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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spickandspan on May 01, 2006, 01:04:44 am

Title: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: spickandspan on May 01, 2006, 01:04:44 am

Ok guys whats best solution to remove this?????
Many thanks.

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: Mike Halliday on May 01, 2006, 07:24:26 am

M/S  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: spickandspan on May 01, 2006, 10:27:33 am

Ok will try but not to keen on M/S

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: Doug Holloway on May 01, 2006, 10:56:17 am

Spicknspan,

Mike only put that as a wind up re your earlier comments on 'MS'.

First thing to work out is whether its real or fake suede , if its real don't touch it with water.

Next problem is the sort of products one would normally use to remove biro, acetone(nail varnish remover) or hair spray containing ether , may cause fake suede to delaminate causing a bubble.

Best to try first with a detergent , then 'MS' , then if no luck prequalify and try acetone on a cotton bud.

Cheers

Doug

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: spickandspan on May 01, 2006, 12:47:59 pm

Thanks Doug good job i never tried M/S eh....................

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: dave401uk on May 01, 2006, 02:12:08 pm

spickand spam.............
have to had any training, should consider going down this route ::)

Dave

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: spickandspan on May 01, 2006, 02:42:35 pm

Yes trained by Prochem in 1992 been trading since ..........and you????

Title: Re: Biro Ink from white suede suite
Post by: LTT Leathercare on May 02, 2006, 08:31:07 am

As mentioned make sure first that it is suede and not a fabric 'look a like'. 

If it is suede then the best thing to do would be to try a Nubuck cloth to remove ink that is sitting on the surface. The longer the ink has been on the further it wil have sunk into the leather.  Wet cleaning will only spread the ink and make matters worse.  A brass brush will help to lift the nap so that the cloth can get deeper into the fibres.  Sometimes it is possible to remove all the ink this way. 

Anything futher than this becomes a much more technical problem and would need a trained tehnician to deal with it.

Regards
Judy