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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Bob Robertson on August 14, 2010, 05:56:56 pm

Title: Just for fun!
Post by: Bob Robertson on August 14, 2010, 05:56:56 pm

A job I done a few months ago.There were no marks on the carpet, I pre sprayed with pure clean and went to set up my equipment. I returned to agitate the pre spray and there was a pink coloured looking stain on the carpet.

Can you guess what caused it ?



 Bob

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Post by: Doug Holloway on August 14, 2010, 06:01:09 pm

Hi Bob

Stained glass window?

i.e the stain is an illusion.

Cheers

Doug

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Post by: jasonl on August 14, 2010, 06:03:22 pm

Zit cream, latently on the carpet waiting for moisture ?

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Post by: Colin Day on August 14, 2010, 06:08:53 pm

I was going to say athletes foot cream.... 'cos it has peroxide in it!

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Post by: Pristine Clean on August 14, 2010, 06:30:28 pm

No I dont know what has caused it, more importantly will it go away when the carpets are dry if it cannot be removed?

Dave

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Post by: Neil Williams on August 14, 2010, 07:42:02 pm

I'd say light refraction off something
If it's not then it reminds me of a job years ago. White carpet in a bedroom which didn't look too bad until I pre-sprayed it, because with that blue spots started appearing all over the carpet. I could have curled up and died as more and more blue spots appeared with every second.
It took a while but then it dawned on me what had happened......

when I saw the blue marker pens.....

some kid had stabbed the carpet over and over with a marker pen, no evidence on the surface but add moisture and the blue ink wicked up to the surface >:(

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Post by: Paul Heath on August 14, 2010, 07:59:04 pm

Is it where you left the sprayer and hose while it was dwelling ???

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Post by: Bob Robertson on August 14, 2010, 08:38:20 pm

Doug and Neil got it.  ;)

Here was the culprit. It was one of those moments when you say "Oh st1t what have I done". I was down on hand and knees with my spotting kit at the ready. ;D


Bob

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Post by: Neil Williams on August 14, 2010, 09:37:26 pm

Here's a word of warning.
Leaving glass objects which pick up the light and divert it onto one spot could cause burns.
I saw pictures of a leather sofa a few weeks back which had strange marks on it. I think we agreed in the end it was sunlight reflecting off a chandalier (I think) constantly onto the same spot on the sofa.

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Post by: Bob Robertson on August 14, 2010, 09:48:37 pm

Hi Neil

I seen one a few weeks ago that the customer had one of those reading magnifying glasses on a stand, It actually burned a hole in the arm of her leather suite. She was lucky it didn't catch fire.

Bob

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Post by: james roffey on August 14, 2010, 10:41:05 pm

Something happened to me which should be a word of warning to anyone using and Envirodri. i did pure white bedroom carpet presprayed no problem with Nenesis, got the Envirodri on it as soon as i turned the machine on i notice lot of black marks appear all over the carpet, after a minute of thinking omg i realised that due to the perfect white colour of the carpet dirty water was flying off the gen 4 and going on the carpet never noticed it on other carpets but they really stood out on this, when i got home i soaked all my brushes to clean them :P