Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Carpet Dawg on December 16, 2012, 09:01:18 pm
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http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/0048
Had a customer asking me if I had anything to put on some rugs and a sofa of her's to make it "fire retardent". I remember browsing restormate and stumbling across craftex product.
Last time I was at her house I cleaned her carpets, but i'm pretty sure she had a synthetic suite and rugs.
Does anyone know if it does the job? or if there's any other products out there that does what it says on the tin?
Also, is it a case of just spraying it on and letting it dry in?
Tony
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Last time I did fire retardent was 3 years ago in a local
WMC
Got the Prochem stuff then and laid it down and left to
dry.
You can only hope it does what it says on the tin.
Not a lot of point nowadays though with smoking ban.
John
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Yep Restormate sell a fire retardant
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Thanks
Paul, is it the Craftex one that is in the link?
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Think he does a couple, its been a while since a got some.
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cheers mate, i'll give them a call.
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The trouble with that stuff it tends to make material go hare and stiff
Oliver Collins
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Fire retardents work by leaving salts in the treated material. Basically they are a salts combination in a carrier fluid. When it is sprayed onto a fabric it is absorbed and eventually the carrier fluid evaporates leaving the salts behind. It is these salts which inhibit burning by causing any flames to splutter and die out.
In view of this I believe treating any manmade rugs would be futile as the liquid would just run off the pile fibres. Wool rugs don't need treating as wool is naturally retardent. Therefore they are only suitable for manmade and natural fabrics. In manmade fabrics the salts are trapped within the weave.
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John
So mainly for upholstery, curtains etc
Would you say its more effective if the upholstery i slightly damp before applying? i.e. after a clean
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Would work best if dry as it would absorb more easily but you can use it on damp materials just making sure it just didn't run off the surface.