Super Fresh™ Removes ODORS Caused by Top Load Washing Machines

 Left Picture: View from outside washing machine.

Right Picture: View of inside gasket showing mold and mildew.

If you own a high efficiency front load washing machine then you have probably been very pleased with the fact that these washing machines clean your clothing better with less water, come out of the washing machine dryer due to a high speed final spin cycle, which allows for less drying time, as well as many other energy saving features.

One thing you may not be happy about is the fact that these washing machines can and will cause your laundry area as well as your clothes to have a mold or mildew type smell.

This odor is caused by the gasket that is located immediately inside the front door. As you will see in the pictures, the inner lining of the gasket is manufactured in such a way that water can collect at the bottom of the gasket causing the water to sit between loads. Couple that with the fact that the area inside the gasket get’s no light, is damp, and cool, and you have a perfect breeding ground for mold spores to form and grow.

Manufactures of these washers suggest that you always leave the door slightly ajar to allow air in. The manufactures also sell small tablets that you are to use every two to three weeks to help clean the inside of the gasket. While doing these two things may help, they do not totally remove the mold or the odor.

Here is how to get rid of the odor: The inside of the gasket must be thoroughly cleaned using our EATOILS™ Super Fresh™ Certified Green Cleaning Solution. Mix at 4 ounces to a gallon of water and clean the inside of the gasket using a small soft bristled brush and a rag. First spray liberally inside the gasket with the diluted Super Fresh™ solution, then lightly scrub with the soft bristled brush, let sit about 10-15 minutes and then wipe with a damp rag. You will be amazed at the amount of Mold and Mildew that you will remove. After thoroughly cleaning, spray some more of the Super Fresh™ inside the whole circumference of the gasket and let air dry. At this point the Mold and Mildew will be killed and removed from the gasket along with the odor.

If you are unable to perform this cleaning task, please feel free to call us at Clean and Green Solutions, 281.883.8470, and we will be glad to send out a service tech to perform this for you at a nominal service charge.

Once you are done cleaning the gasket, you can spray any clothing or towels that may have absorbed the odor. Using your spray bottle, mist the clothing or towel items just until lightly damp and this will remove any residual odor. Remember the Super Carpet Fresh is Certified Green and will not harm you or your clothing. After treating the clothing or towels you may choose to launder again but this is not necessary.

To keep the Mold, Mildew, and Odor from returning spray some of the EATOILS™ Super Fresh™ diluted at 2 ounces per gallon of water inside the gasket every 1-2 weeks and continue to keep the door slightly open when the machine is not in use, per manufacture instructions.

Here is what one client wrote to us just yesterday, "Thanks Doug Rucker and "Clean and Green Solutions" for making my washer not so stinky! Your odor removal product ROCKS!!!! (and it's green...yea for me!)"
Mrs. C. Wheeler, Splendora, Tx.

EATOILS™ Super Fresh™ is an excellent cleaning product for kitchen, bathroom, tile and grout, carpeting, upholstery, clothing and fabric cleaning challenges. Super Fresh™ will also remove any odor on contact including SKUNK odor.

For more information on the EATOILS™ Super Fresh™ Certified Green Cleaning product, it’s many uses, as well as all our other Certified Green Cleaning products, please feel free to call us at 281.883.8470 and visit us at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com.

EATOILS™ Super Carpet Fresh™ Cleans Up Old Chocolate Milk Stain

Two weeks ago I received a phone call from a very good friend and client of Clean and Green Solutions, Julia Beckman. Julia had just lifted up her son’s (EJ) booster chair in the back seat of her mini van and discovered a month old chocolate milk stain. She called me and wanted to know if the Super Carpet Fresh™ would remove the stain. Julia has been buying the Super Carpet Fresh for quite some time now to use in her home for carpeting and tile and grout stains, and also to clean up after those unfortunate and untimely pet accidents.


I assured Julia that the EATOILS™ Super Carpet Fresh™ would remove the stain and odor, even to the point that she would never know that it was there.

I saw Julia at church about a week later and asked her how the Super Carpet Fresh did on the stain in her van and she replied, “Yes, it took it right out, you can’t even tell it was there.” This past weekend I sent her a message on Facebook asking her if I could use her name and write a little note about it. Here is her answer, copied and pasted directly from her reply: you may use my name!!! It was at least a month old chocolate milk underneath a car seat. Wiped up the crunchy stuff with a damp towel and then super carpet fresh the stain....it came right up! Sprayed a little while longer (to make sure it saturated underneath the fabric) and by the next day not one trace of the stain and no smell! Take an elaborate what you want!

As you can see she was quite happy with the results. EATOILS™ Super Carpet Fresh™ is absolutely the best carpet, tile and grout, fabric, and upholstery cleaner and deodorizer on the market today. Plus it is ELCOGO™ Certified GREEN, which means it contains ZERO harmful chemicals or ingredients.

For more information on the EATOILS™ Super Carpet Fresh™ or any of our other GREEN cleaning products, please visit us at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com or call us at 281.883.8470

Cleaning Grout Lines with EATOILS GREEN Cleaning Products



Cleaning grout lines can be a very difficult task, particularly when you consider all the material that is usually collected in grout 'valleys'. As Grout is typically a porous material like cement all sorts of oils, greases, and particles can get trapped in the grout and discolor it easily. Traditional floor & tile cleaners do a pretty good job on the floor surfaces but they have virtually no effect on the discolored grout and over time the grout lines fill with these materials and can become unsightly. Harsh chemicals and a lot of elbow grease have been the only answer for cleaning grout and the results have been inconsistent. Short of getting down on your knees and manually scrubbing the grout, usually with nasty chemicals, there has not been a real alternative for cleaning grout until now.

- note the original 'Champagne' grout

WorldWare Enterprises Ltd., manufacturer of EATOILS™ ECOLOGO™ Green Cleaning Products, has discovered that the deep cleaning characteristics that you are looking for in a grout cleaning product are already available for you to use in our SUPER CONCENTRATED GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS - and it only takes a few minutes! These products include: BIOBLAST™, SUPERFRESH™, and SUPER FLOOR DEGREASER™. For best results on a small area: 1) spray the concentrated formula onto the groutlines to wet, 2) add approximately double the amount of water, 3) agitate with a soft bristle brush, and 4) watch months of buildup disappear in a few minutes. For larger areas: 1) mix the cleaning solution at 4 oz./ gallon of warm water and soak the floor with 1/2" of cleaning solution, 2) leave it in place for 20 minutes or so, then 3) brush with a straight broom, and 4) squeegee the entire floor - you'll see all kinds of contaminants removed with this method. For 'restaurant makeover' type clean-ups: you can use this method with a steam cleaner to bring back the original 'sparkling clean' grout - just like new! Naturally, if the quality of the grout has deteriorated and broken down over time, you should use these cleaning methods then follow up with grout repair (if you don't clean it first you will seal in the dirt and it will be impossible to bring back the original clean grout lines). Also, be aware of floor sealers as they typically seal in the dirt - strip the sealer before attempting to clean the grout and only seal the floor after all contaminants have been removed from the grout lines.

Grout cleaning can be a pain - but if you can use the methods and products offered by EATOILS™ you will find the process can be painless for you and the results will dramatically improve the look of your tiled areas.

Clean and Green Solutions is a proud distributor of EATOILS™ ECOLOGO™ Certified Green Cleaning products.  For more information on these products, please visit us at http://www.cleanandgreensolutions.com/ or give us call at 281.883.8470

CLEANING MEXICAN BRICK WITH EATOILS™ BT200™



If you have ever had to clean a home that has Mexican Brick as its exterior siding, you know it can be very challenging to clean in a safe and efficient manner.  Mexican Brick is very soft and brittle, not to mention very porous.  When cleaning this type of brick one must be very careful and not apply to much pressure.  If to much pressure is applied, the brick can literally break in half.  To get Mexican Brick completely clean you must use a solution that can get into the pores of the brick to KILL and REMOVE the mold and mildew completely, so as to prevent immediate future growth.  Most chemicals that contain toxins or dangerous additives only clean the surface mold and mildew.  This leaves tiny spores behind in the pores of the brick that will just begin growing again immediately.

Clean and Green Solutions was called out to this home recently to clean all the mold and mildew from the brick.  The homeowner had received letters from the homeowners association and needed to get the home cleaned in order to be in compliant with the association guidelines.

Here is how we did it: Using the EATOILS™ BT200™ Certified GREEN degreaser we mixed the product at 5 ounces of EATOILS™ BT200™ to one gallon of water.  Using an X-JET applicator, we applied the diluted EATOILS™ BT200™ to the entire surface of all walls and allowed it to sit for 10 minutes.  We then repeated the application and allowed to it to sit for 20 minutes. We used a total of five gallons of diluted solutions, which required 25 ounces of EATOIILS™ BT200™.  An X-JET applicator is a nozzle for a Pressure Washer that allows the product to be applied directly to the surface with out being diluted any further.  Even though the EATOILS™ BT200™ is a degreaser, it is an excellent product for killing and removing mold and mildew on contact.

After allowing the EATOILS™ BT200™ to dwell for the times stated, we then used our pressure washer (3500PSI/6 GPM) to remove the mold and mildew stains. However, we used the chemical tip.  The chemical tip is normally used to apply solution or chemicals at a very low pressure.  This tip actually spray’s the water onto the surface with less pressure than a garden hose sprayer that is set on “jet” or “full stream”.  Using this tip meant that absolutely NO high pressure was used.

As you can see in the pictures above, the brick cleaned up perfectly with no damage to the brick whatsoever.  Once all areas were cleaned we then re-applied the EATOILS™ BT200™ and left it to dry with NO RINSING.  This will provide continuing ongoing cleaning and help to keep the brick cleaner for a longer period of time.

EATOILS™ BT200™ is a Super Concentrated Certified GREEN degreaser and all purpose cleaner.  Once diluted at 5 ounces per gallon, our end user product cost was less than $5.00.  Compared to the cost of other products that require dangerous chemicals to do the cleaning, and can damage the surface, the EATOILS™ BT200™ stands alone as the best and safest cleaner while at the same time the most economical available on the market today.

EATOILS™ BT200™ degreaser can also be used to remove oil and other automotive stains from concrete, asphalt and soil.  It also a great cleaner for canvas and fabric sunshades, umbrellas, tents, etc.  EATOILS™ BT200™ will also remove grease, tar, and oil, from clothing, drapes, carpeting, upholstery and just about any other surface. Plus, it is completely safe for you to use as well as for the environment.

For more information on the EATOILS™ BT200™ Certified GREEN cleaning product or any of our other products, please contact us at 281.883.8470 or visit us at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com





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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
EATOILS™ SUPERFRESH™ Removes Even The Worst Black Mold Found In Florida

BEFORE Brown Mold On Awning - Mobile, AL AFTER
Enclosed areas where moisture can build up can be a breeding ground for mold and mildew. Particularly in locations where wood and wallboard are exposed, like: 1) under rafters, 2) in damp basement areas, 3) in bathrooms, 4) below open buildings and 5) in attics.

Mold & Mildew can be harmful to you and your family as the spores can cause allergic reactions and illness. There are two problems that you need to deal with when you are trying to address mold and mildew: 1) removing the infestation effectively (mold and spores), and 2) preventing it from recurring.

REMOVAL: - In the past, most mold removal companies literally had to remove the offensive building materials, address the source of the moisture and rebuild the structure - a very expensive proposition. If the infestation was small it could be treated with bleach or disinfectant products, however, the problems with bleach & disinfectants can be just as dangerous as the infestation - affecting breathing and damaging the building materials - plus the effects of these products are only momentary and there is no lasting effect. Recent developments in microbial cleaning products have yielded effective long term results with the added bonus of prevention of recurrence (when the source of the moisture is repaired). These products remove the infestation and, virtually stand guard, defending the area from re infestation from the spores.

PREVENTION: - Once you remove the source of the moisture you have effectively prevented the mold from recurring however, particularly in areas where there is no resolution to the moisture issue (enclosed bathrooms) the mold will return the next time it is moist. Microbial cleaning products are particularly effective in these instances as they can protect the area from some of the recurrence and regular, weekly cleaning with the product can actually prevent it completely.

Many mold abatement contractors have discovered the advantages of using microbial cleaning products to treat these mold problems effectively. Over the past few years WorldWare Enterprises Ltd. of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada has developed a number of green microbial products that work well on mold and mildew. Depending on the actual mold encountered, we have products that will effectively remove and prevent the recurrence of these infestations for years to come.

The success stories for treating northern grey/black mold and southern brown mold have been impressive as infestations have been stopped and reversed with as little as one application. We have written here before about the results for removing brown mold from awnings in Mobile, AL (see picture above, showing before and after) - update: it was over 1-1/2 years ago that the vinyl awning was treated and, as of last week, there is still no recurrence on the awnings (in the same time period neighbors with the same type of awnings have had their awnings treated with harsh chemicals at least 5 times and the mold keeps coming back!).

For some time now the most difficult mold type to resolve has been the black mold that is common in many parts of Florida. It is a very resistant mold that is very hard to remove with any success. Recent trials and actual case studies have proven that EATOILS™ SUPERFRESH™ is very effective at removing and preventing the recurrence of this black mold in Florida. For example, our client, William Booth of Tallahassee, FL was having a problem with mold on his exposed wood on the underside of his home. The smell and spores were affecting his family and he had to do something fast! He called our technical service personnel and was advised that we had experienced some success with our EATOILS™ SUPERFRESH™ for this type of application (this product is very good at treating the mold and mildew typically found in damp bathrooms). He purchased a pail of our EATOILS™ SUPERFRESH™ and he set to work on his home - he mixed it as described in the instructions and then he applied it to the exposed wood - and within minutes he noticed a big reduction in the mold. After a second application it was all gone and there has been no recurrence since he treated the wood in April. We spoke last week and he confirmed that he is very happy with the results - another fine job by EATOILS™ SUPERFRESH™.

For more information or to place an order visit us at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com or call 281.883.8470

EATOILS Bio-Blast loosens cob webs for easy removal

EATOILS BIO BLAST makes for

easy work when removing Cob Web
infestations.

Clean and Green Solutions, the Houston,TX distributor for EATOILS Certified GREEN Cleaning products was recent called out to this home in Kingwood, TX. The owner of the property had just listed the home for sale and needed an environmentally safe way to remove the cob web infestation as you see in the pictures. Most exterior cleaning service companies will use bleach diluted with water to remove cob webs. The problem with using bleach to remove cob webs is that you have to use way more bleach than water. Usually about 75% bleach to water. Then, when you apply the bleach and water mixture to the exterior of the home the mixture will fall onto all the vegetation below the house. Even if you were to cover the landscape, you will still get bleach in the vegetation as it runs off the tarps or covering as well as when you remove the covering. This is a very unsafe way to remove cob webs, not only for the user but for the environment as well.

Here is how Clean and Green Solutions removed the cob webs in an environmentally safe way: We filled a five gallon bucket with water till it was 75% full, and then added 1/2 gallon of EATOILS BIO-BLAST. Using a power washer, (3500 psi, 6gpm) equipped with a DOWNSTREAM chemical injector placed at the first 50 feet of hose, we thoroughly applied the BIO-BLAST to the exterior of the home. Then using a zero degree tip and keeping the wand approximately 10 feet from the house, working top to bottom, the cob webs easily fell off the house. We have used EATOILS BIO-BLAST many times for cob web removal and have always found it to be the most economical and safest way to remove cob webs whether the infestation is heavy or light.

On one story homes the use of a pressure washer is not required. Simply mix the EATOILS BIO-BLAST in a garden type pump up sprayer at 6 ounces to a gallon of water. Spray on the cob webs, then remove with a garden hose or broom.

You will find many more uses for EATOILS BIO-BLAST around your home than just for cob web removal. BIO-BLAST will remove the strongest of odors, returns tile and grout to it's original color and beauty, and is an excellent environmentally safe drain and septic maintenance treatment.

For more information on the EATOILS BIO-BLAST product, as well as our many other Certified GREEN cleaning products, call us at 281.883.8470 or visit us at http://www.cleanandgreensolutuions.com/

EATOILS BT200 Cleans up Austin Stone Siding Home

Eatoils BT200 cleans this Austin Stone side house located in Houston, TX.

Clean and Green Solutions, the Houston, TX based distributor for EATOILS cleaning products was called to this home to provide an estimate to clean the Austin Stone siding on the exterior of the house. Betsie Weathorford called Clean and Green Solutions after seeing our website at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com. Ms. Weatherford was impressed with the web site and the fact that we only use the EATOILS brand of CERTIFIED GREEN Cleaning Products. Several areas of the home were badly stained with Mold and Mildew as you see in the picture above. Ms. Weatherford did NOT want a company using dangerous, toxic chemicals or bleach to remove the stains. Here is how we did it: We mixed the EATOILS BT200 at 4 ounces to a gallon of water. Using a pump up garden type sprayer we applied the BT200 solution to the stains and brushed in using a street broom. We then waited approximatley 20-30 minutes and rinsed the stains off using a power washer at very lower pressure.

Ms. Weatherford was extremely happy with the outcome and the peace of mind that her home was not cleaned with the use of dangerous chemicals.

For more information please contact us at 281.883.8470 or visit us at www.cleanandgreensolutions.com.