By Barry O’Connell
W
hat if I told you 4 out of 5 rugs washed
by professional rug washers were washed
because of pet accidents? When I told Industry
Leader Dusty Roberts of Rug Badger Equipment
that he said I was way too high. So I challenged
him to track the rugs at his rug washing spa.
After two weeks he got back to me and said I
was low, at his shop he was averaging 87% or
almost 9 out of 10 had pet contamination and
most of it was urine. Customers won’t admit it,
rug washers won’t admit it and the dogs and cats
are not saying anything but the overwhelming
reason people get their rugs washed is PISS.
In-Spa rug washing runs $3 to $4.50 a square
foot nationally. (Believe it or not it is usually
the small or rural markets that get $4 to $4.50)
So if you wash a 9 by 12 room size rug you get
from $324 to $486 for that rug. To most Capet
Cleaners that sound like good money but to a
smart rug washer it is just a start. Rug Washers
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