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Title: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: rich123 on April 11, 2013, 10:39:17 am

Hi,
Wondering if any of you experts out there can give me some advice.
I'v just cleaned a grey high cotton content sofa.
Now its dried, in a few places there appears to be white watermarks
like tide lines, which show a treat on dark grey.
I cleaned using Prochem gold as a prespray, and extracted with warm
water with Prochem fibre and fabric rinse in the extraction tank.
Never had this issue before.
I don't want to make it worse by messing with it.
What did i do wrong??
Has anybody got a solution please.
Thanks
Rich

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: Geoff on April 11, 2013, 12:24:18 pm

Can you dye that area the same shade of colour?

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: Phil @ Extreme Clean on April 11, 2013, 06:08:30 pm

Hi Rich post this in the carpet cleaning section above you'll get a better response.  ;)

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: rich123 on April 11, 2013, 06:29:19 pm

Thanks PM, I thought about that earlier, then read your post. lol.
Ok I will.
Rich

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: Andrew@Approved Carpet Cleaning on June 08, 2013, 12:22:54 am

Sounds like it was too wet and you didn't dry it enough causing wick back.

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: V_Purcell on July 21, 2013, 01:20:04 pm

Quote from: rich123 on April 11, 2013, 10:39:17 am

Hi,
Wondering if any of you experts out there can give me some advice.
I'v just cleaned a grey high cotton content sofa.
Now its dried, in a few places there appears to be white watermarks
like tide lines, which show a treat on dark grey.
I cleaned using Prochem gold as a prespray, and extracted with warm
water with Prochem fibre and fabric rinse in the extraction tank.
Never had this issue before.
I don't want to make it worse by messing with it.
What did i do wrong??
Has anybody got a solution please.
Thanks
Rich

Speak to Richard at Chemspec, he will probably advice you to use a specialist cotton cleaner. Restomate are distributors for them.

Title: Re: White watermarks/tide marks on dark cotton sofa
Post by: Jamie Pearson on July 29, 2013, 03:24:52 pm

Any pictures?