[jacko]

Was called to survey a cream suite today - stained with chocolate, coffee, and generally soiled. Fibre is synthetic i believe polyester, with brown specs.

Lady of the house says it was wet cleaned when they lived in France and suffered shrinkage. (it did not notice however)

I do not believe that dry (solvent) cleaning will be effective on the stains. (have not got a machine for this so would be a hand-job with Dry-pro).

Any ideas....

[Ken Wainwright]

Jacko

Have seams split? If so were thay repaired? Any other signs of shrinkage damage? Your description suggests that wet cleaning is required ( as you have already surmised) subject to testing.

Do a shrinkage test on the fabric. 5% is usually acceptable. Work to best practice standards and dry as quick as possible.

Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken

[Dynafoam]

Jacko,

If polyester it should wet-clean OK and has a reasonable wet-stain surrender. Don't use too high a temperature.

Coffee stains are best treated before general pre-spray and if you are using a micro-splitter this can be applied direct over the coffee-stain treatment without intermediate rinse. If the areas of coffee staining are large, agitate these areas with a towel of mitt as the double spray will have made them wetter.

If the chocolate is stubborn, B144 Stainpro or an enzyme should help.

John.
John

[jacko]

Ken, John, thanks very much for advice.