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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Griffus on December 07, 2010, 10:20:17 pm

Title: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 07, 2010, 10:20:17 pm
Cleaned a couple for the worst carpets I've seen for a while today, and we get mostly mingers!

What do you reckon: -

Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: markpowell on December 07, 2010, 10:24:56 pm
Where are the after pics ;)
Mark
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 07, 2010, 10:29:36 pm
Just reduced size as taking a lifetime!!

Having to do in a few posts: -
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 07, 2010, 10:30:34 pm
finally: -
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Steven Taylor on December 07, 2010, 10:32:17 pm

Very good, what products did u use please?
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 07, 2010, 10:36:05 pm
Power Burst prespray, then rinsed with F & F and a splash of Odour Fresh

Spent 1.25 hours on the dry vac!

Used Envirodri (B & W brushes) throughout the lounge but not on stairs or landing.
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Jamie Lindsay on December 07, 2010, 11:55:55 pm
did you use photoshop on them  :o
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 08, 2010, 12:16:46 am
did you use photoshop on them  :o



I'll take that as a compliment then  :)
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Jamie Lindsay on December 08, 2010, 12:27:23 am
good job
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Jim_77 on December 08, 2010, 12:29:36 am
where are the after pics then?!!!
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Carpet Dawg on December 08, 2010, 01:09:04 am
I thoughht my houses looked different when i came in tonight!  :-X
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Joe H on December 08, 2010, 08:06:24 am
To be honest I didnt think those carpets looked "really bad"
Sure there was debri about - but a good vacuuming would have got rid of that - and you did say it took you 1.5 hours for vaccing.
I would like to have seen the result after vaccing but before applying Powerburst.
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: clinton on December 08, 2010, 08:10:45 am
Yes looked more like plaster and some sort of rubble but the after picies are ok.
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Sarah Kirby on December 08, 2010, 09:46:41 am
To be honest I didnt think those carpets looked "really bad"
Sure there was debri about - but a good vacuuming would have got rid of that - and you did say it took you 1.5 hours for vaccing.
I would like to have seen the result after vaccing but before applying Powerburst.


I have to say I was thinking the same but was waiting for someone else to say it first   :o
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: robert meldrum on December 08, 2010, 10:02:25 am
Decent enough result..............but something you may have missed. If the upholstery / valance / cover comes in contact with damp / wet carpet it will end up with a nasty watermark.
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Aquakleen Restoration Services on December 08, 2010, 10:54:45 am
Heres a 'bad' one i did a few months back... It was a students accomodation. Took me 1 1/2 hours to vacuum the place. Lots of unusual creepie crawlies id never seen before. it was a lovely job!!

Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Griffus on December 08, 2010, 03:10:46 pm
Decent enough result..............but something you may have missed. If the upholstery / valance / cover comes in contact with damp / wet carpet it will end up with a nasty watermark.

Robert, the carpet was dry (at least to the touch) by the time the covers were allowed back down. How wet do you leave carpets??  ::)  ;D


Vaccing did get rid of the dry stuff, but the carpets were full of ground in dirt, and a few million Jack Russell hairs. I never even considered pic's at this stage.


To be honest I only took the pictures before I started to show the state of the carpets to my customer, more to cover myself if things didn't work out than anything. These jobs are supposed to be left as clean as possible by each trade, but with this one I think the tenant had added a bit of 'mess' themselves, maybe in the hope of replacements. Notice the landing, it was loose all over and sliced away at one end.

When finished I was so impressed with the results that I bought the company  8) 
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: garyfindlay on December 08, 2010, 03:47:18 pm
This is what you call a minger !!!
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Jamie Lindsay on December 08, 2010, 05:43:11 pm
very nice work... what did you use ?
Title: Re: Worst for a while
Post by: Carpet Dawg on December 08, 2010, 08:56:18 pm
Defo no Mpower on that one!