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Title: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Michelle Chapman on January 24, 2006, 11:24:30 pm
Can anyone help please...........Have a customer that has spilt Taramic on there carpet, have tried several things with no joy.......Anyone know of a solution??
Regards Shell
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Jason Hedges on January 25, 2006, 12:38:28 am
Hi,

Could try prochems solvall spotter, works for me.

Kind regards,
Jason.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: woodman on January 25, 2006, 08:45:04 am
Do you mean 'Turmeric' ?

Spice used in cooking or in mustard.

If so Solvall wouldn't work.

What type of carpet is it on?
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: fibresafe on January 25, 2006, 12:19:14 pm
Try Chemspec Helpmate Coffee Stain remover, or Chemspec Spray N Go if it's not a wool carpet (both with caution)
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: fibresafe on January 25, 2006, 12:20:22 pm
(that's is it is Turmericvof course)
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: carpetclean on January 25, 2006, 12:42:56 pm
if its tumeric i dont fancy your chances it being a dye
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: The Great One on January 25, 2006, 10:01:17 pm
Hi

I think you are stuffed!

Did a carpet a while ago with take away stains all over the place (student let)

Everything came out except for two yellow stains

Yep, tumeric!

It's a food dye, therefore carpet is dyed.

Regards

Martin 8)
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 25, 2006, 10:25:21 pm
Heat transfer method sounds the best bet, can you post a picture and hopefully we can talk you through.

Shaun
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Jason Hedges on January 25, 2006, 10:44:46 pm
Hi all,

Sorry my mistake I thought it said tarmac!

Gotta get my eyes checked!

Had some joy with food dye stains using rust remover and coffee stain remover from prochem or microsplitter no.9 from solutions. Took a hard dried in blood stain out of a cream carpet last week the size of a dinner plate completely using no.9, customer over the moon and had 2 referal jobs worth £150 from her already.

Kind regards,
Jason.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on January 25, 2006, 11:03:32 pm
Are you remotely aware of the pathogens that can be released into the air dealing with a dried blood stain ESPECIALLY of the size that you're describing!
Tyvek suit, goggles, mask gloves, booties. Should use a tub vacuum cleaner exhausted outside anything else will get platelets airbourne indoors. On completion of the job all outerwear should be bagged up and taken to local hospital for incineration.
If the person who deposited the blood has any form of blood illness - inhalation of any airbourne platelets can lead to your system absorbing said illness! It's that serious. :o

Obviously all this has to be accounted for within the job cost. To be honest, since I found out about this from Paul Pearce who was invited to a seminar on blood bourne pathogen dangers I wont clear blood. Just because you can't see it don't mean it's not there!

Just watching out for a fellow CC
Alan
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Michelle Chapman on January 25, 2006, 11:16:16 pm
Do you mean 'Turmeric' ?

Spice used in cooking or in mustard.

If so Solvall wouldn't work.

What type of carpet is it on?
................

Yes Turmeric  cooking spice..........its a pink wool carpet
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Michelle Chapman on January 25, 2006, 11:19:11 pm
Heat transfer method sounds the best bet, can you post a picture and hopefully we can talk you through.

Shaun
   "Turmeric ".....Ok thanks for that will try it.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Michelle Chapman on January 25, 2006, 11:20:28 pm
Hi all,

Sorry my mistake I thought it said tarmac!

Gotta get my eyes checked!

Had some joy with food dye stains using rust remover and coffee stain remover from prochem or microsplitter no.9 from solutions. Took a hard dried in blood stain out of a cream carpet last week the size of a dinner plate completely using no.9, customer over the moon and had 2 referal jobs worth £150 from her already.

Kind regards,
Jason.
...........Turmeric.....Ok thanks for that will try anything 
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Michelle Chapman on January 25, 2006, 11:23:15 pm
Are you remotely aware of the pathogens that can be released into the air dealing with a dried blood stain ESPECIALLY of the size that you're describing!
Tyvek suit, goggles, mask gloves, booties. Should use a tub vacuum cleaner exhausted outside anything else will get platelets airbourne indoors. On completion of the job all outerwear should be bagged up and taken to local hospital for incineration.
If the person who deposited the blood has any form of blood illness - inhalation of any airbourne platelets can lead to your system absorbing said illness! It's that serious. :o

Obviously all this has to be accounted for within the job cost. To be honest, since I found out about this from Paul Pearce who was invited to a seminar on blood bourne pathogen dangers I wont clear blood. Just because you can't see it don't mean it's not there!

Just watching out for a fellow CC
Alan
..............."Turmeric".......Think you have sent this message to me in mistake.........I was looking for a solution on Turmeric never mentioned Blood.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on January 25, 2006, 11:34:13 pm
Sorry, Responding to Jason Hedges.

Tumeric. Forget it . I'ts not coming out. It's a vegetable dye. If the client is really that concerned there's a carpet redying course coming up in the spring. Get yourself on it.

Regards
Alan
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Derek on January 26, 2006, 06:26:43 am
Alan

I know that you drifted 'off topic' a bit  ;)  with reference to blood but it was a point well made

Derek
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: carpetclean on January 26, 2006, 07:01:40 am
yes alan i was impressed as i wasnt aware of the the platelets . something worth considering next time i am faced with this problem as i was before christmas.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: woodman on January 26, 2006, 01:17:36 pm
Hi Matt

 the carpet, polyester or polypropelene by any chance was it.
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: fibresafe on January 26, 2006, 02:08:19 pm
Nylon
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on January 26, 2006, 09:39:05 pm
I got rid of a curry stain ......................once. There was that much crap on the carpet that the curry sat on the dirt rather than the carpet!!!!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: BRSL on January 26, 2006, 10:07:47 pm
Alan got any info on the carpet dying course please  ;)

James
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on January 26, 2006, 10:45:16 pm
I'm meeting Paul Pearce on site tomorrow. I'll ask him if he know's of the date/ venue. ;)
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: BRSL on January 26, 2006, 10:53:23 pm
Thanks Alan  ;)

all the best James
Title: Re: Bad stain day....New buisness
Post by: Jason Hedges on February 01, 2006, 12:14:02 am
Are you remotely aware of the pathogens that can be released into the air dealing with a dried blood stain ESPECIALLY of the size that you're describing!
Tyvek suit, goggles, mask gloves, booties. Should use a tub vacuum cleaner exhausted outside anything else will get platelets airbourne indoors. On completion of the job all outerwear should be bagged up and taken to local hospital for incineration.
If the person who deposited the blood has any form of blood illness - inhalation of any airbourne platelets can lead to your system absorbing said illness! It's that serious. :o

Obviously all this has to be accounted for within the job cost. To be honest, since I found out about this from Paul Pearce who was invited to a seminar on blood bourne pathogen dangers I wont clear blood. Just because you can't see it don't mean it's not there!

Just watching out for a fellow CC
Alan

Sorry as this is off subject!!!

Hi Alan,

Sorry haven't been on site for a while, Thanks for the information! I never knew of the dangers. The blood was from an elderly lady who fell and cut her knee. Can you please either contact me on 01502 732558 or by email as in my details or give me your contact details.

Kind regards,
Jason.