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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: md_cleaning on May 07, 2009, 03:09:08 pm

Title: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: md_cleaning on May 07, 2009, 03:09:08 pm

Any tips? never had any trouble with soot before but this just wouldn't come out.
   Dave

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: gwrightson on May 07, 2009, 03:54:04 pm

Dave , you say it wont come out  !!

Have u tried, and if so what with ?

a little more info and I can suggest .

Geoff

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: md_cleaning on May 07, 2009, 04:11:11 pm

I had Ultimate master in the tank, that did nothing at all, so I tried my very *friendly* personions standard spotter that I've used on soot before, yet while making it look better you can still see it.
Dont like to use anything to harsh on the wool, so told the bloke I would get back to him.
  Dave

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: gwrightson on May 07, 2009, 04:22:02 pm

dave,

my first reaction would certainly not to wet it, depending on the amount a good sprinkling of talc, flour, baking powder, shake,n vac   " you get the idea  on to the area would certainly absorb a vast amount of it . leave overnight and vac , avoiding touching the fibres with the tool, but, as you have already wet the area I would suggest ultrapac renovate, allow plenty of dwell then extract and neutrilise.

why be frightened because its wool?   to much imho is said about the effect on wool with different chems, if the job warrants an attack, then attack it instead of nancy pancing.

you should be able to get decent results with renovate, I did a wool cream covered in soot by a fall, the walls the furniture was covered, renovate did the trick.
maybe I was just lucky   ;)

geoff

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: oliver collins on May 07, 2009, 04:55:38 pm

I use a degreaser as soot is a grease based stain, great results with extractas lift off every time

Oliver Collins Rise & Shine Carpet Cleaning

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: Fraser Thom on May 07, 2009, 04:58:03 pm

Ultrapac renovate from Prochem - absolutely brilliant on soot.

I did a job for a chimney sweep who failed to cover anything in the room in which he was sweeping a chimney - the place was black!  The carpet came up a treat with the Ultrapac and FF rinse

Fraser

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: derek west on May 07, 2009, 06:53:22 pm

just a word of caution with UR, i was told on some wool it turns it yellow, think it was shaun ashmore who told me this. never used it so don't know, maybe someone can shed some light, maybe do a test before going in all guns blazing. then if okay, bombs away.
derek

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: John Kelly on May 07, 2009, 06:56:45 pm

We do British Gas claims and remove soot stains 90% of the time. Products used, citrus gel, Champion (followed by fibre & fabric rinse), Citrus Solvent.

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: md_cleaning on May 07, 2009, 09:04:50 pm

Thanks for all the help will be going back to try again.
Dave

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: Simon@arenaclean on May 08, 2009, 12:06:26 am

If it's local you could try prochems filter out, this worked very well around an open fire place. A bigger job then ultra and good rinse with fib fab rinse or clearwater.

Derek
Strong Alkali's can dis-colour wool, I found this out using Oxibrite many years ago :-[ as you say test!
simon

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: markpowell on May 08, 2009, 07:44:28 am

Filter out and ultrapac are the same product different tin. Ultrapac renovate is concentrate and filter out is ready to use.
Mark

Title: Re: soot on a white wool carpet
Post by: Simon@arenaclean on May 08, 2009, 02:25:46 pm

Never realised. Just ordered both as well ::)