Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: terrymaloy on January 08, 2009, 04:13:46 pm
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Cleaned a sofa today which had been stored in a garage for several months.
Noticed several little black spots of mould.
Used Extracta's Lift off and used slight agitation but still was'nt 100% happy with the results.
Any advice if I come across this again...its pretty damn hard to shift.
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Try prochems cleansan with crystal green
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The mould you can see is actually the fruiting bodies indicating that the actual mould or fungi has been growing for a while and using the material as a food source. If it is a light material then the black spots may be permanent due to degradation of the material. Lift off will not kill mould so as said use Clensan.
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May get shot down in flames, but Mpower is very good
at removing mould and mildew, works a treat on curtains
so why not upholstery.
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I've certainly had some great successes with MP on mould & mildew odours - the black spots can be permanent, as said above.
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Hi Guys
I'ts extremely difficult to reomove mildew as it's grown into the fabric.
I examined some under a microscope the other week and could clearly se the mildew embedded in the fabric.
Cheers
Doug
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Most detergents, colloids and microsplitters will remove the actual mould but the fabric damage is a different story.
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Besides the surface contamination cleaning and the ugly pit damages, you may need a fungicide to controls it reoccurrence.
Otherwise cleaning may be short lived.
This product is effective to control it reoccurrence for at least 8 months.
And although it is developed for leather and suede, it can be used in all upholstery fabric except rayon and silk.
d’Mold3.6™ concentrate - shake well and mix with 10 parts distilled water before use.
Ready-to-use specialty leather cleaner pH value 3.6 is a water-based leather-safe fungicide.
A phenol fungicide substitute developed to kill mold growth.
To:
Disinfect and control musty odor from mold activities persistently for a period of 8 months.
For:
All leathers - aniline, pure-aniline, semi-aniline, vegetable-tanned, pigmented, bicast, nubuck, suede and woolskin or wool and all fabric except rayon and silk.
Identification:
Mold growth presents it selves as green, black or white discoloration with a musty odor.
Surface pit marks may reveal once this surface discoloration is removed.
Pit marks are caused by their sinking secretion of digestive enzyme to flourish.
It is a surface damage to be rectified with appropriate repairs and refinishing.
Instruction:
1. To remove, contain and dispose mold responsibly in terms of health and the environment.
2. To remove remaining surface residue - use anilineEraser4™ or nubuckEraser5™ accordingly.
3. To thoroughly clean and structure conditioning - use d’Grease4.9™, clean3.8™, rinse3.0™, fatliquor5.0™ prior to disinfecting.
3. To shake well, spray soak and agitate with leatherBrush1™, nubuckBrush2™ or suedeBrush3™.
4. To let dry naturally.
5. To mask odor with a classic leather scent - use leatherScent’B™, D, S or W.
Roger Koh
Leather Doctor®