Annual Before & After Picture Contest

CleanFreak and Mikey's Board have teamed up again for the 2012 Annual Before & After Picture Contest. Show us your cleaning success stories to receive a CleanFreak T-shirt and your chance to win more! Your pictures can be of carpet cleaning jobs, floor stripping jobs, bathroom cleaning, or even mold remediation.

What You Can Win:

• 1st Place: $150 Gift Card
• 2nd Place: $100 Gift Card
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card

The Entries:

• Take a look at this year's contest entries

Rules and Details

• Submit your entry before Friday, July 20th.
• Winner announced July 24th and Featured on CleanFreak.com!

With such a great contest going on I thought I would help you out by giving some tips and solutions to removing common carpet stains. First I've put together a list of many types of stains and how best to remove them. Then there is my 9 fundamental Stain Removal Directions:

• Immediate Action
• Identification of the Spot (if Immediate Action is not possible)
• Vacuum
• Removal
• Test
• Break Stain Down
• Blot
• Extract
• Dry

Good luck with all your cleaning adventures!