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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: fresh floors on December 29, 2006, 11:26:58 am

Title: Coffee stains
Post by: fresh floors on December 29, 2006, 11:26:58 am

Hi chaps, can anyone give advise on how best to get coffee stains from a light beige carpet. Luckily it was spilt under a table but need to go this afternnon, thanks   :)

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: john rees on December 29, 2006, 12:17:46 pm

I find alltec tea and coffee stain remover the best, seems to work on some old red wine stains too!

                                                         all the best
                                                                           John

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: fresh floors on December 29, 2006, 12:19:32 pm

Thanks Ill have to get some of that. Would a solvent based product have any effect?

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: john rees on December 29, 2006, 12:33:11 pm

I doubt it very much, do you have any acid based spotters? or if it's a  recent spill prochems stain pro might help?
               all the best
                                 John

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: trevor perry on December 29, 2006, 12:45:12 pm

hydrogen peroxide works but do a test first to make sure it doesnt remove any of the colour.

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: fresh floors on December 29, 2006, 01:16:04 pm

i have some stain pro, many thanks for your help just going to sort it out now (hopefully)   :)

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: craigp on December 29, 2006, 01:51:50 pm

you really do as John says need an acid spotter, go the other end of the scale and you could set it.

use the specfic spotter, i use the prochem, but there all roughly the same stuff and do work! except on very old coffee stains on wool, which can be permenet.

Craig

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: murky on December 29, 2006, 10:03:31 pm

If you use Altecs Coffee Stain Remover you MUST MUST MUST rinse it out afterwards as it continues to work and will leave a whitening around it.

And you will get to meet the customer again.

Title: Re: Coffee stains
Post by: scott. on December 30, 2006, 12:22:17 pm

stain pro...extract..then.. ...prochems,  coffee stain remover..extract...works every time for me.