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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Luc on May 09, 2012, 12:22:17 pm

Title: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Luc on May 09, 2012, 12:22:17 pm
hi guys,

i have a rather large office area to clean on thursday, and there are several ink marks and one extreamly large ink spot. Customer thinks its from a photocopier machine. In the past i have used solvex with good results. Is there any other good Products you could recommend me to try?
Many thanks
Luc
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: craignozza on May 09, 2012, 02:07:05 pm
Filter out from prochem is for ink toner marks  ;)
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Luc on May 09, 2012, 03:06:22 pm
many thanks craignozza, will pick some up  :)
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: gwrightson on May 09, 2012, 03:11:01 pm


Luc,
You say in the past you have used solvex with good results, so what are your reasons for wanting to try some thing else ?

Geoff
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on May 09, 2012, 03:12:54 pm
Just beware using solvents on carpet tiles.

You don't want the bitchumen on the reverse of the tiles being "melted" and wicking through. You'll be owning the carpet tiles if that happens. :'( :'(

Cream solvents are the order of the day or if you must use a liquid then apply to towel before touching the tiles.

Rog
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Jim_77 on May 09, 2012, 04:50:28 pm
Amyl Acetate ;)

Will need to test on a spare tile or in a cupboard first but should be OK on carpet tiles.

TBH you'd probably do better to whip the affected tile(s) out and replace them with spares or swap them with ones from under a cupboard or filing cabinet etc.

That's the whole point of carpet tiles :)


p.s. the grass is always greener geoff ;)
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Paul Moss on May 09, 2012, 07:12:05 pm
Some body remind me about this on Saturday and i will show you a good trick on removal ;)
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Jim_77 on May 09, 2012, 08:33:58 pm
pressure washer? ;)
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: peter maybury on May 09, 2012, 08:45:04 pm
isopropanol is what the printing industry use for cleaning their equipment etc. Nothing more effective.
Evaporation rate is so fast that it will evaporate before doing damage to a lot of solvent sensitve materials.

Peter
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Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Paul Moss on May 09, 2012, 09:51:42 pm
No Jim, but i think we are all going to get you in the corner and just give you a good hose down  ;D
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: AshWhite on May 09, 2012, 09:54:13 pm
No Jim, but i think we are all going to get you in the corner and just give you a good hose down  ;D

Whats with all the gay double entendres towards Jim? I hope this weekend isn't a cover some some shenanigans between you two!
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Billy Russell on May 09, 2012, 09:58:00 pm
No Jim, but i think we are all going to get you in the corner and just give you a good hose down  ;D

Whats with all the gay double entendres towards Jim? I hope this weekend isn't a cover some some shenanigans between you two!

You just bring your heels welshman!!!! I got my waders and velcro gloves!!! or have i got the wrong end of the stick paul, when you said new techniques with wool?

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: garyfindlay on May 09, 2012, 10:03:03 pm
Amyl Acetate ;)

Will need to test on a spare tile or in a cupboard first but should be OK on carpet tiles.

TBH you'd probably do better to whip the affected tile(s) out and replace them with spares or swap them with ones from under a cupboard or filing cabinet etc.

That's the whole point of carpet tiles :)


p.s. the grass is always greener geoff ;)

What if the tiles are stuck down?
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Paul Moss on May 09, 2012, 10:05:37 pm
 ;D
Billy, I think Ash just wants to join our club :D
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: AshWhite on May 09, 2012, 10:26:43 pm
;D
Billy, I think Ash just wants to join our club :D

http://www.tlcclub.net/

Is this it? 'Cos I'm not 40 yet..
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Billy Russell on May 09, 2012, 10:39:07 pm
;D
Billy, I think Ash just wants to join our club :D

http://www.tlcclub.net/

Is this it? 'Cos I'm not 40 yet..

No Ash, thats Jims club, he lied about his age to get in!!!!!! oh and he told them he had a pink sebo!!!

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Jim_77 on May 10, 2012, 12:17:04 am
Glass houses & stones Billy Boy!!  That shirt's still creased!
Title: Re: Ink on Blue carpet Tiles
Post by: Jamie Pearson on May 10, 2012, 06:27:19 pm
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What if the tiles are stuck down?

Eat more porridge!

Then buy a can of spray glue so you can stick them back down.

We do this regularly. There is nothing worse than going into a periodic and finding the client has put a new tile out of the box on a walkway.

We will always lift it and replace it with one from under a desk. Just beyond where their chair would sit. These have usually had the same air/light exposure and similar fading.

It just makes it look so much better.