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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: alireza on May 21, 2007, 10:42:12 am

Title: How can I clean
Post by: alireza on May 21, 2007, 10:42:12 am

I just trailed cleaned a chair in restaurant which it was a red colour fabric don’t know what kind though and it was very greasy and oily I used solvall spotter and citrus gel but it didn’t work is there anything else I can do to get them cleaned thanks

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Graeme@Access on May 21, 2007, 11:28:18 am

Hi,

You really need to find out what kind of fabric it is before I can try and suggest any kind of solution.

It sounds like a dreaded flatweave cotton to me :-\ if the grease didnt lift with what you tried.  Maybe enzymes would help, but is there any way you could describe the fabric better (or better still do a fibre test on it)

Graeme
Access Cleaning Solutions

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: AquaMagic on May 21, 2007, 01:56:22 pm

I used HM Natural Orange on a Cotton Flat weave today, not been cleaned since it was bought 10 years ago and had rather bad grease marks on the headrests and arm, after agitation and dwell and a really slow pass with the Drimaster came up great, did get machine rather hot though.  Becuase the grease isnt water soluble you need to make it so before it will come out, but before you can choose an approprite solution you really need to idetify the fabric unless you use something neutral like Natural Orange.

Dene

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Mike Halliday on May 21, 2007, 05:53:44 pm

as well as identifying the fabric I think you should give more thought to the type of stain you are dealing with. this chair came out of a restaurant not a garage canteen

the 'oil & grease' you are dealing with are probably organic ,solvall & citrus Gel are used to remove mineral based oil & grease (eg; engine oil, lithium grease)

if these came out of a restaurant then I'd use a different type of prespray & spotting agent.

IMPORTANT

this answer is based on my limited knowledge of spotting techniques, if anyone more knowledgeable than me would like to correct my answer please do so ;) ;)

Mike

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Buster Ingram on May 21, 2007, 07:26:01 pm

What Mike has said is dead right ;)
For food stains you need to look at enzymes to digest the food and solvent spotters to break down the grease.

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on May 21, 2007, 07:29:04 pm

Dave sorry I missed your call today, congratulations ;D

Shaun

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Buster Ingram on May 21, 2007, 07:40:29 pm

Thanks mate my days of posting here are now numbered as a cleaner  :'( :'(

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: *paul_moss on May 21, 2007, 08:21:14 pm

Dave good luck  ;) 8) 8)

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Phil Marlor on May 21, 2007, 08:34:10 pm

All the best from me as well Dave. :)

Rgds
Phil

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: stevegunn on May 21, 2007, 08:42:45 pm

What are we missing?

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Buster Ingram on May 21, 2007, 08:47:09 pm

For you Steve, nowt :'(

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: John Gregory on May 21, 2007, 09:34:29 pm

Good Luck Dave and thanks for your help over the last couple of months

Thanks John

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: david washbrook on May 21, 2007, 09:52:58 pm

good luck sir dave as your no longer a poor cleaner i'll let you buy me a drink at the weekend

see you friday

dave

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: *paul_moss on May 21, 2007, 10:32:31 pm

You can buy me a drink on Fri too  :) ;)

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on May 21, 2007, 10:38:04 pm

A free drink from Washy? that'll be a first :o

Shaun

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: AquaMagic on May 21, 2007, 10:40:20 pm

Good luck Dave, whatever it is your a doing?

Dene

Title: Re: How can I clean
Post by: alireza on May 22, 2007, 10:17:49 am

thanks for the addvice