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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Emil Dinev on March 17, 2012, 04:39:00 pm

Title: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Emil Dinev on March 17, 2012, 04:39:00 pm

Hi everyone,

I've been asked to clean silk upholstery in a hotel.
Am I right in thinking that dry solvent based cleaner is the only way to go?
Also customer  wants the chairs protected as well - dry solvent based protector ?

Any thoughts much appreciated!

Cheers
Emil

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Jamie Pearson on March 17, 2012, 04:45:31 pm

Correct.

If heavily soiled you could use dry/wet/dry but need to have a particularly good hand tool, technique and air movers.

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Emil Dinev on March 17, 2012, 05:00:26 pm

I've got drimaster mk1, a snail turbo dryer and whole room air mover.
I'm just a bit nervous about touching silk with water :)
Chairs are not heavily soiled, but some got stains on them.

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: John Milnes on March 17, 2012, 06:32:56 pm

Dry cleaning solvent is the only thing you can use safely. Probably with a cloth and bucket.
Use water and you may be in deep poo. Never use water on silk chairs unless you want them to become yours ;D.

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Paul Moss on March 17, 2012, 07:08:10 pm

Cleaned loads  with water, no  probs.

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on March 17, 2012, 07:18:14 pm

So have I but don't want to start giving too much away on here it can be dangerous, we used to clean it with just dry foam but it was never enough to get rid of staining.

Shaun

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Jamie Pearson on March 17, 2012, 08:27:29 pm

Quote from: Paul Moss on March 17, 2012, 07:08:10 pm

Cleaned loads  with water, no  probs.

Same. Its all about technique and confidence in your techniques.

Go buy some samples and have a play, at your own expense.

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Jim_77 on March 17, 2012, 09:30:12 pm

Silk used in a textured form = big headache.  Silk in a flat weave fabric, different ball game.

Show a dog fear and it will bite you :)

Title: Re: Cleaning silk upholstery
Post by: Ricky M on March 18, 2012, 03:48:09 pm

mm just a thought, you could stabilise it 1st then splash n dash the life out of it really give it dam good seeing too !!

on the scale of hardness and longevity ( fighting talk an all that ) silk in the ring would KO most synths, however silk with a bit of unstable dye matter on it is a right poofter and needs a bit help from time to time bit like good old Rocky in No 5