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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on April 16, 2007, 11:02:29 pm

Title: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 16, 2007, 11:02:29 pm: I was thinking, that to neutralise reducing agents you use an alkaline solution & to neutralize a oxidising solution you use an acidic solution (and visa-versa for acceleration)

so if I clean a carpet and rinse with an alkaline solution if I then try and remove a coffee stain with spray & go I'm wasting my time because the alkaline rinse will just cancel out the reducer.

and they same goes for using a oxidiser if I've rinsed with an acid rinse.

is this correct?

so should I rinse neutral or use bleaches before cleaning?

anyone know?

Mike
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Buster Ingram on April 16, 2007, 11:08:42 pm: Hi Mike in the past I have found a better result with Spray & Go if used prior to cleaning. i.e hit the stains first
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Mike Roper on April 17, 2007, 11:51:27 am: Ive also found them to work better on a dry carpet.
Mike
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on April 17, 2007, 06:13:50 pm: Me too. Spot clean first so that spotters work yo full affect
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: *paul_moss on April 17, 2007, 07:38:12 pm: Mike
Reading that has hurt my brain.I will have to look at it again later :)
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 17, 2007, 08:41:40 pm: Paul

Working your brain? your brain has been on the dole for years ;D

Shaun
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: stevegunn on April 17, 2007, 08:49:58 pm: Quote from: Shaun_Ashmore on April 17, 2007, 08:41:40 pm
Paul

Working your brain? your brain has been on the dole for years ;D

Shaun

Not watching your team get beat ;D ;)
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: *paul_moss on April 17, 2007, 09:00:14 pm: Shaun
The Dole ??? what is that /
Dont forget im not as old as you,so I dont know whwt those old type words are.
Anyway how is that nice bird you live with doing,does she still miss me ;)
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: *paul_moss on April 17, 2007, 09:01:48 pm: Gunny
Mt team getting beat :o your having a laugh arnt you. ;D
Away the boys :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 17, 2007, 09:05:54 pm: She can't tell what you were saying, something to do with a Scouser talking S*it, but we have heard that before ;D

Shaun
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: *paul_moss on April 17, 2007, 09:47:39 pm: Shaun im sending Billy over to show you the light :o :D
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Buster Ingram on April 17, 2007, 10:05:42 pm: looking back on mikes first posting regarding reducers I think he is looking for a more technical reply rather than chit chat fella's ::)
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: *paul_moss on April 17, 2007, 10:22:43 pm: Mike if you really,really want to know then just read the following link.

http://www.cleanprosonline.com/Bleaches.html
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Jason Hedges on April 17, 2007, 10:38:41 pm: I always flush any stain with plain water before applying any specific stain remover or treatment.

And always deal with individual stains before the general clean.

Tried the other way around when first started out and it just doesn't work!

Kind regards,
Jason.
Title: Re: Spray & Go/reducing bleaches
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 17, 2007, 11:19:22 pm: I would have though that most of us will be rinsing with a neutral detergent or plain water anyway.

From a post spotting point of view it's a tough question to answer because it depends on what history a stain may got, if it has been subjected to vanish etc a plain water rinse would be done first but the real answer would be to reach for the ph paper.

Shaun