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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: TVCS on March 06, 2007, 08:34:52 pm

Title: Paint on carpets.
Post by: TVCS on March 06, 2007, 08:34:52 pm

hello everyone,
I run a window cleaning biz and a pressure washing biz .  At the moment in between my normal work I am helping a friend do a spot of painting in a pub / hotel.  I can't help but notice how he has managed to get quite a bit of the paint on the carpets.  Not huge spills but dabs here and there and around skirting boards etc.
Now the pub owner has asked me to clean them for him, so my question is this. 
Do you carpet cleaning professionals have any special tips on how to remove paint.  Most of it is water based emulsion but there is a gloss splat here and there too.  IS it a case of using white spirit. 
Any help will be greatfully received.
Thanks
Ant
TVCS

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: Steve Weatherley on March 06, 2007, 10:10:35 pm

Prochem Solvex will do the job but you need to be able to extract it out of the carpet afterwards. If you have a carpet cleaning machine (water extraction) then you just need to find your nearest Prochem supplier. Solvex is about £10 per litre but a litre goes a long way. Hope this helps.

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: TVCS on March 07, 2007, 07:40:28 pm

Thanks for the reply steve, I will look into it.
Ant
TVCS

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: carpetguy on March 07, 2007, 09:01:55 pm

Solvex works, but don't waste it on emulsion, it's for gloss paint and it does work, but might be hard to find.

rob

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: Steve Weatherley on March 07, 2007, 10:42:21 pm

Hi Rob

What do you use to remove emulsion?

Regards

Steve

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: carpetguy on March 07, 2007, 10:51:04 pm

H2O

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: Steve Weatherley on March 07, 2007, 11:06:22 pm

I agree on small spots hot water works but on larger spillages I prefer to use Solvex. IMO time is money and if the solvex can speed up the process then the money is well spent.

Title: Re: Paint on carpets.
Post by: classiccarpet on March 08, 2007, 01:30:10 pm

http://www.cleanstore.co.uk/products/Product.asp?ID=872
link to solvex