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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spindle on May 06, 2006, 10:05:35 am

Title: cleaning sisal
Post by: spindle on May 06, 2006, 10:05:35 am

what is the best method to clean sisal carpets.........................is it possible to use hwe??
the customer has browing and water stains.....room is about 4m x 5m

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: spindle on May 06, 2006, 10:44:53 am

i have just checked with the search engine on this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am not going to clean this carpet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not worth the risk.....................i will do as others...and walk away!!!!

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: craigp on May 06, 2006, 12:42:32 pm

lol !!   ;D

you problay read my old topic, i shrank one, opps.

though a bad stain came up fine, before it started to pull at grippers making gap at edges. :-[


give the job to a company you don't like ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: Ian Gourlay on May 06, 2006, 12:51:43 pm

Craig

I was just wodering if your Scrubber could be used to  brush in the dry compound.

if you were to clean another sizal carpet

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: craigp on May 06, 2006, 07:23:16 pm

maybe ??? im not sure.

i have no experience of dry cleaning, as i understand a substance/materail soaked in solvent? is spinkled down then worked in with rotary, how is it noramaly extracted after?

i guess it could be used without needing the hwe machine, just using the scrubbers brushes ???

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: spindle on May 06, 2006, 07:26:39 pm

craig..................if it was u who shrunk a sisal by 8" then yes that put me off!!!!!!

i told customer that i can clean it but the risk of shrinkage was a certaintity

that put her off!!1

she will buy a new carpet!!! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: Prestige1 on May 06, 2006, 07:38:29 pm

I tried to clean one once, it was like somthing out star trek as it  slowley moved from the edges and srank before my very eyes, scary. will never ever try it again, never ever!!!

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: craigp on May 06, 2006, 07:46:18 pm

8"  :o 

no not me, mine was 1/2" and i did manage to shretch it back, just!

so lucky no claim, in fact custy wanted to still pay me, i said don't worry, lucky i had understanding custy.

Title: Re: cleaning sisal
Post by: HQCS (John Kastrian) on May 07, 2006, 04:14:00 pm

There is no shame in walking away-Too risky  :)