Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: john martin on August 30, 2014, 10:59:17 pm
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What would ... just one little dot on a carpet next week , its orangey brown ... it would be better off being white .
Sodium hydrochloride ? danger of damage using it ?
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Tippex ;D
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Hi John, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) should def do the trick in turning it white just has to be used with extreme caution on the rest of the area.
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Tippex ;D
Tsk .. suppose i asked for that . lol
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Hi John, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) should def do the trick in turning it white just has to be used with extreme caution on the rest of the area.
True , dont want to spread it beyond the dot edge ... cotton bud and hairdryer ? what product would have a high concentration ...
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Hi John, any brand of household bleach usually contains 5 to 10% which will do the trick.
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Hi John, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) should def do the trick in turning it white just has to be used with extreme caution on the rest of the area.
True , dont want to spread it beyond the dot edge ... cotton bud and hairdryer ? what product would have a high concentration ...
Hi John, just dab some on the spot and leave it for 5 minutes, no need to use a hairdryer, and just dab the spot no need to soak it as the chlorine will do its work.
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Tippex ;D
Tsk .. suppose i asked for that . lol
Sorry couldn't help myself with that one, especially after a few beers :)
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You will only turn a tan dot white with bleech if the base colour is white ! I tested a carpet I was cleaning last week and the base colour was black ! I've never seen that before but you learn somthing new every day
stuart
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No one has asked what the fibres are yet!!!
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No one has asked what the fibres are yet!!!
only had the quickest look ... wool mix i'd say
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Hi John, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) should def do the trick in turning it white just has to be used with extreme caution on the rest of the area.
Sodium Hypochlorite definitely dissolves wool.
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You should try some sod met with a hot hair dryer.
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You should try some sod met with a hot hair dryer.
that would be my usual for tea / coffee / brown
but tan ... doubt it do much , might try it first though . Yes conscious of damaging the fibers or changing it to a yellow color which would be no improvement .
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You should try some sod met with a hot hair dryer.
That's what i use to use, wife not to happy with me for nicking her hairdryer but i have just got a steam gun off Solutions for around £25, great buy and looks more professional than a hairdryer :)
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Hi John, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) should def do the trick in turning it white just has to be used with extreme caution on the rest of the area.
Sodium Hypochlorite definitely dissolves wool.
I would think John is experienced enough to know that you would always neutralize the spot after using the bleach to try and whiten it.
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Yeah I have hair dryer and a small black n decker wall paper steamer that they don't make anymore for heat. They both have their pros n cons. I prefer the hairdryer as its a lot less faffing about than a steamer.
Yeah I have never removed fake tan with sod met. Some have lightened, maybe with enough patience and stronger solution might have better luck.
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I had already managed expectations so the dot didn't really matter too much to the customer .
I got it to a light yellow ... an improvement anyway , probably better than pure white for this carpet . The domestos did dam all to the tan , you can be sure if spilled it on your trousers it would go white in ten mins ...
after the domestos i just tried everything .. sod met , sodium hydroxide and a few thing i have no idea whats in them . Im not sure which lightened it the most really but nothing had a dramatic effect .
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Hi John, its worth pointing out that sodium hypochlorite (bleach) dose not have a long shelf life and will degrade in strength over time, so Domestos even though its 5% active can degrade to 1% or less if it has been lying idle over time, sodium hydrochloride has a much lower content of chlorine and will also degrade in strength over time which sometimes can render it useless if its out of date, we often go to a local water treatment company and purchase 10% active sodium hypochlorite as a secret weapon to solve problems like you have mentioned above, but again if its been sitting on a shelf for quiet a while its useless.
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Lol
Quicker just to re tuft that. Take about 10 mins.
How long did you work on it?
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I cleaned the room (bedroom) and went back and forth a few times while doing the stairs/landing . I wasn't like hanging over it all the time . What's involved in the whole re turfing thing ?