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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: david@zap-clean on September 14, 2012, 12:00:55 pm

Title: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: david@zap-clean on September 14, 2012, 12:00:55 pm
Having almost finish cleaning this sofa, with one cushion left to clean, I looked back and realised my mistake :-)

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1347620434_IMAG0367mini.jpg)

Title: Re: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 14, 2012, 05:22:04 pm
If we are talking nightmares do what I did on Tuesday , cleaned a suite and did my usual amazing job :D

As I was cleaning the living room I didn't put any dust sheets down, (why should I , if I make a mess off the carpet it doesn't matter)

The overspray had lightly wetted the carpet, the suite had mohagany feet, I'm sure you can guess the result :'( :'( not just dye marks but huge stripes where we had pulled the suite across the carpet.

Luckily they cleaned out but I was crapping bricks as we cleaned the carpet,

A rookie mistake, not to be repeated.
Title: Re: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: david@zap-clean on September 14, 2012, 05:47:32 pm
Joking apart - I was panicking a bit when I saw the results of my 5 minute dye test, but it cleaned up fine using the low moisture shampoo method:

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Title: Re: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: garry22 on September 14, 2012, 05:56:52 pm
I saw one once where the suit had been "cleaned" by cowboys.

I moved it across the room and found a bleached, three sided rectangular mark that corresponded to the plan shape of the suite (imagine someone had painted a football goal post white then laid it down on top of the carpet).

I can only assume that it was high PH pre-spray that had dripped from the front and sides (they had obviously not sprayed the back!) on to the carpet.
Title: Re: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: Dave_Lee on September 15, 2012, 04:34:02 pm
Joking apart - I was panicking a bit when I saw the results of my 5 minute dye test, but it cleaned up fine using the low moisture shampoo method:

Why bother doing a dye test on a single coloured fabric?
I would have HWE it, no problem.
Dave.
Title: Re: Upholstery cleaning nightmare
Post by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on September 15, 2012, 08:10:23 pm
"Why bother doing a dye test on a single coloured fabric?
I would have HWE it, no problem.
Dave."
 
Disagree....you could suck the colour out leaving it lighter and patchy  :P