Wendy’s Blog

Stories from the Field

WENDY'S

Step behind the scenes with Wendy, owner of Sparkle Surface Care, as she shares real-life stories from years in the field. From memorable client experiences to everyday moments on the job, these stories offer a personal look at the people and situations behind the work.

Hump Date

When wood stresses and does weird, wonky things! Being natural material, wood reads like a book, and reacts to things its exposed to. Ten years in it never ceases to amaze me what ... Read More

Tweaking for Travertine

Have stone that lost its shine or grout looks dirty? Or strangely, do you have spills or ring marks that won't clean off, we can help...... Read More

Love’n for Lodge Room Floors

Sometimes a home has disimilar hardwood floors, refinshing and blending color can fix this, here's an example ... Read More

Another Color Conundrum

Different floor species, differences in the same species, and age of the species can pose a problem when trying to blend color of hardwoods...... Read More

Dueling Wood Jobs

Up against the clock, our hardwood floors survived some minor water damage (inside) during the exterior log cabin restoration, but they turned out gorgeous!... Read More

Rubber’ Dub Dub…

Rubber studded flooring is commonly installed in hallways and stairs, but can be a challenge to clean up, see how our specialized processes cleans it up nicely... Read More

Third Time’s a Charm…

When power scrubbing and steam cleaning is done, we get restaurant tile floors steamed and super clean.... Read More

Hardwood Floor Survives Turtle Extraction

Surviving several water attempts that could have damaged our sanded and refinished floors, they survive and look gorgeous and ready for the new buyer...... Read More

Carpet Is Not A Canvas…

Paint, being it water based, oil based, or acrylic, is a test of time to remove from carpet. The faster you call and schedule the better the chances of removing with carpet cleanin... Read More

All Eyes on Her Floors…

If you need professional results for your deep cleaning, refinishing or polishing of your floors and surfaces, but don't have time to babysit the work, we are the team for you... Read More

Grungy RV Upholstery

Upholstery hides lots of life's dirty secrets, cleaning it once in a while might surprise you... Read More

Weird Wood Sanding…

Sometimes weird things appear as new marks that weren’t there before— a.k.a, mistakes in the sanding! If your newly refinished hardwood floors have weird marks that weren&#... Read More