Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: M.Acorn on December 09, 2009, 02:45:25 pm
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It was minging covered in filth and food etc,loads of black marks,loads of spots where they had used vanish etc.
Had a call back today,a big orange mark has appeared on their carpet,whats going on ?
Said they were lucky i got them as clean as i did,but will go there tomorrow arvo and have a look.Here is what i was faced with...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/DSC00160.jpg)
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What type of backing?
Dave
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It was poly prop,with the underlay built in,cheapy le cheap,did say it`s possibly something that was there and it has wicked back up through the carpet during the night,as they were out all night and got back this morn to find it !
It`s a thick felt type stuff on the back.
I used fib and fab,p spray gold,and a couple of scoups of double clean,as it was so dirty
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Might be a reaction from all the cleaning solutions mark.
When you say its orange it does sound like the above,unless something has wicked up.
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I reckon it will be an old spill come back to the surface.
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could be over application of cleaning solution - or more likely something has wicked up - from the backing I guess - as u had to apply sooo much pre spray. Bad luck it happens (to us all?)
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I reckon it will be an old spill come back to the surface.
The darker patch is not a shaddow either,it`s where the sun has bleached it,sofa was on top of it.
That`s what i am going in armed with !
Only charged them £48 quid too,they have one of my 20% off vouchers,i have been doing the odd bit for them over the last 4 years,so hope this does not put them off.
In reality though,the carpet was trashed,as you can see from the pics,vanish central.
Did another one today,sick on white carpet,charged £40 for about 15 mins work.
Asked cust what they had done,oh we tried vanish,then tried to steam it out with our steamer,i said there really is not much point in me even getting the machine out,but i will just to show you it`s permenant !
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What machine did you use?
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Sebo duo and a Prochem powermax
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Why did you use FF rinse and double clean together they will have cancelled each other out, you may have well used plain water ???
Or did you use Double clean in the pre-spray??
Mark
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2 scoups in 30ltrs,is all i used,says on the tub it can be used as a booster
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you mixed double clean and ff in the rinse tank, the ph will have been 7ish, may as well used water mate.
It can be used as a booster along with other high ph products.
Mark
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Mark. Thats a carpet where you could hit it hard and got a good result. The products you used were totally unsuitable for that type of carpet and level of soiling.
You would be better off using something such as Powerburst or Champion as a pre-spray, agitate and allow to dwell for about 15 minutes but make sure you wet it enough so it doesn't dry out. Then rinse it with your fibre and fabric rinse.
Mixing chemicals isn't a good idea and also costly. Unless they are specifically made to compliment each other then as Mark says they can end up not working.
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Power burst and heat wave would be the way to go, if its already trashed you got nothing to lose
Dont really rate double clean...just my oppinion.
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thats not a minger, you need to be able to write your name/logo on the carpet to be a minger. ;D I would use hot powerburst and formula 90 in the tank. water is slightly acidic up our way, and rotowash for aggitation.
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Phew i was worried for a while then,went back to look today and found this.....(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/DSC00166.jpg)...
Would deffo say something wicked back up,or they spilt something shortly after i had been,all came out,flash made the after pic look a bit yella,but it was all gone,said call back if it re appears.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/DSC00167.jpg)
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Now this is a minger!!
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And this one!!
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Now this is a minger!!
;D ;D ;D
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Bob
Did they not ask you to clean the stairs? As when you're done the hall and stairs are going to look like "Chalk and cheese"
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I was going to post a minger I cleaned yesterday, but they couldn`t find bulbs to put in the light, so when I finished, the door was open and street light was streaming in..
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Cant remember !!
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No boy's; this is a minger.
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Prespray gold and Extracta C2 superchem would have ripped through that one.
Thats not even close to a minger,you have to throw away the rule book sometimes and just use what you know works.
John
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FREEMANSCLEANING
Cable tie's instead of the gaffa tape for the hoses. Much more attractive and gives the hose's more flexablity.
Tony
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Greeny black mould under sofa,Enzall/Ultrapac and fibre and fab rinse
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this is one we did not long ago. ::)
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Dash T
You must be doing well, gold plated scrub wand!!!!!!!
Now there's posh.
Adrian
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Did this a few months back as the landlord wasn't happy when he went round to view the property, Tenant said the carpet is fine it don't need cleaning ;D ;D ;D
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Dash T
You must be doing well, gold plated scrub wand!!!!!!!
Now there's posh.
Adrian
haha, i wish it was. i'm not sure why it looks gold plated, may be because we did the job very late at night and all lights was on, so it could be reflection of the lights and the flash from the camera too ??? if you see the hallway picture underneath is the same carpet just one of the pictires was taken when it was faily light and other closer to the end of the job arround 8 pm.
Regards
dash t
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End of tenants clean...where would we be without them. ;)
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FREEMANSCLEANING
Cable tie's instead of the gaffa tape for the hoses. Much more attractive and gives the hose's more flexablity.
Tony
Even better..... Neither! But if you really have to tie the 2 together, the gaffa tape does look a tad, "Pikeyish" ;D
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Paul,
I thought the first photo was an allotment ;D ;D ;D
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FREEMANSCLEANING
Cable tie's instead of the gaffa tape for the hoses. Much more attractive and gives the hose's more flexablity.
Tony
Even better..... Neither! But if you really have to tie the 2 together, the gaffa tape does look a tad, "Pikeyish" ;D
Using cable ties, imo is asking for trouble , if you are not too carful, they can ,if they have been clipped catch materials and scratch floors
Geoff
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Its not too bad having 25' of 1.5" hose fastened together, but that can be a fight at times - the "natural" curling of the 2 types of hoses are different.
You want to try it with 50' of 2" hose!
Even when I had 1.5" hose, in the end I unfastened them and life got easier.
and thats a good point Geoff has just made.
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On second thoughts,
you could use tie clips , then simply wrap gaffer tape around to stop any accidents ;) ;) ;D
Geoff.
ps. I must be a genius :)
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Colin..I dug up 6 bags of spuds before starting....ideal roasting for xmas..going cheap ;D ;D
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Paul,
Be honest, you bought them a new carpet didn't you?
Seriously, what did you use on that?
Adrian
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I used plenty of Mulit Pro agitated then rinsed with Fibre & Fabric, don't think i would have got as good result with my portable? The owners did say they were going to replace, so i asked if i could give it a bash. I surprised myself, and they were over the moon. :D
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Excuse my ignorance....Multi Pro? Who's dertergent is that?
I assume this was done using high heat, but what pressure and were all those marks removed with just the one detergent?
Adrian
P.S. Very impressive result!!
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Good result for multi pro there ;D
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Paul
Multi Pro found (Prochem)
I've used Bridgepoint Flex on these type of "no hope" carpet's before to similar effect but may well give Multi Pro a try. Trouble is you can end-up with a van full of different chemical's if your not careful.
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Yes its Prochem, don't forget to neutralize it with something like Fibre & Fabric rinse, also prochem. I was suprised at the result.I did have the trucky turned up to max heat, that helped as well.
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I personal dont use anything to tie the hoses together anymore. But when i did i never damaged any soft furnishings etc. If you know what your doing..... :)
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Have always had my main hoses untied. I find it just gives me all sorts of more flexibility.
And if you're doing a flood job-you'd only need the vacuum hose in any case.
Roger