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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mark Betts on April 08, 2004, 08:35:49 pm

Title: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Mark Betts on April 08, 2004, 08:35:49 pm

Hi

Have 20 year old Shag Pile to clean on Tuesday.

Any recomendations???

Its Brown with Jute backing Nylon construction.

Many Thanks

Mark

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 09, 2004, 01:51:58 am

Hi Mark,

The thing about shag piles is that they are hard for Mrs Housewife to maintain with her 'oova, consequently you will probably be faced with a tangled pile with a soil build-up at pile-base.

For best results some pile treatment is often required prior to the pre-vac, be it with manual or mechanical means (eg. Host -type machine), open up the pile prior to the dry vacuum, which should be thorough.

A micro-splitter would be ideal, due to the lightness of pre-spray required and the fact that there is no harmfull residue.If you have a choice of wands, choose one that has a fairly wide slot as this helps to straiten the pile-strands. I like to set these piles with a final drying stroke rather than by brushing later. The finished appearance has every bit as much to do with pile treatment as to clenliness. Turbo drying is even more beneficial with long piles than with shorter.

John.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Derek on April 09, 2004, 10:51:33 am

Good heavens

Its a long time since I came across a true shagpile.

If I remember correctly there are various qualities ...some have a dense pile whilst others when groomed expose acres of backing material... I also distinctly remember hating the stuff...hard work.. especially trying to get all the tangles out of the darned stuff before you clean it

Happy cleaning ;)

Derek

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Mark Betts on April 09, 2004, 03:34:47 pm

Thanks very much for your replies.

Mark

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 09, 2004, 09:51:32 pm

Derek,

Untill my van was stolen a few years ago, I used to carry three diferent shag pile rakes.

These have not been replaced and I shall be quite content never to need them.

I always charged 20% extra on thes to cover the additional work entailed.

Happy Easter,

John.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Derek on April 09, 2004, 11:12:36 pm

John

And I bet one of them was the one that looked like a load of dowel rods?  ;)  ;D

Yes, I had one of those too... come to think of it I had three rakes

Derek

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 10, 2004, 01:57:08 am

Derek,

That twin thing again :o

The Dowel one

One with plastic tangs, curved at the end - a bit like a lawn rake

The third with three rows of nylon prongs. middle row offset.

John.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dave_Lee on April 10, 2004, 02:23:55 am

Still got mine!
Dave.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dave Parry on April 10, 2004, 02:46:56 am

When I woz a lad, Getting like all our yesterdays,  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 10, 2004, 02:36:47 pm

Sadly, young Dave, some of us OG's have more yesterdays than tomorrows, now where's me slippers?

John.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Derek on April 10, 2004, 11:19:04 pm

Come on John

Think Positive... I had such fun at the last Millenium party I am booked on the next  ;)

After all age is only a number!

Cheers
Derek

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 11, 2004, 02:02:21 am

Come to think of it Derek, I had a glass or two of Wincarnis myself  ;) ;D

      (Younger posters, ask your Dad about Wincarnis)

John.

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Derek on April 11, 2004, 10:08:56 am

What's Wincarnis John?  ;)

Derek

Title: Re: Shag Pile !!!!
Post by: Dynafoam on April 11, 2004, 03:43:43 pm

Derek,

Too young to know about it, or to old to remember?  ;) ;D

John.