A simple trick to keeping your air duct registers clean

Axiom floor care has been cleaning air ducts since 2010 and over the years of cleaning we have learned some tricks that have provided our customers with a happier experience. Today we want to share with you a handy trick that we have learned. How do you keep your air duct register vents cleaned? Have you ever looked up and noticed the register vents in your home and taken a closer look only to find years and years of dust lint? Eww… just kidding don’t blame your self According to the EPA less then 10% of all homes have ever had there air ducts cleaned. While it is reccommended that you have your air ducts cleaned every 2 -3 years that’s not why we are here. So is there any thing we can do to keep that dust and lint from sticking to the vent and causing a serious eye sore? Yes there is and its probably not the thing you though it would be its WAX car wax to be exact I know this seems like an odd product to be using on something inside your house but hear me out. Wax works great on air duct register vents in an environment in which it is not being exposed to the elements the wax will last six months to two years that’s a much better value then what your get using it on your car, hopefully the manufacturers don’t get wind of my little life hack or car wax might start rising in price.

Directions:

 Step one: remove the vents and placement theme in your sink. Wash them with soapy water if you don’t have a paint brush handy you can use a sponge but in my experience the best tool for this job is an old paint brush. Make sure you wash in all the little cracks and crevices and then dry them thoroughly don’t put them in the dish washer that could peal off the paint. If they are not completely dry the wax wont stick to the paint we recommend letting them dry over night

Step two: waxing the vents. Apply wax to your air duct return covers with a microfiber applicator pad or a microfiber towel in the same way you would with a car not to much but you want to make sure the whole vent register is covered. After the air duct register vent has been completely covered its time to buff off the wax using a microfiber towel

Depending on the size of your house and how many registers your house this task can be a big task. How ever it is so worth it spending a little time to wax the air duct vent registers will save you time in the long run if your like me and hate that dust on your duct registers and would take the time monthly to dust the air duct vent registers. Well congratulations ons you have just saved your self hours of time every month!

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How I got my start in the cleaning industry

This is a subject well over due for an article on this post. It all started many many years ago as. As a little boy I can remember being excited and fascinated in three things: rocks, vacuuming, and computers. So it would be no big surprise that I went to school for geology. After a while I found myself changing my major to computer cyber security. As time passed I realized that, while I did have a passion for rocks and computers, I was bored easily with both. At the same time I was also attempting to run a computer company and giving a hand to my father-in-laws friend, who happened to be a carpet cleaner. I realized my full passion for cleaning working for that friend of the family. It was a comfortable environment for me that allowed my mind to be fully engaged in the task at hand with the ability to freely thing about any subject I desired.

Though the part-time job with the friend didn’t last very long, I couldn’t stop thinking about how fulfilled I was with that line of work. As friends and family would ask me what I was doing for work, I started to tell them that I cleaned carpet. Eventually, I started to get inquiries to come and clean homes of those friends. I used the money I made from my first few jobs to buy the cheapest portable extractor I could afford and I set off on a path to clean. It was almost 2 months before I received my second inquiry to clean, my dream of being a cleaner almost lost, and a new job on the horizon I gave it one more shot. That same week I received a third job, making my total earnings for the three jobs more than I was making at my $12 an hour desk job— I was hooked.

With all the money I had earned, I called a local advertising agency and placed the larges add my money could buy. I remember my father chastising me immediately after giving my card information over the phone. “You’ll never make back that money” was the chastisement. I didn’t think I would either, but I had to try. I had just had a baby and my wife was working full time raising our daughter, finishing her CNA certification, and assisting my grandfather who had recently become unable to care for himself. I was soon blessed with more business than I or my father expected. I then made the sacrifice to sell my grandfathers old Mercedes he had left me and my other grandfathers truck that I had bought from him long before his passing.With the money I bought an ugly, rickety old van and a truck mounted carpet cleaning machine. I was ready! Going to work was a joy and I loved seeing the look on my clients faces every time I cleaned their carpet. Soon my aunt asked me if I wanted to take over some janitorial contracts from some of the sites where their janitor was retiring. I was now in business with a monthly income from the janitorial cleaning and daily jobs cleaning carpet and all the equipment I needed to do the job.

Mistakes were made, there were bumps along the path, and almost a decade has passed now. I have a thriving carpet cleaning and janitorial business that I am proud of with employees who I enjoy working with. I thank the Lord every day for the blessings he has given me and the opportunities to serve my customers and make smiles happen.