The Machine

Back in the day, my great-grandpa, Kay Jenkins, operated a carpet cleaning business with his father. They would wet and brush the carpet by hand, then they would extract the dirt with a towel and rake it to make it look nice and feel fluffy. This system worked for years, but he wanted to find a better way - and he did. He found a machine that would brush better and faster than he could by hand, and he even strapped his towel to it to extract at lightning speed. His son, my grandpa, used this system for over 50 years, and now I use it too. In fact, the machine I use today originally belonged to my great-grandpa - they made things better back then - and it’s still whirling customers away.

The Technician

When I was first thinking about cleaning carpets, my dad strongly advised against it - he knew some people who had put the machines through walls, and it just didn’t seem like a good idea. I went ahead anyway, and cleaned my grandpa Larry’s carpets with him. It was true, the machine is hard to handle, but I was careful, so the walls stayed intact. While I was there, Larry told me more about what could go wrong: If the machine isn’t kept moving, the carpet will burn; steam cleaners get the carpet so wet it can make people sick - one customer said a steam cleaner used so much water it dripped through the basement celling! And sometimes, the carpet starts to foam from soap that a previous cleaner left in the carpet. Carpet cleaning isn’t as simple as it appears - but there is good news: we know what we’re doing. My family made all the mistakes decades ago, and we’ve learned. That’s why we’ve been able to operate franchises from Hawaii to Canada, and that’s why you should use Whirlaway.

Our Secret Recipe.

The best things about our cleaning solution are the things it isn’t: it isn’t soap, it isn’t a chemical, and it isn’t toxic to people or pets. When I talk to people, they seem to think there are only three options for carpet cleaning: soap, steam, or a chemical, all of which have their downsides. But there is a forth; our mineral based solution. My great-grandpa Kay developed it with a chemist, and they really made something special. One time, he set his tank of cleaner on a fireplace for a minute and left without a second thought. Soon, he received an angry call from the customer - the solution had dripped and left a circle where the tank had been! The customer tried everything to get it off, but without success. When Kay went back to the house, all he had to do was spray Whirlaway on it and it disappeared. The dirt I mean. See, the cleaner didn’t stain anything, it actually just cleaned around the tank when it dripped, and it did it so well, nothing else could even come close! When my grandpa left the second time, the whole fireplace was squeaky clean. I could go on about what our solution does - and how Kay would sip on it to prove how safe it is - but then what would we talk about when I come to clean your carpets?