Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: brianbarber on January 31, 2010, 07:30:12 pm
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hi guys
have used both of these for a little while, finding power burst great on very dirty carpets.
I know this is perhaps a little silly, but which would be your preference on :
Man made
Wool
many thanks
regards
Mr B
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As long as you pretest first,then use fibre and fabric acidic rinse to neutralise the high alkali prespray you will be fine. on both.Just dont use it on coloured upholstery.
Steve.
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Powerburst everytime
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Thanks guys, using f & f, and will carry on with the powerburst, kinda like the economy and I can make up into 25 litre carbouys.
Mr B
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Power burst for me goes a long way when diluted excelent on greasy pub & restaurant carpets.
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Hi Mr B
Not really a reply to your question exactly. I would use pre-spray gold or Chemspec DFC105. Neither have let me down on wool or wool blends and then rinse with powder woolsafe/dfc 105 or acdic rinse. It's easy to get into a habit of doing every job one way because it works regardless of what could be done before resorting to power burst or multi pro. If the carpet has been cleaned before and nuked with high ph cleaner and not rinse properly by some spit and run it could be you who tips the balance wool is alkali sensitive. Check the Ph of the carpet using distilled water if in any doubt. If a wool carpet is minging then sure multi-pro. Power burst is a great problem solver and superb on pubs and restaurant, but It would need to to be restoration job on wool for me to use it. A follow up clean in 6 months /year I would then go with DFC 105. I've had a run lately of wool and synthetic carpeting which has been really dirty when infact it's residue from bloody rug doctors so it's worth the check. Synthetic is different and especially polyrprop. Powerburst and acidic rinse for me.
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No problems using Power Burst on wool or wool rich carpets. Providing you rinse the carpet properly you will have no problems at all.
Richie.
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Powerburst over Multi Pro everytime - it goes miles further and is a better product.
Steve
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Any damage done by a high pH prespray will not be corrected by a neutralising or acidic rinse. Period. A rinse will stop the damage progressing at the point of treatment
You will often not see or be aware of any damage, but it will have occured. Gradual colour loss (fading) and with one, two or even ten cleans down the road, dye bleed may occur as well as more significant fading. Accelerated wear will occur as the fibres will become more brittle and disappear at a faster rate up the customers vac over time.
Having said all that, we the cleaners as well as the customers are unlikely to notice all of this. I would also go as far as recommending that with heavily soiled/trashed wool, subject to testing, use your high pH supersuds with a neutralising acidic rinse. If a safe on wool product wont clean the carpet, it's pointless going through the motions. High pH also tends to be quicker.
I would add that in many commercial installations with wool carpet, they will be changed for aesthetic reasons rather than their performance, and a refit is often before the carpet needs replacement. This environment will typically demand the lowest price and quickest turnaround, so high performance but less than ideal chemicals rule the day.
Safe and happy cleaning :)
The Ken