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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: daniel b on February 06, 2008, 01:57:30 pm

Title: soot removal
Post by: daniel b on February 06, 2008, 01:57:30 pm

Got a lot of soot to remove tommorow and i need to know whats the best way to remove it basically, ive done a search on hear and i beleive ultrapac is pretty good but i cant get any for the morning but i do have some citrus gel do you it will do the job, if not what will.

Thanks

Daniel

Title: Re: soot removal
Post by: markpowell on February 06, 2008, 02:20:19 pm

It will be worth getting some ultrapac renovate, or filter out will work but i have tried it and wasnt a patch compared to ultrapac.
Citrus gel wont work it is for the removal of oil, chewing gum, tar etc.
Whatever you try make sure you prevac with the vac pipe hand tool hovering abobe the soot then your not spreading it out or driving it further down the pile.
Mark

Title: Re: soot removal
Post by: Joe H on February 06, 2008, 02:22:52 pm

Hopefully the customer has not vacd before you get there, you need to do what Mark just advised re hovering the tool above the carpet to avoid rubbing in and making job lot worse.

Title: Re: soot removal
Post by: nick p on February 06, 2008, 02:35:16 pm

you really need to get some ultrapac, when i needed something very quick for next day i phoned restormate and got a garanteed delivery time for next day

Title: Re: soot removal
Post by: John Kelly on February 06, 2008, 03:06:13 pm

Citrus Gel mixed with some warm water makes a good pre-spray if you are out of chemical. Should remove soot ok.
Soot should never be a problem, we remove loads of the stuff on a weekly basis. Only time we have problems is if the customer has messed with it first.

Title: Re: soot removal
Post by: Ian Rochester on February 06, 2008, 06:09:06 pm

Just did a big job yesterday, customer had his empty town house on the market, he'd had a few viewings, then last week someone had "let themselves in" through the back door and removed 2 very large victorian fireplaces from the bedrooms.  Police think it was one of the viewers, who had unlatched the back door, as there was no sign of a break in.

Needless to say they didn't take much care trying not to make a mess!!  There was big piles of soot all around where the fireplaces had been and then trails of soot and debris all the way down the stairs and out the door.

We cleaned and sealed off both chimney breasts, dry vacced everywhere, then dry vacced again, presprayed with Blitz and extracted with clean water.  Finally, went over a couple of minor spots with Filter Out, which I'd just got from John.     

Job done and customer was delighted, or as delighted as he could be considering the estate agent had told him that losing the fireplaces would knock £10K+ off the value of the house! :'(