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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: CRAIG LIND on May 05, 2005, 11:30:27 pm

Title: DUKE RUG
Post by: CRAIG LIND on May 05, 2005, 11:30:27 pm
I have a duke rug to clean, urine, strawberry, oh! and that dreaded stuff VANISH stains
Firstly is it spelt DUKE or am i mistaken, and what are the best methods of cleaning it 4x3m,
And yes i am a novice, a lot of head scratching, tryed booking onto NCCA course today but fully booked, on the reserve list, next course 29th july, ill be bold by then.
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Nobby on May 05, 2005, 11:42:49 pm
Craig

Do you perhaps mean Jute?

Nobby
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: eco freindly. peoples champion ron .sherlock on May 06, 2005, 12:22:41 am
i assume its jute . use asbys or sililar spotter2. hot water extraction, should not be problem. any ordinary prespray will do
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Barry Pearce on May 06, 2005, 07:05:10 am
Graig.
Best make your appologires to your customer first because spun jute fibre used as a surface yarn has a metalised finish which creates the luster when new, just normal wear and tear will reduce the appearance value by 75%, but they not expencesive, so the con men flog them as persians and we are left trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Barry
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: woodman on May 06, 2005, 08:10:04 am
IF... its a Jute rug and it sounds like it is and a trashed one at that, your on a hiding to nothing here.

Jutes a natural fibre it shrinks when wet, it stains very easily and using Vanish on it has damaged it beyond anything you could possibly do.

Unless she agrees you can attack it with every thing in your armoury to make some impression on it at her risk and expense I'd walk away from it and tell her it is beyond restoration.

Let some one as experienced as Sherlock take it on and hot water extract it after applying any old pre-spray. ::)

Woodman says walk away ;D
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: therapist on May 06, 2005, 10:03:08 am
Absolutely agree


robert m
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Big_Fish on May 06, 2005, 12:39:41 pm
I Completely agree with Woodman.

Nicky
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: dave401uk on May 06, 2005, 02:26:30 pm
have to say for "one so well versed" your reply sherlock, leaves me lost for words!!!

as per what trevor(woodman) says just walk away,you will be opening a minefield here.

A jute rug is just not worth cleaning,and it will shrink,and curl.

Dave
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Karl Wildey on May 06, 2005, 02:59:29 pm
I am with woodman,

Sherlock  - you have slipped up, again, your method would cause no end of problems. Maybe its time to stop mucking about and come clean about yourself. I am starting to think you have been cleaning since last month and own a mop and bucket. Not someone with staff and a big turnover.

Anyone know Sherlock and his company? or do we have a member of the general public just winding us up?
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Cloverleaf on May 06, 2005, 07:09:47 pm
I have cleaned a jute rug!

But only did this once :o
Brown band appeared where it had been hung on rail.
Cost me 30 quid in de browning chems and about 2.5 hours in time, not to mention the worry.

Not worth the hastle.

John
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Len Gribble on May 06, 2005, 08:04:21 pm
Barry

Having metalised finish can it be buffed? ;D ;D

Karl

Believe he comes from Ashford Kent and my Morris dancers have put out the word. :D

Len

Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: CARPET KNIGHTS on May 06, 2005, 08:11:56 pm
I was under the impression that jute itself doesn't shrink. Infact i thought that it absorbs water and expands and this pulls the weave of the carpet tight which is where the shrinkage comes in!

Thats just what i thought!
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Dave_Lee on May 06, 2005, 09:50:25 pm
Goron,
You are absolutely correct, however of course if the jute is intertwined (Woven) in the make up of the rug or backing, the expansion will also cause a shortening effect.
Dave.
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Barry Pearce on May 07, 2005, 07:50:47 am
Hi Guys.
Everybody is singing from the same hymn sheet about jute, but the qualitys are so vast, it holds together the backing weave of Woodward Grosvenors Wilton at £140 per sq. yd. and the Belgian Wiltons at £10 per sq. yd.
Barry
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: ian richards on May 07, 2005, 08:16:33 am

Oh dear, Sherlock what can we do with you? I have to agree with Karl, not so sure about who you are but i think that you are a fake :o :o  Did i realy say that :o 
Oh..what the hell ;D

Come on now, own up, you know it makes sence ::)   

I think that you are someone else from this site having a wind up with us :D there may be even two of you :o
I certainly think that you have another alias as well, i'm not going to say who though :-X

If you are, then i'll take my hat off to you, because you certainly had me ;)

Now come on my boy, put us out of our missery :-*

Ian

             

Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Karl Wildey on May 07, 2005, 08:33:03 am
Barry. I difference in a jute rug and the jute on the backing of a rug are different. Thats is craig has been asked to clean a jute rug, ( a rug constructed of jute) not a backing of a carpet.
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Karl Wildey on May 07, 2005, 08:35:20 am
Interesting idea Ian, never thought he could be one of us, just having a wind up, clever if he is though. Is Sherlock that clever, I fear another catch 22.
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: ian richards on May 07, 2005, 08:50:55 am
Karl

If you look at some of his previous posts, some of them speak with good English grammer and some dont, now that doesnt make sence ???
If you can't write, you can't write, it's as simple as that!!

Who Knows...
                        Unless there are two Sherlock's :o :o :o   
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: Barry Pearce on May 07, 2005, 09:00:39 am
Karl.
In Asia, Jute is in abundance and in the short term as a woven flatweave product it serves well but as a a surface pile it is only a substitute, and poor one at that, where is there a good word of support for Jute in any of the other repy's.
Barry
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: ian richards on May 07, 2005, 09:38:36 pm


Well sherlock

we are waiting :-*

Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: CRAIG LIND on May 09, 2005, 11:22:58 pm
Thanks for the wise words of advice guys, i have the (JUTE) rug in my possession, its for a friend of a friend and feel that i have to do something with it. I was going to prespray with m/s and extract, i think its more pschological than anything else, just wants it to smell nice. THANKS AGAIN TO YOU GENUINE CHAPS,( i might of listened to Sherlock if i hadnt had any other replys) 8).
Title: Re: DUKE RUG
Post by: ian richards on May 10, 2005, 11:21:23 pm


Sherlock...
                             Still waiting ;)