we wish you a happy, successful and most of all, a healthy New Year. Thank you. God bless you. And I'll see you next year.

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Hey, thanks for joining me today, it's JP from Procyon with another soap free podcast. Well, we all survived Thanksgiving. I hope you had a healthy and enjoyable one during this very strange pandemic year. And now we're heading toward Christmas and it's it's giving season. So my mind is very much on the joys of giving. I'd like to share with you today some great quotes about exactly that and then tell you a quick story. But I know I get the most out of this season each year.

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Instead of just focusing on things I might like, it's become much more important to me to think about what I can give. So here's just a few great quotes I just love. No one has ever become poorer from by giving from Anne Frank. And we all know what she gave. Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. That's Jackson Browne, Jr.. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a great deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give Eleanor Roosevelt.

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We must give more in order to get more. It's the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest for us and Martin. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill, No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens, a seasonal Ford, is in giving that we receive St Francis of Assisi. It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

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The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away. So the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. And those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Booker T. Washington. So in that vein, a wonderful opportunity came my way this week through the misfortune of a friend, Brian, who is my dear friend and father of a one of my son's classmates in high school.

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And I started a carpet cleaning company well over a decade ago. Brian still runs the company full time and does an amazing and reputable job in our region. So Brian's also an avid mountain trail runner. I've been holding my breath for most of that decade, hoping he didn't get injured in this past weekend. Lo and behold, he took a fall and ended up breaking his left wrist. So when we had coffee on Monday morning to discuss the season and just catch up, I offered that if you found he needed help, I could change my schedule around and help them with jobs this week.

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And he, in fact, called upon me yesterday. So I have the privilege and the opportunity to do the noble work of some commercial carpet cleaning on Friday, hoping to have a little video from that to share with you online, because we will be using encapsulation cleaning methods, using Rotary for machine. But more importantly, it's just such a great thing for me to have the opportunity to help a dear friend. And that is just right in my wheelhouse and exactly how I want my holiday season to unfold.

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So I just wanted to share that with you. Put the thought of giving in your mind. It's often said that, you know, a shared misery is half a misery. So let's be out there. All of us. I encourage you finding opportunities to help those we know and those we don't know during these very difficult times and to make the most of this holiday season. I'm going to leave you with one more quote from William Penn. He said, I expect to pass through life, but once if there be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

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With that, I wish all of you a wonderful, bright and giving holiday season. Stay safe and visit us at SoapFreeProcyon.com. We're here for you, your health and the environment.

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This is JP from Procyon, and today I've got a quick hit for our professional cleaners out there, but I think it'll also be of great interest to our consumer household users as well. Some of you may have heard of or actually may use encapsulation cleaning. Now, it's also referred to as encap or encapping. That's ENCAP. And although it's misunderstood, the cleaning system has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. It's actually been around since the late nineteen nineties or early 2000s.

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The method often uses similar equipment as the shampooing method. You know, I hate that terminology shampooing because it makes us think of soaps and suds and that is not Procyon. But for that reason, many have confused and dismissed this method of encapping. But it's a very new, revolutionary type of chemistry that makes it very effective. And I think you're going to find interesting. And for our professionals, you may add this to your tool kit and make your business even more profitable, less equipment, shorter time, highly effective.

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So more profit for you. So the encapsulation cleaning system applies a cleaning solution often, unfortunately, containing crystalizing acrylic polymers. Now, the last thing we need is more plastic in the environment. Right. So I hate that acrylic polymer, but we approach on offer you a solution. Our Extreme Pre-Spray is certified as being effective for encapsulation cleaning, so you should use it. At least try it out, because I think we're going to prove to you it should be your encap method.

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And if you're not already encap cleaning, this is a simple way. Again, to add a new service for your clients that can be very cost effective for both of you. So what happens is the encapsulation formula contains surfactants and for Procyon and it oversimplifies it. But just think of it as sodium, salt, much like seawater. So there's a few other ingredients in the aid in breaking down the bond between grease and grime and carpet fibers, so encapsulation machines are typically rotary agitation machines.

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Some of the famous names are, Cimex. Well, that is the biggest name right now, but they're basically rotary brushes. In the simplest form. What you use is a rotary floor machine. That's what you see, people moving around, polishing floors, hard surfaces and carpets. So as a professional, what you're going to do is take a mop bucket and a loopi cotton bonnet, mix our Extreme Procyon Pre -Spray in the suggested amounts into that mop bucket.

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You're going to put your bonnet right in there and then wring it out, put it on the floor, put your floor machine on it and start cleaning the carpet. Now it's going to polish and clean and break down the greasy, grimy dirt. There's no rinsing involved because we do not leave any residue. The bonnet is going to get filthy. So you have a big job. You're going to want to take a dozen or 20 bonnets with you, but flip it over when one side gets dirty and it's going to get black with dirt.

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But here's the amazing thing. There's no rinsing required. What's going to happen is that the salts and cleaning factors in our Extreme or other encap products, I really want you to try the Extreme. It will crystallize around that dirt, whatever is remaining in the carpet. So the carpet is going to appear really clean. There's still going to be some crystallised dirt in there, but that crystallized dirt is going to be dry and it's going to vacuum right out.

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And then what's going to happen is the carpet is going to stay cleaner longer because it's not soapy, sticky. There's no residue, so new dirt does not adhere. So to recap here on the encap, you're going to use this method of rotary cleaning, hopefully using Procyon's Soap Free Extreme Pre-Spray, low moisture cleaning methods. So it's not going to leave the carpet wet. It should be dry within an hour. So this is another great reason to use encap.

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And then whatever dirt's left there is going to be vacuumed out by your customers, regular carpet cleaning with their vacuum. And so this is a method that you can offer people between your restoration cleanings. The restoration refers to where we pre spray, agitate and then extract with rinse, rinse with clean water. But here, no rinse. So you can go in and do a quick clean on a restaurant or other places where there is extreme greasy dirt and you're going to leave it looking clean, beautiful, and you're going to stretch out those restoration cleanings that are very expensive, very time consuming for you, just so much labor.

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And it's going to make your customers so happy that you can offer this very healthy, very effective low moisture, encap cleaning method. OK, so that's it from JP at Procyon for this week. Until the next time, stay healthy, stay soap free and visit us at SoapFreeProcyon.com. That's p r o c y o n. So long.

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This is JP from Procyon with another soap free podcast, thanks for joining me this last week of October 2020. It's a whole lot going on. And today I want to talk to you about the health of your lungs. Let's all just take a nice deep breath in and out. No, I'm not meditating, although not a bad idea considering the pandemic. We're all a little nervous about the elections, et cetera. But it's fall. And there's not just spring cleaning, there's fall cleaning.

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And I would like to suggest to you that you do it in a way that is healthy for your lungs because lung health is paramount right now during this pandemic. The product I want to talk to you about is our tile and grout cleaner, you know, if you're like me, I try to do a good job keeping up with my shower and tile floor cleaning, but I can slip a little bit and once in a while, it's time for that thorough cleaning.

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Now, many of you may reach for trusted solutions such as CLR. Or, for example, Clorox products now perhaps you have used these in the past, you know, from your experience, if you spray these on, you better have a gas mask on or hold your breath, because these are caustic substances that will burn your lungs and your eyes. I mean, even if it feels like it's not permanent, it can't be good for you. You know that from the first time you smell it and breathe it, it'll make you cough, it'll make you wheeze, it'll make your eyes burn in water.

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Not good for you. Now the contrast our Soap Free Procyon tile and grout cleaner. I'm shaking the bottle right now. There's no suds. There's no VOC's. It's incredibly effective. And you can breathe it all day long because there's nothing there to harm you. So what I want to tell you about is right on the bottle. It'll explain that for medium soil, it's four ounces to one gallon heavy soil, six ounces to one gallon extreme soil, eight ounces to one gallon.

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And once you have a clean, you can just make it daily maintenance spray of two ounces to one gallon to keep in a separate spray bottle, if you like. But all you do is spray it on, use your tile brush to give it a good scrub and rinse it off. If it's really heavy soil and you've used the right solution, give it a few minutes to dwell, three to five minutes to be more than enough. Think you're going to love the result.

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And what you're really going to love is that you're keeping your lungs healthy. Good for you, good for your family, good for the environment. Give us a try. You can find us at www.SoapFreeProcyon.com. That's Procyon p r o c y o n. Thanks for listening and have a healthy and happy day.

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Good day and thanks for joining us at our Soap Free Procyon podcast. This is JP from Procyon. And today I would like to speak directly to our very valued professional cleaners throughout the country and the world. We are here to support your green and environmentally friendly cleaning business with our top rated soap and detergent free Procyon products. But here's a way that you can support yourself and make your customers really, really happy. When you have finished your wonderful job cleaning your client's home.

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Not only will they be super happy with your always wonderful result, but you can make sure that they stay happy. And here's how. Long ago, when I was starting my carpet cleaning business, Ivan Day, the founder of the company, told me that the last thing to do to complete your job is go to the sink, the kitchen sink with your client and look underneath with them and have them pull out every single bottle of rug spotter and rug cleaner it might be in their laundry room.

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But for the sake of discussion, let's just say it's under the sink. Have them pull it out. And with them, shake the bottle, let them hear that after two or three shakes, it's full of suds and explain to them that you don't want any more of this product going to their carpet because it may seem like it's helping them, but it's only hurting them because although it may appear to remove the spot, it's likely to reappear. And certainly that area, their carpet is going to be soiled much more quickly because it's going to have all of the dirt attracted to it and sticking to it because of the soap.

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Instead, you can be prepared as a thank you gift to trade your client for all those nasty bottles in exchange for you giving them a custom spot remover bottle that contains your logo. Not only is this a wonderful thank you gift, but every time they go to use it and by the way, you've cleared out a lot of clutter from their sink and cabinets. They're going to grab this bottle. They're going to use it. It's going to work.

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And they're going to be so grateful and amazed by the result. It's going to make your job easier next time because you're not going to be faced with whatever potential time bombs they've placed in the carpet with chemicals and soap and oxy and all sorts of other products. The other piece is. Every time they grab that bottle and they're full of gratitude, it's going to keep your business top of mind and top of mind. Marketing is the most effective ongoing marketing you can do.

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It's one price for you. It's giving your client a wonderful thank you and reason to be grateful for you every time they have to clean their carpet. Spotting between your cleaning's keeps your business top of mind, and they will never be without your phone number and contact information. So it's win, win, win, and it will in fact make your job easier and keep your clients that much more satisfied. If that sounds good to you and you would like to try this amazing business booster, check out SoapFreeProcyon.com.

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That's soapfreePROCYON.Com and look under the menu for custom spotters, we can get you set up with this very cost effective, wonderful marketing for your clients. Hey, thanks, as always for suffering my mistakes with the smile on your face. We are a real company coming to you with real heart, always here trying to make your business and your life better and healthier. So have a green, wonderful week and thank you for using Soap Free Procyon.

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We appreciate it.

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Happy fall, everyone, this is JP from Procyon. I want to thank you for joining me on this new Soap Free podcast. Today, I'd like to share with you some information that will be of interest both to our people that want to keep their homes as healthy as possible. And our dedicated professional carpet cleaners throughout the country. Want to help everyone understand why the natural, non-toxic cleaning offered by Soap Free Procyon is so important to your health and how we protect you compared to the soapy detergents sold by our competitors and used by many famous national carpet cleaning companies.

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If you listen to our podcast in the past, you're accustomed to hearing me talk about our company's passion for promoting human health and the well-being of our earthly environment. For these reasons, we're dedicated to using ingredients that are safe in your home and do not pose any threat to your health and ingredients in our Soap Free Procyon products full line are commonly used for water purification, food preservation and can even be found in your toothpaste. You can be confident about using our products to clean carpets, upholstery, tile and other hard surfaces in your home without any damaging effects to your health.

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And nothing is better for your cleaning because Procyon leaves no residue when used as instructed. In contrast, let me share with you a few of the ingredients commonly found in the bottles of detergent that are sold by famous names such as Rug Dr., Bissell, Hoover and the other detergents used by national cleaning chains like rugs. Doctor, you're just a couple emulsion silicones. These are used in rubber plastics, food trays, plastic serving dishes, even car polishes.

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How about this one guy, propylene glycol, it's used to produce polyester propylene glycol, and used in antifreeze while. Encourage our home users and professionals to take a look at the ingredient information that's available to make sure you're making the best choices for your you, your families and your precious customers. Remember, we walk, sit, play and relax on our carpets and upholstered furniture. So it's critically important that these surfaces be clean and healthy. Our skin is the largest organ of our amazing human bodies and it is super absorptive whenever it comes into contact with our skin courses through our bloodstream and is carried throughout our system.

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In the past, I've shared with you that if you rub the bottom of your feet with some garlic, you will taste it in your mouth in less than twenty four hours. So let's all take great care of making sure that we do not introduce any dangerous chemicals into our homes that will negatively impact our health. Please consider trying Soap Free Procyon products for all of your household cleaning needs. Safe for you and no residue means your carpets and surfaces stay cleaner longer.

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You can find more information and purchase our products at https://soapfreeprocyon.com/. That's p r o c y o n. Safe for you, healthy for our beautiful planet. This is JP from Procyon, wishing you a healthy and happy day. And thanks for listening.

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About cleaning your wool carpets. Extreme Pre-Spray.

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Hey, it's J.P. from Procyon, and thanks for joining me in this week's podcast. Today, I want to talk a little bit about cleaning your wool carpets. Wool is a special subset being a natural fibre. And we are proud at Procyon to have our Extreme Pre-Spray certified by the Wool Safe Organization out of the U.K. Woolsafe.org if you want to look it up. And there's some good information for you and our products do carry. That is the Extreme carries the Wool Safe approved label.

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Before we get into that, a couple of terms I'd like to refresh on. One is surfactant. Remember, a surfactant decreases the surface tension of liquids or the tension between a liquid and a solid. So here dirt is that solid that we're trying to detach from a fiber. So we have the water softeners that help and sodium as our surfactant that helps decrease that surface tension and helps you rinse away soils from your carpet fibers. Second term, I'd like to remind you of is emulsifying or emulsion and emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally what's called immiscible, in other words, unmixable or unblendable.

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And the emulsion works owing to a liquid to liquid phase separation. It's getting a little more technical than need be. But let's just say that what we're doing is we're taking a solid and creating an emulsion, turning into a liquid, allowing it to be rinsed away. So now onto your wool carpets as a first step. If you have a spill or spot, don't panic, but act as quickly as possible to remove as much of the fresh soil in the fresh spot.

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You can decide whether to tackle the removal yourself in case of an extensive or old set in stain. We really do suggest you contact a professional cleaner, so you should always take up as much of the soil or stain as possible before applying any wool safe approved product. I prefer to use our Extreme Pre-Spray, but you do that by blotting it up with a bleach free white cloth. So just start with that. Then you can use a little bit of water if you want the blot it up.

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And then when you're using our Extreme Pre-Spray spot, create the mix and then apply it to the rag you're using or the bleach free terry cloth washcloth, for example, and then blot. Now I want you to do is I want you to blot from the edge instead of the center, because that way, if you blot from the edge to the middle, you're going to avoid spreading that stain further outward. So use small quantities of the extreme or your spot remover at a time and repeat as necessary blotting.

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Don't over wet the carpet. And finally, do rinse it with fresh water on your cloth. And remember, when you're ready to pre-spray and clean your entire wool carpet, use our Extreme Pre-Spray. Sprayed it on, agitate lightly, let the surfactant action work for five to ten minutes and then rinse with clean water. This is how you will safely take care of your carpets, leaving them in that pH neutral state that is most desirable for the long term preservation and enjoyment of your beautiful wool, carpets and rugs. That's it this week from JP at Procyon.

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Thanks for listening and have a healthy and clean week.

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Hey, it's JP from Procyon, and I thank you again for joining me on our soap free podcast this week. I want to talk to you briefly about air filtration in your home. How does that relate to your carpets, you might ask, of all of us are more concerned than ever about keeping our home environment as healthy as possible, especially as we work to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. I bet that you change the filters on your furnace and air conditioning unit on a regular basis probably say twice a year.

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It only makes sense. A dirty filter will allow more pollutants in your home and your unit won't work as well. Did you know that your carpet is a filter as well? It is, and it must be cleaned just like the one for your furnace. In fact, your carpet is the biggest air filter in your entire home. It filters out airborne pollutants such as fungus, asphalt pollens, dust mites and dirt. If you have a light-colored carpet, you may have noticed thin black lines around the baseboards of your rooms.

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These so-called filtration soiling lines are visible evidence of the thermodynamic air circulation patterns in your home and the irrefutable fact that your perfect traps those pollutants and soil and prevents them from continuing to circulate in the air in your home. When you vacuum your carpet, some of these soils are removed, but not all. The typical home vacuum is simply not built to remove all the pollutants that find their way into your carpet or their air filter. It takes regular carpet cleaning to get the remaining pollutants out of your carpet.

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Just like an air filter. Your carpet can only hold so much dirt and pollens and dust mites, but comes a time when it's completely saturated. When this happens, it leads to an unhealthy indoor air environment. All of these allergens find their way back into the air in your home once there's saturation. So you want to have your carpets regularly cleaned and you want to insist that they're cleaned by a professional who uses an environmentally friendly, healthy, safe, non-toxic product.

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And, you know right where to find that at SoapFreeProcyon.com in all of our Soap Free Procyon products. So this is JP from Procyon, wishing you a healthy green week. Thanks again for your time. Be safe out there.

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Greetings, this is JP at Procyon and happy to be here with you on this week's podcast instead of being technical this week. I want to share with you a little personal story from my carpet cleaning training that has stuck with me and really has to do with the human element of the cleaning business. And as you know, and I've spoken about frequently, I'm always so impressed by the heart and spirit of the people that work in the cleaning industry. And those people that concern themselves with green cleaning are, of course, especially near and dear to my heart and all of our hearts at Soap Free Procyon.

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So what I'd like to share with you is when I went to my first carpet cleaning certification class called out by the instructor, he noted that I had thick skin so he could pick on me a bit. And he saw I was pretty concerned about knowing everything and trying to get 100 percent on every test segment as we went through the three courses. So he said a funny thing to everybody. He said, here's JP studying hard, getting close to perfect results.

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He said, there's a lot of you out there that are getting 70 or 75 percent on your tests. And you're going to be much more successful in business because you can know everything. Technically, what you do have the most up to date information, be an amazing technician, but unless you're wonderful with people, you can still fail miserably in the business. So toward that end, and I guess I hope he was teasing because I think I'm a pretty nice guy, but it did get me to double down on the idea that I really needed to study human relationships and customer service and make sure that I was interacting in a very beneficial manner with my customers.

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So they understood that I really cared about them. Toward that end, I read a book that I suggest to all of you by it's a classic by a famous author and teacher of customer service and sales strategies, Dale Carnegie. And it's from his book How to Win Friends and Influence People. So this is just one excerpt. I highly recommend you grab this book. No matter how long you've been in the business, no matter how many wonderful relationships you think you'll find this helpful.

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This is from a chapter entitled Do This and You'll Be Welcome Anywhere. So it says, Why read this book? To find out how to win friends. Why not study the technique of the greatest winner of friends the world has ever known? Who is he? You may meet him tomorrow morning down the street and you get within ten feet of him. He will begin to wag his tail. If you stop and pat him, you will almost jump out of the skin to show you how much he loves you.

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And you know that behind this show of affection on his part, there is no ulterior motives. He doesn't want to sell you any real estate. You ever think that a dog is the only animal that doesn't have to work for a living? A hen has to lay eggs, a cow has to give milk and a canary has to sing. The dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love. When I was five years old, my father bought a little yellow haired pup for fifty cents.

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He was the light and joy of my childhood. Every afternoon, about four thirty, he would sit in the front yard with his beautiful eyes, staring steadfastly at the path. And as soon as he heard my voice or saw me swinging my dinner pail through the brush, he was off like a shot, pacing breathlessly up the hill to greet me with leaps of joy and barks of sheer ecstasy. Tippy was my constant companion for five years. Then one tragic night, I shall never forget it.

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He was killed within ten feet of my head, killed by lightning. Tippy's death was the tragedy of my boyhood. You never read a book on psychology Tippy. You didn't need to. You knew by some divine instinct that you can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Let me repeat that you make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

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Yet I know. And you know, people who blunder through life trying to wig wag other people into becoming interested in them. Of course it doesn't work. People are not interested in you. They're not interested in me. They're interested in themselves. Morning, noon and after dinner. The New York telephone company did a detailed study of telephone conversations to find out which word is the most frequently used, you've guessed it. It's the personal pronoun. I, I, I it was used thirty nine hundred times in five hundred telephone conversations.

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I felt I could go on. The whole book is wonderful, but please take away from at this point. As you work hard to bring the best service to your customers, including using Soap Free Procyon for the healthiest cleaning, that you found the best air quality for your customers. People want to know that you are interested in them, so the way I put this to use is be like Tippy, be like a dog. Tell people that you are interested in them and show them through your actions and your service how much you care, it's about them, not about you.

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No, this hasn't been a technical discussion or sharing today, but I think that when you combine it with your already sincere, hard work as technicians and carpet cleaning, you can find that this greatly enhances your repeat business, the satisfaction of your customers and your success and happiness. That's it for this week, this is JP from Procyon, wishing you a healthy, soap free, wonderful week. Take care.

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Hello, all you soap free cleaners out there, it's JP from Procyon. Thanks for tuning into this week's podcast. We're going to talk a little bit about up front about how often you should have your carpet cleaned. And I'd like to talk specifically about pH, potential of hydrogen and the importance of cleaning. So to keep your carpet looking and performing at its best, the Carpet and Rug Institute recommends having your carpet professionally deep cleaned every 12 to 18 months. Bear in mind that this recommended frequency is a general guideline only and can vary based on particular circumstances, depending on how much dirt each of your home, seasons, etc.

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The 12 to 18 months. And we appreciate that information from the Carpet Institute. And Soap Free Procyon is a proud member of the Institute. So let's talk about pH levels and cleaning. When chemicals are dissolved in water, the mixtures pH level can become either acidic or basic. So, vinegar and lemon juice are acidic substances, while laundry detergent and ammonia are super basic. Ammonia, super basic or alkaline. pH level of 7.0, which is pure water is neutral.

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So on the pH scale of seven is neutral. Acid and bases are two extremes that describe the property of a chemical such as how hot and cold are used to describe two extremes of temperature. So P.H., which stands for potential of hydrogen, is the measurement of acidity or alkalinity of a substance when dissolved in water, just as degree is used to measure precise temperature, pH gives us precise measurement of acidity or alkalinity. So mixing acids and bases can cancel out their extreme effects, much like mixing hot and cold water can even out of water temperature, extremely acidic or basic materials reactive and can cause severe burns.

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Examples include automobile battery acid. So unlike the temperature scale, the pH scale is logarithmic. In other words, each number is ten times more powerful or less powerful than the next or preceding number. The pH of eight is ten times more alkaline, than the pH of seven and a pH of nine is one hundred times more than a page of seven, etc.. So what is the pH of carpet cleaning? When cleaning acidic soils, which are the most common type of soil, it's recommended to use an alkaline detergent and to eliminate alkaline type soils.

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A cleaning solution on the acidic side of the scale, typically with the pH of two to five, is what you would use. But that's not the business of Soap Free Procyon. We are on the slightly alkaline side because most common soils are acidic, so you can use an alkaline cleaner to get it out. According to the International Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification, the IICRC for general cleaning of carpet that is moderately soiled and made from synthetic fibers, which is most of our carpets and rugs in our house, such as those in a residential setting.

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An alkaline cleaner with a pH around or under 10 might work best and usually best. However, carpet cleaning techniques, technicians working in a busy restaurant, for instance, where a carpet may be heavily soiled, may require a product with a higher alcohol concentration of up to 12. But these technicians always ensure that using chemicals this level don't void your carpet warranty. Good carpet cleaning technician is going to make sure they're not using too strong chemicals. So when cleaning carpet or fabrics made from natural sources such as wool and cotton, the neutral or slightly alkaline chemical solution is often the best choice.

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This choice helps protect the fibers and the coloring. So now you have some basic knowledge about pH levels and their importance in carpet cleaning. You can better understand my professional carpet cleaners devoted to their customers health and safety. So-called green cleaners are so devoted to our Soap Free Procyon products. The Procyon cleaning products are in the alkaline range of seven. Specific example is our famed Soap Free Procyon Extreme Pre-Spray with the concentrated pH of 11.0, a working diluted pH of 10.5 and here's the amazing thing it drives to a practically neutral 6.5 pH.

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So it's perfect for all of your carpet and upholstery cleaning requirements, even wool and silk. So I hope you found this information helpful. This is JP from Procyon, wishing you a healthy, clean and happy week. Take care and talk to you soon.

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