• Carpets need to be vacuumed once a week and more often in areas of heavy traffic. Frequent vacuuming prolongs the life of your carpet by preventing a buildup of gritty particles that can cut carpet fibers. Every few weeks, take a little extra time and use your crevice tool for cleaning around baseboards and radiators and in other hard-to-reach places.
• To vacuum wall-to-wall carpeting, divide the floor into quadrants and vacuum an entire quadrant before moving on to the next.
• Take your time when you vacuum a carpet, especially a plush carpet in which dirt is sure to be deeply embedded. One pass with a high-powered upright is not enough. Go over each section of carpeting several times, and work slowly to allow the suction to remove all the ground-in dust and dirt.
• Pay special attention to the areas where people sit and move their feet. Vacuum these areas of heavy traffic with a crisscross pattern of overlapping strokes.
• Soil retardants can be applied to new carpets or to newly cleaned carpets. Follow manufacturers’ advice. Apply soil retardants only with professional equipment using the recommended application techniques.
• Add baking soda to the bag in your vacuum to fight odors.

Odors are one thing — spots and spills are quite another. Spots and spills happen to just about every carpet and can be difficult to remove. In the next section, we’ll offer some pointers for getting rid of those blemishes.

Laminate flooring is incredibly durable, but like any floor, it requires care to maintain its beauty. Taking proper care of your laminate floors will reward you and your home for years to come.

Sweeping & Mopping

Dust and dirt act as an abrasive on a laminate’s surface and seriously dull its appearance. This fact of life can be avoided by regular sweeping, dust mopping or vacuuming to remove loose dirt and grime. Either a broom or a vacuum cleaner without a beater bar will do the trick. Vacuum cleaner attachments are useful to capture dust and dirt between planks or along edges.

An occasional damp mopping is also recommended. But be careful — laminate flooring can expand when it comes in contact with excessive water. After a damp mopping, a clean cloth should be used to wipe the floor dry.

Placing doormats at each entryway is also a good idea to collect excessive moisture and dirt before they enter your home.

Dos and Don’ts

Do use glides or floor protectors on the bottom of furniture will prevent scratching or abrasion.

Don’t use soap-based detergents or “mop-and-shine” products.

Do lift heavy furniture instead of dragging or pulling it to avoid scratching and abrasion.

Don’t use abrasive cleaners, steel wool or scouring powder.

Do use carpet fragments face down under heavy objects when moving them across a laminate floor.

Don’t flood your floor with water or cleaner.

Do your spot cleaning and occasional complete cleaning using the manufacturer’s recommended products.

Don’t try to refinish or sand your laminate floor. Banish this thought from your mind.

Your best friend deserves natural pet stain remover cleaners to support a healthy long life. Remove cat urine in fact, remove any pet stain or odor with Black Diamond’s pet odor and stain remover while helping our environment stay green, clean and healthy.

The green scene has gone beyond gardens—it now includes litter boxes and doggie treats. This Earth Day, you don’t need a green thumb to help the planet. If you have an animal companion who eats, sleeps, plays and poops, you’ve got plenty of opportunities to cut down on waste, raise your pet’s quality of life and color your corner of the world green.

Spring Cleaning Empty out the dark corners of your closets, basement and attic, but before throwing your dusty treasures away, call your local shelters and ask if they need old towels, bedding, leashes, litter boxes and pet toys. They may even be looking for unused printers and computer monitors.

Water Works
Give your pet filtered tap water instead of bottled to drink. If you must use bottled, be sure to recycle.

The Power of Poop
Scoop dog poop with biodegradable bags instead of plastic bags from the grocery store. If you’re a suburbanite (or an urbanite with a lawn), do some research on doggie septic systems—they help keep your lawn free of smelly surprises and break waste down into a liquid the ground can absorb. And kitty parents, go for eco-friendly cat litters, avoiding brands with mined minerals.

Green Grooming
Use earth-friendly pet shampoos and grooming products whenever possible.

Garden of Delights
If you have space, consider growing your own garden for your fruit- and veggie- loving reptiles and small mammals. Before using insecticides, research mulching and other gardening practices that can help reduce the amount of insecticides and herbicides you might need.

Spot On
Should your furry love leave a little dribble (or more) on the carpeting or floor, don’t reach for the bleach. Use vinegar instead. This environment-friendly liquid can act as an effective odor-remover and can kill mold and bacteria. Please keep in mind, though, that vinegar must be diluted correctly with water.

Cutting Back is Going Green
There are plenty of small ways to cut back on energy and materials.

• Instead of using a blow dryer to dry your freshly bathed pet, towel or air dry her.
• Walk your dog to the doggie park rather than driving there.
• Cut down on paper products—clean up with rags or recycled paper towels.
• Put light and heating bulbs in your reptile and fish habitats on timers.

Put Your Foot Down
Don’t wear shoes in the house. They bring extra pesticides, fungicides and dirt inside—your pets are exposed enough when licking their paws after walking outside on treated surfaces. (Of course, you should wipe all paws before letting them back into the house!)

Green Goodies
Consider making your own healthy dog biscuits and storing them in reusable containers. If you purchase store-bought treats, buy them in cardboard packaging and be sure to recycle.

Bulk Up
Buy pet supplies in bulk or the largest available size. You’ll make fewer trips to the store and cut down on packaging to discard of.

We are now two days into 2012. Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year? In good faith, many people make a promise to do something to better themselves, whether it’s to lose weight, begin an exercise program, stop smoking or head to a place of worship on a regular basis.

Make cleaning a goal for 2012! Help keep your family healthy with natural, pure, ph balanced cleaning supplies form Black Diamond! These are all noble goals. As we all know, it’s one thing to make a resolution and an entirely different beast to actually follow through with a personal change. How can you keep your promise for this New Year?

» Be specific: Resolutions work best when you can measure your progress. Saying that you are going to “become a better person” seems very broad. A more specific goal would be to help others in need by volunteering at a local soup kitchen or food pantry once a week. This will certainly help you to feel better about yourself while taking steps to make a difference in your community.

» Don’t overdo it: A resolution to lose weight, stop smoking, work out three times a week and volunteer twice a week at your child’s school may be a bit too ambitious. If you set too many goals, you will likely become overwhelmed and abandon all of your well-intentioned actions. Instead, just focus on one or two changes.

» Form an alliance: Do you know someone who also wishes to lose 10 pounds in six weeks? If so, partner with that person for success. By working together on a common goal, you can help motivate each other to triumph.

Wow your family and friends this year with the most incredible stone. This natural stone sealer penetrates deep into the surface to replenish your stone floor, stone counter top or stone bar top to better than new. Our water based stone sealer for your home marble sealer, granite sealer, travertine sealer is easy to use, water based and non toxic. Protect your investment and get a delicious holiday home this season!

Black Diamond’s Nex-Gen Sealer is the finest quality oil and water repellent available. Using this product will keep all your natural stone looking new for years to come. From granite, marble, travertine or limestone, Nex-Gen Stone Sealer gives you the confidence your stone is protected. This product is so easy to use and because it is water-based and low odor so you can seal your natural stone without smelling up the whole house and neighborhood. Just spray it on and dry it up. It is that easy.

Nex-Gen Stone Sealer is a part of Black Diamond’s STONEWORKS’ line. This is our premium line of natural stone cleaners & sealers. They are designed to help you easily maintain and protect all of the beautiful stone and tile surfaces in your home or business.

Why we’re better

For a phenomenal clean use WOW Wood floor cleaner and experience wood and laminate floors that are completely streak free and clean with no sticky residue or toxic chemical smells.  Because this hardwood floor cleaner formula is fast drying and no rinse, it is easy to use and leaves your floor clean and looking new in no time at all. Simply remove excess surface dirt with a quick sweep or vacuum the desired area for cleaning and mist on the Wow! Wood and Laminate Floor Cleaner and mop until completely dry. The reusable  Microfiber cleaning Pad is constructed with fibers 100 times thinner than a strand of human hair! These amazing pads can absorb more than and because the fibers are so microscopic they can pick up particles and even bacteria!This product is perfect for cleaning wood floors and laminate floors alike and will leave an incredible streak free finish.

TESTIMONIALS AND PRAISE:

I received your Wood and Laminate floor cleaner and it works beautifully.  No streaks or sticky
residue left on floor.  It dries quickly.  I’ll never use anything else on my new floor.  Thanks
so much.

Ruby

IT’S BLACK DIAMOND or BUST! ! !

Hi! First, let me thank you tremendously for the wood floor cleaning kit & the glasses protection & cleaning kit. I truly appreciate your generosity!

My daughter and I immediately put the floor system to great use and let me just say how impressed I am with the results. Two days prior to my using your Black Diamond system, I cleaned my laminate wood floors with Pine Sol, which I later found out was a HUGE mistake because it left a HORRIBLE residue on the floors throughout my home. When I used the Black Diamond floor cleaning system it cleaned up the residue and left my floors smooth and very CLEAN!

Besides being totally impressed with the cleaning solution, the mop pad is an exceptional product in itself.

Thank you again for everything, you are truly Heaven sent.

Kim Buck

Black Diamond a leading provider of high end specialty cleaning products is proud to announce the release of Brilliant Screen Cleaning Wipes for the safe cleaning of fingerprints and grime from all touch screen devices.

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Brilliant Screen Cleaning Wipes

Being a blogger and spending most of my waking hours on my laptop, my screen gets….well…beyond a little dirty at times.
These wipes work great I used just one wipe to clean both of our laptops and both televisions.

San Clemente, CA (PRWEB) July 07, 2011

Black Diamond has been producing specialty cleaning products since 1998 that are not only effective but are safe as well. With the explosion of touch screen (iPad), tablets and the need for laptop screen cleaners it was a natural progression to create a line of products to care for them without causing damage. Our Research lead to developing a two-part wipe made from a special wipe material and cleaning solution designed for high end touch screens to remove fingerprints and grime. http://www.getcleanersonline.com

Black Diamond in response to the need for a alcohol and ammonia free cleaner for all touch screen devices, laptops and tablets developed Brilliant Screen Cleaning Wipes. Traditional cleaners often contain alcohol and ammonia and are either not effective or can even damage the screen and the plastic body. Black Diamond’s two part wipe includes a wet wipe, free of alcohol and ammonia, for cleaning and a dry towel for drying the screen. The wipe material was developed by DuPont for sensitive electronics. The constant touching of the screens adds oil, fingerprints and dirt to the screen adding to the need for frequent cleaning. Brilliant screen cleaning wipe with SR-8 provides gentle, superior cleaning to electronic screens and removes dust, dirt, finger prints and makeup while imparting an invisible, durable barrier that protects screens 50 times more from scratching. Helps protect against re-soiling to keep your screen brilliantly clean!
Important Safety and Handling Information from Apple for the iPhone and iPad products reads “Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaner, aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives.”

Consumer and blogger response has been overwhelmingly positive.
With the explosion of touch screen (iPad), tablets and the need for laptop screen cleaners it was a natural progression to create a line of products to care for them with out causing damage.

About Us.

Black Diamond Stoneworks was founded in 1997 with the simple belief that quality, value, and performance never go out of style. We started with five cleaning and sealing products for natural stone and ceramic tile. Due to their huge success our product line has continued to grow and now numbers over 30 superior products!

Our philosophy to identify a customer’s need and then produce the highest quality product to fulfill that need continues to drive our growth and success.

We are so sure that our products will perform as advertised, we offer a “money back satisfaction guarantee” on our entire line. At Black Diamond Stoneworks “We Make Cleaning Easy”.

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Here are some gift basket ideas your Mother is sure to love:

1. A bottle of her favorite wine; bath sea salts; a candle scented in lavender to relax her, and our marble and tile cleaner.

2. An assortment of her favorite and most used spices and a bottle our our counter cleaner!

3. A new mop; our Wood and laminate floor cleaner; Microfiber cloths to make sure the floor is free of bacteria; and a giant bouquet of flowers with a card promising to clean her house at least once

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