Revolutionized technology in soft contents cleaning has reached Hawaii

7/22/2015 (Permalink)

Items are held stationary in each compartment and do not tumble.

Imagine walking into the ocean. Living in Hawaii, it is easy to do. Feel the force of the waves pushing against your body. Now imagine that same force pushing through items inside of a washing machine. This is exactly what happens inside of the Esporta Wash System that uses a completely different technology than a regular machine.

The new method is called hydraulic water action. SERVPRO of East Honolulu, a local cleanup and restoration company has brought this revolutionary technology to Hawaii. Now items contaminated with sewage, mold, smoke and soot can be made like new and disinfected to food grade clean, “like it never even happened,” which is SERVPRO’s slogan.

“The Esporta iS4000 Wash System offers us an edge over our competitors by empowering us to restore items that would be normally marked as non-restorable,” said Raul Natividad, SERVPRO of East Honolulu owner who has been in the business for 25 years.

“Now we can wash anything from teddy bears and dolls to leather jackets, high end purses, shoes, pillows and blankets, taking out heavy odor and smoke, as well as killing bacteria,” Natividad said while sharing why he decided to invest in this system.

What would happen before is, adjusters would have to write items off as non-restorable and give checks to the insured for replacement cost.

A regular dry cleaner could only restore 40-50 percent of the soft contents from a claim and 0 (zero) percent of items from a sewage and mold loss. This has increased the cost of the claim and has raised premiums.

SERVPRO can now restore more than 90 percent of the soft contents on a claim, including mold and sewage.  

This 2,200-pound machine is almost as tall as an average person and has a capacity of 100 pounds. Inside it is divided into four compartments.

Water and detergents are forced through the fabrics while the items are held stationary in each compartment and do not tumble.