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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: thomas pl on January 11, 2010, 05:25:57 pm

Title: chinese rug
Post by: thomas pl on January 11, 2010, 05:25:57 pm

Hi! I've got job booked for saturday 3 dedroom hse! Easy bit! ;D
Also they have large chinese rug! :o /never done before/ had cc course with Derek Ashby but he missed that bit. Any tips would be great ;)
thx!

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: Mike_Roper on January 11, 2010, 05:40:13 pm

Keep neutral with cleaning agents , good pre vac , prespray well agitated then rinse, set pile.
Qualify with client results expected, they clean up well if not too minging , stains are particularly hard to remove if at all and I dont use reducing or oxy stain removers on them .It maybe just me but find the dyes react badly to such products, too risky
Mike

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: Tony Gill Carpet Smart on January 11, 2010, 06:45:13 pm

I always take rugs away for cleaning is it a genuine one ???

Cheers Tony

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 11, 2010, 07:03:08 pm

Proving Paul's point really.

Shaun

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: thomas pl on January 11, 2010, 08:46:17 pm

Thx for replies. How about sebo /powder/ sponges? Still to risky?

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: colin fitch on January 12, 2010, 11:37:01 am

Are you cleaning on site or off site?
Does it have a frindge?

colin.

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: slioch on January 14, 2010, 05:54:20 pm

I do a lot of these, often taking them off site but I have done some (even big ones) on site since I got my RX20.  I mention this as three issues spring to mind:

Deep cleaning such a thick dense pile
Cleaning the edges properly
Drying - VERY important whether done on site or take away.

The fringe issue shouldn't be ignored either.

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: Michael Smallwood on January 14, 2010, 10:25:38 pm

I also take off site when possible - much to my wifes delight.  ???

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: dave123 on January 14, 2010, 11:25:20 pm

Same as Mike .if you did Ashby's course i presume you use their products  I would prespray with their shampoo and clean with their fabric safe powder and finish it by spraying it with Finish.

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: james roffey on January 15, 2010, 06:11:48 pm

Always do off site can take a while to fully dry especially the thick oriental wool ones. i always keep ph neutral with these as said stains dont always come out but clean up well

Title: Re: chinese rug
Post by: rich hand on January 15, 2010, 06:19:17 pm

You can still do onsite depending on your facilities and the customers needs. I have cleaned them with everything from MS to Ultrapac, just test first. Rinsing is best done with a hand tool to get in deeper and leave drier in the case of a porty. Fringes I have cleaned with various ph neutral detergents, followed by rinsing and ideally left acetic acid in to help prevent browning. Drying has never been a problem either way just advise the customer to leave heat on if onsite.