Your biggest enemy when it comes to hardwood floors is water.
Hardwood Floors are both appealing and durable. They add that nice rustic and earthy touch to our homes. Although they can withstand a lot of wear and tear in their lifetime, hardwood floors often need care and upkeep to last. With the right products and regular upkeep, keeping your hardwood floors in pristine condition is no big deal.
Your biggest enemy when it comes to hardwood floors is water. Those wooden panels nailed to floor – believe it or not – are chunks of trees, cut to size and dried. When water begins to make it’s way into your hardwood floors, those wooden fibers begin to expand, eventually warping your wooden floor. Once this happens there’s really no going back, and you’re looking at an expensive and time-consuming floor replacement.
Wooden floors are sensitive, so it’s important to be cautious of any kind of moisture – from simple spills, abundant humidity, and water seepage from under the floor. In it’s most rudimentary form, water damage is simply the appearance of stains. There are a couple of home remedies to remove these stains. Using toothpaste or a combination of oil and cigarette ash will buff these white stains away. For a more severe stain, you may have to remove the finish on your floor.
In order to prevent small amounts of damage, be sure to coat your floors in a water-resistant finish before installing them. This will help prevent water from soaking in to the grains. You can also wax with a waterproof seal to shore up your defenses. In order to keep your floors in good shape, its ideal to re-apply water-resistant stain every 12-18 months.
If your wooden floors are suffering from major water damage, many professional cleaning services such as Service Master Solutions offer special drying services that can greatly reduce water damage to floors.
Did you know that there is a way to effectively clean sensitive items such as computers, televisions, stereo systems, and industrial electronics that have been damaged in a fire or flood? Frank Pedeflous, president of Omegasonics, gives a brief look at the restoration process of sensitive items such as electronics.
More information can be found at www.Omegasonics.com or by calling an Omegasonics ultrasonics and contents restoration expert toll free 1-800-669-8227.
Are you looking to start or enhance a contents restoration division, but not quite sure where to begin? Frank Pedeflous, president of Omegasonics, the West Coast’s leading manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaning systems, gives recommendations about what equipment should be purchased to give your company a competitive advantage in the marketplace, what kind of recovery rate could be expected for various items of content, and which pieces of equipment should be purchased first in order to provide the fastest return on investment.
More information can be found at www.Omegasonics.com or by calling us Toll Free at 1-800-669-8227.
You wash your hands with soap and water, so why wouldn’t you wash your industrial parts in the same way? The world is turning “green” and more businesses than ever are choosing safe and eco friendly methods to clean their industrial parts and machinery. One reason ultrasonic technology is superior to other forms of cleaning is its main ingredients: soap and water.
How are you currently handling your industrial parts cleaning and waste water disposal?
Prior cleaning methods used chemicals toxic to the environment, as well as to human skin and organs. These types of chemicals must be disposed of in a particular manner, and usually involve contracting with a third party company who specializes in disposing substances with a petroleum base.
Alternatively, ultrasound typically uses water and water-based cleaning agents which is why it is the most eco-friendly cleaning option in the world. In most instances draining your machine is easy. However, cleaning extremely greasy and dirty parts will require a specialized disposal process. This is because the parts being clean are contaminated, not because of the water-based soaps.
In such a situation, we recommend evaporating the ultrasonic bath, which leaves only greasy sludge behind. The sludge can be collected, and, after several bath changes, you’ll have enough sludge so that it can be transported to a processing plant. This will save you money with disposing your waste.
One of our clients, Mercury Marine, recently purchased a wastewater-recycling machine and began to use it onsite. These smart filters use a flocculation process that first binds the containments, and then passes the bath through a filter trapping all of the particles. The filtered bath is then pumped back into the ultrasonic cleaning tank resulting in even lower cleaning costs. The filtered sludge is dried and easily disposed. Each month they save a great deal of money by simply reusing their water supply.
How are you currently handling your industrial parts cleaning and waste water disposal? Our team at Omegasonics can provide you with more information on how your company can do these burdensome tasks safer, cheaper, and more efficiently. Call 800-669-8227.
Are you in need of setting up or improving your fire and water restoration division? Your company can specialize in the cleanup and restoration of property after a situation involving fire damage, smoke damage, or water damage. In this video, we give a few helpful steps that you and your company can take to maximize success, and make your restoration division shine above the competition.
We, at Omegasonics, understand that there are many factors that contribute to operating a successful contents restoration business. We are committed to providing superior ultrasonic and electronic cleaning equipment, the most thorough training program, and the finest after-sales support in our industry.
For more information about creating a first class fire restoration facility, feel free to give us a call at 800-669-8227 or visit our page at http://www.omegasonics.com/fire.shtml
Ultrasonic cleaning can be applied to a wide range of metals such as aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium to name a few. But what happens when those surfaces are highly sensitive and require specialized care?
Because aluminum is such a soft metal, it is susceptible to the cavitation implosions that ultrasound cleaning produces. The cavitation bubbles can actually scar and slightly etch away the top surface, leaving what looks like star bursts. Couple this with a polished chrome finish, and the scarring looks even more pronounced in comparison.
Forgiato wheels found on Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and other luxury speed cars are often cleaned via ultrasonics because of their sensitivity.
To protect this very delicate finish, a few alterations to the general ultrasonic cleaning process must be implemented:
Reduce the temperature of the ultrasonic bath to no more than 130°F;
Don’t leave the parts in the bath for as long as you normally would when cleaning other metallic items; and;
Adjust your ultrasonic washer to operate at a higher frequency. Washing the item while alternating between a standard frequency (40 kHz) and a higher frequency (68 kHz – 170 kHz) will give you the best of both worlds — thorough, yet gentle, cleaning.
These modifications will help clean your parts without inflicting visible damage.
Case in point… Forgiato wheels found on Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and other luxury speed cars are often cleaned via ultrasonics because of their sensitivity. In order to get the most efficient cleaning possible without damage to the pristine surface; a mix of 40 kHz and 170 kHz is commonly used. This coupled with a tightly controlled bath temperature, and just the right length of time, produces a clean custom rim. Finished with a quick dip in a hot reverse osmosis bath and you are ready on race day!
Adjusters, insurance agents, and restoration companies everywhere are using THE SYSTEM designed by Omegasonics, so why aren’t you?
The most experienced and sought after Contents Division Planner and Trainer has endorsed THE SYSTEM. Barb Jackson, The “Queen of Contents” will tell you that, “Omegasonics is the absolute best and their reputation points at our clients like a spotlight!”
Barb Jackson, who owns Total Contentz, the leading contents restoration training company in North America is teaming up with Omegasonics to offer a special training course called: THE SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM comes with a complete and ongoing training package, classes, manuals, DVDS, tele-consulting and more. Omegasonics is offering to pay your first year fees, absolutely free!
THE SYSTEM also includes live classes with Barb Jackson at our new training facility in Simi Valley California. If you cannot make it a live class, there are also webinars available as well.
Implementing THE SYSTEM can add $100,000 to the bottom line of your business. If you are a restoration company and are currently looking for that competitive edge, you need this program. Call (800) 669-8337 or visit Omegasonics.com to get started now!
In the event of a fire in your home or office, ultrasonic cleaning can save you money and is safe for your valuables.
A fire in your house or place of business can be a very stressful and emotionally challenging time. Not only could there be possible structural damage, but damage to both personal and professional contents inside. You are at risk to loose many valuable items and/or priceless memories. Even the water and chemicals firefighters use to put out these fires can be harmful to certain materials and textures.
The first thing you must do is call your insurance professional or company. Ask them to recommend at least three fire restoration companies. After choosing one that you feel comfortable with, have them start immediately in order to ensure the best chance of saving your valuables.
Smoke residues are very chemically active. They cover and stick to a variety of different surfaces. These smoky chemicals can permanently stain surface finishes, textures and fabrics. Luckily, some restoration companies are equipped with the knowledge and equipment to handle such a sticky situation!
Qualified fire-restoration contents specialists can be found here. Certified contents professionals know how to handle this specialized cleaning because they use high efficiency ultrasonic equipment. Ultrasonic processing saves you money, is safe and efficient removes100% of the hazardous debris caused by smoke and water. It is truly the best way to clean contents from smoke and water related disasters.
Companies using the Omegasonics Restoration Pro® System are helping make life after a detrimental fire easier on you by keeping your memories alive.
In the world of ultrasonic cleaning, the word used most often is “cavitation”. Generally speaking, most people simply know this to be, “the bubbles in an ultrasonic tank that clean the contaminants off a dirty industrial part”.
Well how are cavitation bubbles formed? A transducer produces sound waves that multiply liquid. The liquid is subjected to negative and positive pressure points and form shock waves. One of the results of these shock waves are implosions, which are used to assist ultrasonic cleaning.
There are two simple ways to properly test your Omegasonics machine to make sure it is cavitating properly. These tests are also unique and interesting ways to show clients or friends what ultrasonic cleaning really does!
1) Glass Slide Test
Take the frosted side of a glass slide and wet it with water. Draw an X with a pencil from one corner to another. Now, gently place the glass into a fresh batch of cleaning solution and turn your Omegasonics machine on. If your machine is cavitating properly, the “X” will disappear immediately and everything will be gone in 10 seconds.
2) The Foil Test
In the foil test, the cavitation bubbles creates tiny pebbling patterns and holes in the foil.
Take a sheet sized piece of regular aluminum foil (not heavy duty or freezer duty) and.place the foil in a vertical position into the ultrasonic tank.
Hold it steady for 60 seconds, remove the foil and gently shake off any water droplets. The foil surfaces will have holes shot throughout the sheet and will be evenly covered with a tiny pebbling effect (cavitation bubbles imploding on the foil’s surface). It’s a cool way to show how sound waves can clean so well.
You will notice a foil test with an Omegasonic machine has a nice density of pinholes (cavitation) with a very uniform and even distribution of ultrasonic cleaning power.
Adjusters, insurance agents, and restoration companies everywhere are using THE SYSTEM designed by Omegasonics, so why aren’t you?
