Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ollie on September 18, 2007, 05:05:13 pm
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Hi all,
Ive been to quote for a large rug 4 metres by 3 metres (ish) On the label it has "heatset weavelon" polyolefin. The backing is cotton and jute. The cost of the rug was £500.00. should I be as wary as i would if it were polypropelene with a natural backing...ie shrinkage? thanks in advance
ollie
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YES!
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Hi Ollie
Polyolefin refers to polyethylene and polypropylene as ethylene and propylene are olefins.
In this case it would be PP as PE is not used for carpets.
Heatset is a clue, obviously not too hiigh a temp.
Should be easy to clean , prespray , agitate , extract temp say 45c using minimum water.
I would use my BW technique which is to spray above carpet then extarct so that water is not forced into the backing.
Cheers
Doug
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if it is' polyolefin' it must be a big rug to cost £500 most are cheep & nasty, so what if it does shrink an inch or so, will they notice ;) ;)
most just crinkle up a bit.
Mike
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Thanks guys,
Cheers doug , Do you find you get decent results with that method?
Mike, It is a pretty big rug, it fills most of the living room. Ive already shrunk one rug and I dont intend to shrink another!!
Ollie
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Hi ollie
Yes I do because I prespray and agitate first, and PP is easy to clean as the dirt doesn't stick very well, no sites to bond to .
If the carpet / rug is proving to be stable then I may put the wand on the dirtier bits, it's about being cautious initially.
Cheers
Doug
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Ollie
How did you shrink a rug ?
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In my experience when a rug shrinks it normally goes wavy and dosent flatten ahain without stretching
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paul it was a while ago ..it was a wool wilton..ive just checked my records it was a handmade carpets ltd.. royal keshan chi chi. I still dont know why it shrank ???
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Stuart it did ripple