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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 05:49:47 pm

Title: Upholstery guide
Post by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 05:49:47 pm: Does such thing exist?
A guide with samples to help with identification or anything like?
Cheers
Title: Re: Upholstery guide
Post by: Mike Gwilliam on June 16, 2013, 07:15:34 pm: Training helps....I think the NCCA has one or they did when I went on the course.
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Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on June 16, 2013, 07:38:07 pm: I have always got a sample of fabric ID on every course I ever done, thought this was the norm?
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Post by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 07:52:27 pm: It probably is mate, I haven't had training yet but will be, I just wondered if there was any kind of guide/book aswell.
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Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on June 16, 2013, 07:54:23 pm: IICRC used to do one with the course Chemspec do one

http://www.chemspec-europe.com/displayproduct.asp?UID=52953&productname=Upholstery-Cleaning-Manual-(Single)

Shaun
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Post by: Nick Attwood on June 16, 2013, 08:19:53 pm: Make your own! Can buy sample books on the net / ebay, do the research which will help educate you and it will cost you very little ;)
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Post by: Craigp on June 16, 2013, 08:39:13 pm: Whys no one mentioned the most comprehensive guide there is?

IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning

I think you need to buy from the National flood school now.
Title: Re: Upholstery guide
Post by: Craigp on June 16, 2013, 08:40:52 pm: I paid £85 for the carpet one! ochh!

here it is, looks like the upholstery one is only 25

http://www.nationalfloodschool.co.uk/sales_detail.htm
Title: Re: Upholstery guide
Post by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 09:50:09 pm: That's great, thanks.
Do you know if it is all text or if there are any fabric samples in it?
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Post by: Craigp on June 16, 2013, 09:56:43 pm: No samples in it, I don't think you will need samples, I've never had them in 10 years I been going.
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Post by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 10:26:17 pm: Cheers Craig, does it cover each fabric type and whether its cleanable using HWE? That's all I'm after really mate.
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Post by: B Bailey on June 16, 2013, 10:42:55 pm: I bought mine from flood school when I did the upholstery course, and it has samples.
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Post by: Steven Butler on June 16, 2013, 11:13:12 pm: Fancy selling it? Ha
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Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on June 17, 2013, 09:02:28 am: The answer is, do the training then you will get all the info you need, in fact it's the first thing you should do, get trained properly before you even attempt a clean
Title: Re: Upholstery guide
Post by: JandS on June 17, 2013, 10:26:38 am: I've got the IICRC Advanced Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technical Manual by Jeff Cross......bought from Amazon and don't think it was that expensive.
It's good reading but don't do what I did and get the Kindle version....pictures are crap and it doesn't read well...book form would be better.