Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Alan falconer on July 20, 2012, 07:17:07 pm
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Has anyone used ultrapac on a sofa have one tomorrow in dire need of something intense think i heard someone mention ultrapac before !
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NO but if needs must then yes :'( :-X :-X
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As a routine method.... No
On the very odd occassion where an area needs heat seeking missiles on it then yes, but only if you know what you're doing and the customer accepts this is a dire situation and carries risks
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Best to build up to something like Ultrapac, so try different chemicals, add some fibre shampoo, Oxibrite etc and lots of agitation and you may find you can get away with a fairly standard chemical, even on the most challenging fabrics. Fabric Restorer is a safer bet applied on top of your standard prespray and scrubbed in.
Simon
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In the past i have used SPM from solutions on minging sofa's, its a good product which contains an oxidiser, doesn't require an acidic rinse on most fabrics.
I find spending more time on the dry vac stage will result in spending less time extracting...
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Nothing wrong with it at all, if it is the right chemistry for the job at hand. But you simply can NOT disregard the need for extremely thorough rinsing, with acid rinse of course. If it's a polyprop or acrylic fibre not really any worries.
I cleaned a couple of small shaggy rugs with ultrapac last week that had been in front of a fire, wool & silk mixture - one was grey, they should be natural off-white wool colour. I always use ultrapac at about 1:40 or even weaker, don't think there's a need for it any stronger than that.
These rugs turned out fabulous but just along one edge where I obviously didn't pull enough rinse water through it and neutralise, the silk elements had browned really badly the next morning. Quickly fixed with browning prescription but it just goes to show what a knife edge you're on in some cases