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carpet_bright

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removing blackcurrant juice stains
« on: December 11, 2003, 12:33:03 am »
Have had several jobs with blackcurrant stained carpets and wondered what people have used for succesful removal.
I have been trying to use Red X but have had very limited results even with an iron. The carpets in question have been tufted natural fibre so I know this makes it hard to remove.

Over to the experts  ???

Paul
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Ken Wainwright

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Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2003, 02:41:22 pm »
Paul

Try a mild reducing bleach such as Sodium Metabisulphite. A popular branded version is Chemspec's Spray N Go coffee stain remover.  No guarantee, but it is effective on most colour added stains such as tea/coffee/blackcurrant/red wine etc. etc.  I've never had much luck with yellow stains with it though.

Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken
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stevegunn

Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2003, 06:42:01 pm »
I find chemspecs rx juice and dye remover very good lots of agitation and the stain just disappears ;)
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Dynafoam

Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2003, 09:27:52 pm »
Paul,

I agree with Steve on this one - especially with 'synthetic ' blackcurrant stains.

Whilst the product sugested by Ken works well, the RX Juice and Dye remover ( also formulated with sodium metabisulphite ) contains additional ingredients that give it the edge.

Interestingly I find agitation has little effect - dwell time being more important. For realy difficult stains, the thermal transfer method does enhance the effect.

John.
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carpet_bright

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Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2003, 10:44:54 pm »
Cheers Guys
I'll have to give this stuff a go. Where can I get some to try?

I've had blackcurrant stains nearly every day this week, quite depressing when I don'y get a great result so I'll give anything a try.

Paul
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Dave Parry

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Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2003, 11:24:09 pm »
Ring chemspec and they will send you a sample. 01274 597333.
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Ian Gourlay

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Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2003, 01:52:05 am »
Blackcurant juice was my first, stain removal call out and I failed miserably and have had a complex ever since.

It the only one that has beaten me,
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Caesar

Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2003, 01:00:53 am »
stain magic is aesome for those type problems too... 8)
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carpet_bright

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Re: removing blackcurrant juice stains
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2003, 06:31:45 pm »
Thanks for your recommendations, I have ordered a free sample and will give it a whirl.

Cheers

Paul  ;)
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