Why you need to keep your hotel tip top clean

As anyone who runs a busy hotel or B&B will tell you, keeping the place clean is an ongoing chore. Most guests are respectful, and keep rooms tidy and reasonably clean, but there will always be the odd guest who leaves their room in a state or simply has an accident with a cup of coffee or glass of red wine.

Emergency measures can help to get rid of the majority of stains on the spot, even if it’s just a make-do job until the room is vacant for a deep professional clean. Sometimes, when the job is left a little bit too long, as it was in the failing Blackpool hotel The Vidella, it’s down to experts like The Hotel Inspector and Chemdry to get everything spic and span and turn things around.

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So, it’s vital that you keep on top of spot removal and zap the little spills and stains that make your business premises look drab.

Stain removal emergencies

Stains are all par for the course in the hospitality business, so knowing how to remove some of the most common problems before they bed in is a useful skill! Of course, we recommend Chem-Dry professional home care products and also pre-treating with Chem-Dry Protectant, which combined will give you a head start on successful stain removal.

Have you ever been faced with a chocolate trodden into a carpet or on a table cloth? Of course you have. The problem with getting a chocolate stain out is that it’s a combination of greasy and non-greasy substances that makes removal that much harder. Expert advice is to remove the greasy part of the stain first with cool water and detergent, and allow the stain to dry. Once dried off, sponge the greasy part with stain removal products. Chem Dry Grease and Oil Remover also works for butter and oil stains so is ideal if you prepare and serve food in your establishment.

Another tricky stain to fully remove is blood – even just a shaving nick can produce a surprising amount of it, and spots on the bedding or carpet really don’t look good! If the spots are fresh, try hydrogen peroxide on the affected area, and an unusual tip from one house keeper is that using shaving foam will remove blood stains on pillows, rugs and upholstered furniture. Chem Dry Stain Extinguisher is the perfect product we recommend to expertly remove blood stains, though.

 What about red wine stains? There is a multitude of advice around on how to get a Merlot (or any other red wine) spillage out of a carpet. The famous treatment for that particular accident is a dose of white wine, and it does seem to work if applied quickly enough.  Alternatively, try Stain Extinguisher and watch that wine disappear!