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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: darren Jones on November 10, 2009, 08:33:33 pm

Title: Washing Liquid
Post by: darren Jones on November 10, 2009, 08:33:33 pm

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Could anybody tell me the best method for removing washing up liquid from a wool carpet. Green fairy washing liquid that is!

Thanks
Darren

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: Fintan_Coll on November 10, 2009, 09:48:47 pm

Plenty de foam in your waste tank and flush the fairy liquid out of the carpet with plain water.

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: markpowell on November 10, 2009, 09:50:31 pm

Mix some de-foamer in a hand sprayer apply to the area, then rinse with plain water with plenty of de-foamer in the hoses/wastetank
Mark

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: darren Jones on November 11, 2009, 05:07:59 pm

Thanks chaps,

I have de foamed and rinsed several times with water and guess what its not budging. Any other ideas. The stain has been there about a week.

Darren

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: Gerry Styles on November 11, 2009, 05:16:38 pm

Any idea how much was spilt?. could be that it has soaked into the underlay as well. You will just need to keep flushing until it is gone. Are you using hot water that might help?

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: clinton on November 11, 2009, 05:22:51 pm

Might be a solid floor underneath the carpet and underlay too so it might be trapped so might need some more work.

Have you looked under the carpet might be worth it ???

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: Fintan_Coll on November 11, 2009, 06:44:58 pm

Could be a wicking problem. Was it an accidental spill or was the customer perhaps using fairy liquid in an attempt to remove a stain or something.

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on November 11, 2009, 11:10:10 pm

Using a "waterclaw" might be useful as a way of extracting over a large-ish area whilst safely leaving the suction in place for a few minutes.

Roger

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: John Kelly on November 11, 2009, 11:15:57 pm

If the washing up liquid has been applied to the carpet neat or spilt then due to its high ph and strength the wool fibres will be seriously degraded and probably stained from the green colouring. Wouldn't try to be a hero and would walk away.

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: dave123 on November 12, 2009, 10:44:46 am

Agree with John here .Tell her to go through her insurance , if there is colouring in the carpet , doubt if you will get it out after a week .

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: darren Jones on November 17, 2009, 03:58:35 am

Thanks everbody,

I sadly had to walk away in defeat from this one and told the customer to claim on there  insurance. Many thanks for all your advice. Bring on the xmas rush im still waiting!


Darren

Title: Re: Washing Liquid
Post by: Bob Allen on November 17, 2009, 04:41:39 pm

Had one today, green fairy liquid, managed to improve it but slight green stain still left