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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: kinder clean on May 24, 2011, 04:19:46 pm

Title: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: kinder clean on May 24, 2011, 04:19:46 pm

Been to quote a commercial job today.

Someone had trod oily footmarks accross a polyprop carpet, custy has attempted to clean it up with vanish and it now has big grey shadow stains instead.

Going to have a crack tomorrow evening, will try all the usual but just wondered if anyone had a top tip.

Might resort to caustic soda as a last resort ! Green cleaner of the year !  ;D

Cheers Paul

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Simon@arenaclean on May 24, 2011, 05:25:48 pm

Rinse, rinse and rinse again. Get as much crap out as you can and see what's left. I suspect pile damage and or dis-colouration

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Russ Chadd on May 24, 2011, 06:11:55 pm

Hmmmm... i may try a good powerful pre spay like Powerburst, gentle agitate and rince with HOT water... do this several times before opting for a solvent cleaner.

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Jamie Pearson on May 24, 2011, 06:19:45 pm

Quote from: Simon@arenaclean on May 24, 2011, 05:25:48 pm

Rinse, rinse and rinse again. Get as much crap out as you can and see what's left. I suspect pile damage and or dis-colouration

I agree.

Dont put anything else on until you get out any vanish residue then begin your attack on whats left.

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Russ Chadd on May 24, 2011, 06:22:39 pm

Quote from: CleaningSystemsUK on May 24, 2011, 06:19:45 pm

Quote from: Simon@arenaclean on May 24, 2011, 05:25:48 pm

Rinse, rinse and rinse again. Get as much crap out as you can and see what's left. I suspect pile damage and or dis-colouration

I agree.

Dont put anything else on until you get out any vanish residue then begin your attack on whats left.

Vanish = foam so remember to add the de foamer... bloody foam cleaners!!!

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: markpowell on May 24, 2011, 10:11:30 pm

Good Hot water rinse, Ultrapac  renovate hot and rinse again
Mark

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Jim_77 on May 24, 2011, 10:34:24 pm

If you've got any m-power or nemesis give it a good treatment with that first of all, it will help break up the residue.  Then rinse well, then see what's left to treat.

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: Carpet Dawg on May 24, 2011, 10:43:39 pm

Spray some defomer on the spots first. That'll break the soapy residue better than anything else.

I did a large dogs vomit the other day. The customer had used a ton of washing uo powder and some otrher cleaning products. I looked like a huge mess and was pretty much fecked!

But i sprayed undiluted defoamer all over the stain, left it dwell for about 20minutes and extracted, came up brand new.

Title: Re: oil stain on polyprop been treated with vanish
Post by: kinder clean on May 25, 2011, 01:15:58 am

Thanks for the advice fellas.

Did tell her she may have done more damage than good usuing the vanish, so she's been warned !

Cheers Paul