Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ALEXDH on November 30, 2003, 02:17:54 am
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Hi
After reading some posts on another forum Iam considering purchasing FABRIC RESTORER for upholstery.
Do you chaps agree and how would you use it.
Cheers
Alex
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Alex,
Excellent pre-spray (subject to pre-test) - especially good for body contact soiling.
Lightly pre-spray (hot) & agitate with tampico brush, then extract.
Alternatively may be removed by terry toweling. I have used this method on antique tapestry which was too frail to survive extraction cleaning even through muslin. this was followed by a spray on B109 Fibre & Fabric Rinse + more towel blotting. Results were most impressive on one particular piece - a hand embroydered settle completed in 1560 and as far as can be determined, not previously cleaned.
Definately a must-have!
John.
PS. That spotting kit was not exactly the bargain of the century :(
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:( Great chem but stopped using it because of the smell,
customers did not like the smell, you need too well vent area
mick
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Hi
spotting kit nah not a bargain at all. :-[
saved a tenner i think as i have to pay vat. ;D
oh well a tenners better than nothing i suppose.
Thanks for the advice on the fabric restorer interesting about the smell , any other comments gentleman.
Just been down homebase to buy a bucket 10% off till xmas, looked at the rugdoctors diddly littke things aren't they.
All the best
Alex
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Excellent product, but has been known to damage solvent sensitive fabrics such as flocked nylon. Logic says it may also remove protectors, but I can't be sure.
Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken
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Hi Kenneth
Any chemical with a pH over 10 will affect protection performances, plus residues left in carpets and fabrics can 'mask' protectors thereby reducing performance
Regards
Derek
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Hi Derek
I was thinking more of the solvent content of Fabric Restorer. I don't know what's in it without going to my SDS, but would it be correct to presume that the solvent would be detrimental to the protector? From memory, Fab Rest has a Ph value of about 9.
Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken
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Hi there young man (That's you Kenneth)
We were always led to believe that solvents didn't affect protection levels just high pH.
I think that chemicals with solvents within their blends, it is always going to be the rest of the blend that will cause problems. i.e. high pH and not rinsing.
Keep below a pH of 10 and always rinse, protection levels should be fine.
Derek
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Thanks Derek
Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken
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Micheal,
When did you last use B109 ? It was reformulated about 2 years ago and now has a diferent smell (mildly amoniac).
John.
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John
B109....isn't that Fabric and Fibre rinse (the acidic rinse agent)?
Derek
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:-[ :-[ :-[ oops
Quite right Derek .... I ment B108 !
John.
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John
Thank heavens for that....I thought I had got my numbers all mixed up... maybe I was having one of my senior moments ;)
Derek
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Love the stuff......great on marks left by hands and necks (sweaty greasy stained patches). You always rinse /neutralise pre treatment so smell not too much of a problem.
1st post so HELLO everyone ::)
Chris