Steve Toburen - Are you a lone wolf? Or should you be?"
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Welcome to Cleaning & Restoration magazine - Australia's authoritative publication for all carpet and hard surface cleaning technicians and water damage and fire restorers. Distributed across Australia and New Zealand, C&R magazine is distributed to carpet and hard surface cleaners, water damage and fire restorers in Australia and NZ and all public and private hospitals in Australia. C&R magazine is the official publication for CLEANEXPO, Australia's only annual exhibition to focus exclusively on carpet and hard surface cleaning and water damage and fire restoration.


Issue 4, February 2008

{ STOP PRESS: We have added new seminars at CLEANEXPO. If you have already registered and booked your seminars, please go to the CLEANEXPO web site and check out the new ones. If you would like to attend, please email us your additions.}

Welcome to the first issue of Cleaning & Restoration for 2008! This issue features an indepth look at vacuum cleaners, the different types available, the history of vacuum cleaners and tells how to measure the performance of an electric vacuum motor.

We also have a feature on women in our industry and have taken an indepth look at several women running cleaning busnesses or organisations in the industry. There is Australia's only mother and daughter partnership - the Price's in WA, Elizabeth Goldsmith, ceo of Research Products, Teresa Fomiatti, co founder of Prochem Australia, and several more. More expo news. Powerclean and Hydramaster both have new truck mounts out. Details inside.

•Powerclean's revamped liberty; New Hydramaster truck mount; Entry level moisture meter; Local ultrasonics manufacturer; Prochem news; IICRC news; news from WA; Storm tarps a big hit; B-Air special offers; CCW move Brisbane office; Aaron Groseclose's IICRC rug cleaning and identification course; New logo, new courses

'The Ultimate' - from US Products. ...a small lightweight machine designed specifically for cleaning upholstery and curtains...MORE


Profiling several women involved in our industry..
The miniature insitu curtain dry cleaning machine from US Products....

Our focus this issue is on vacuum cleaners, where they come from.....

Moisture meters are possibly the most important piece of equipment in a restorers kit bag and this article show you exactly what they do and which meter suits....

EDITORIAL - Like many traditional blue collar pasttimes, the cleaning industry has long been one dominated by men. But increasingly, women have emerged in both management...MORE
Pictures: The cover of this issue and women who feature in our Women Who Work feature - in this issue.

Upcoming issues

March 2008
This is our official CLEANEXPO issue which will have the schedule for CLEANEXPO, profiles on all the exhibitors, information on accommodation; etc.
• FOCUS ON: training organisations.
• An interview with Brett Holman, Prochem co-founder and a feature on add on sales, ready for winter!
• Profile on the 'Marble Man'.

April/May 2008
• A wrapup of CLEANEXPO.
• FOCUS ON: hard surface cleaning.

July, 2008

September, 2008
• ANNUAL REVIEW - truck mounts.
• CLEANEXPO 2009 information.

November 2008
• CLEANEXPO 2009 preview
• ANNUAL REVIEW - portables.
SITUATIONS VACANT

1.Steamatic currently have positions available throughout their network in NSW (Metro and Regional), Victoria (Metro and regional) and South Australia....MORE

 

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Bill Barber - Maintaining timber floors; Aaron Groseclose - How to clean fire damaged oriental rugs; A'nge Kokkaliaris - Porcelain - Porosity and Pores; Col Nation - Does pre-vacuuming make you compliant with the Standard; Paul Lorenzi - The A-Z of moisture meters; Maurizio Bertoli - Myths about natural stone surfaces - Part 1; Steve Toburen - Are you a lone wolf?; Staff writer - Building your web presence; Staff writer - Insurance companies. It's all about them;