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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: andrew66 on October 29, 2010, 05:26:47 pm

Title: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: andrew66 on October 29, 2010, 05:26:47 pm
 first goats hair carpet to clean any advice
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: davep on October 29, 2010, 05:37:17 pm
Try Vosene  ;D
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Post by: Jim_77 on October 29, 2010, 05:49:06 pm
Cleaning goats' hair is easy.  You just have to catch it first.
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Post by: andrew66 on October 29, 2010, 08:27:10 pm
should have said any useful advice
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Post by: derek west on October 29, 2010, 08:35:45 pm
don't worry andrew, there only "kidding" ;D  ewe always get a few jokers on here, you just have to take the gruff with the smooth.  come on help me out here guys.
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Post by: garyfindlay on October 29, 2010, 08:57:17 pm
I use wash an goats.
or is it all the goat, or just head and shoulders?
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: andrew66 on October 29, 2010, 09:00:55 pm
ill let this one run its course i guess but please dont get my goat up with your billyous behaviour.
if anyone can provide help please do custy wants answer tommorow , she is into eco friendly products hence the goats hair do i treat it the same as wool?
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 29, 2010, 09:11:10 pm
What type / style of rug is it?? I did a 20ft camel hair chinese a while back with HWE and an airmover, microsplitter and freshwater rinse
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: derek west on October 29, 2010, 09:30:48 pm
What type / style of rug is it?? I did a 20ft camel hair chinese a while back with HWE and an airmover, microsplitter and freshwater rinse
geoff
i heard you didn't take it back for 3 days so the customer got the hump.
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 29, 2010, 09:33:18 pm
 ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: Fintan_Coll on October 29, 2010, 10:01:29 pm
First you have to seperate the goats from the sheep.
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: Fintan_Coll on October 29, 2010, 10:09:24 pm
Seriously, I have cleaned a few goat skin rugs, they are a nuisance really. The best advice I can give from my own experience would be a light misting with something like mpower, then a light extraction keeping moisture to a minimun but at the same time using enough water to get a satisfactory result. Go easy on the vaccuming passes as goats hair is not as stable as a sheepskin rug and you could end up extracting too many hairs and destroying the rug. Get the rug as dry as possible after cleaning by maybe using a hair dryer at a safe distance.
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Post by: robert meldrum on October 29, 2010, 10:19:55 pm
There are specific products available for this from LTT and possibly other suppliers.
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: andrew66 on October 29, 2010, 10:45:21 pm
its a complete room carpeted in this stuff >:(
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Post by: Stu.Clem on October 29, 2010, 11:06:18 pm
Natural fibre so neutral as poss ph - One step fineline very good tho nowadays would be using the more robust Nemesis/Mpower for their self agitiating powers.  Good gentle vac - misting of prespray hand brushed straight in followed by a further light misting again very lightly but thoroughly brushed in then a 20 min or so dwell followed by a gentle short stroked warm water extraction with frequent dry passes - airmover to finish leaving it mostly but not fully dry.  Just used this method on a pretty minging 50/50 long pile large rug other 50 being silk I was a tad unimpressed with result initially however custy was over the moon on its return... Think the old under promise / over deliver and charge a good fee for this one is applicable

Stu
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Post by: Fintan_Coll on October 29, 2010, 11:07:07 pm
Oh, thats a different matter entirely, I thought it was just a goat skin rug. I have never seen or heard of an entire room covered in goatskin before.
I can see you doing the whole room on your hands and knees with your upholstery tool, that is if you take the job on in the first place. If you do you will need  to charge a very high price as this will be a time consuming job.
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 29, 2010, 11:14:37 pm
I thought it was a rug too! Name your price, long job, probably hands and knees with a hand tool
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Post by: Ben Lugg on October 30, 2010, 09:01:19 am
Andrew,
i cleaned a goat hair carpet yesterday ,landing and stairs, treated it as if pure wool.
 Very light pre spray small amount of agitation, ff rinse and plenty of dry passes, came up well although not heavily soiled to begin with.
I read that these can have varying amounts of goat hair from 30% to 100% and are very expensive. Treat with care and it should be ok.

Regards.
Ben.
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: Jim_77 on October 30, 2010, 07:58:22 pm
you just have to take the gruff with the smooth.

You just hoof to spoil it don't you!
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Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 30, 2010, 08:07:59 pm
Must be kidding!

I herd that you wanted some advice?

What about washing it with a baaaahlm?

Shaun
Title: Re: best way to clean goats hair
Post by: andrew66 on October 30, 2010, 09:08:41 pm
thanks guys for all the kidding around and thanks for the serious advice as well