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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: wayne zabel on October 10, 2012, 06:55:48 pm

Title: Upholstery advice please
Post by: wayne zabel on October 10, 2012, 06:55:48 pm
Viewed 2 sofas today.Light grey from Habitat.only light soiling.

Info tab was 60% CO, 30% PC. 10% VI.

I presume this is 60% cotton 10% viscose but what is the 30% PC?

Although I have cleaned lots of cotton suites Im concerned about the viscose content,should I be ?

Any advice please.

Thanks Wayne


Title: Re: Upholstery advice please
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 10, 2012, 06:58:09 pm
How do you plan to clean it?  I cleaned a high end viscose suite recently using Prochem fibre shampoo, which went well.
Title: Re: Upholstery advice please
Post by: wayne zabel on October 10, 2012, 07:00:17 pm
Usual HWE process, using Pure Clean.
Title: Re: Upholstery advice please
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 10, 2012, 07:20:43 pm
I wouldn't be worrying about the 10% viscose,  I'd be more concerned about the 60% cotton, especially if HWE is to be used.  But I'm fairly new to this game - so don't take too much notice.

I did several cotton chairs recently using fibre shampoo.  They were very light coloured beige, and came up fine, and I'm going back to do their carpets next week, so I must be doing something right.

They also had an off-white cotton fabric dressing room stool, which was really dirty.  I couldn't get it clean with fibre shampoo, so I offered to HWE it, at the customers risk.  I hit it with HD-X, agitated and HWE'd heavily.  It worked out OK.
Title: Re: Upholstery advice please
Post by: Mike Halliday on October 10, 2012, 07:35:43 pm
just book the appointment and tell them part of the testing process is the cleaning of a test sample in an inconspicuous area.

clean and dry some of the fabric ( at the back, cushion side, under the cushions) then compare the cleaned area to an untouched area...... if its the same continue.

 I say this 2-3 times a month on fabrics i don't recognize