[Marcus McDonnell]

Drying some carpets and upholstery bothers me sometimes. I hate leaving a home with a rug or carpet still pretty wet, sometimes i need to use more water and chemicals
than normal and most sofas turn out great but are still very wet when leaving id say it probably takes customers between 24 and 48 hours to sit on sofa is this normal. Can anyone tell me what is best way to dry rugs i take them away and clean them in my garage but in the cold weather they are not drying??? I do use a turbo drier in every job but dont find them very effective?

[richie]

paddle fans and turbo driers work great so not sure why it is you are not getting fast dry times with them.  As for upholstery, some fabrics actually feel wetter than they actually are.  I always towel off fabric with terry towels, this speeds up the drying process a fair bit.  Certainly never had upholstery take longer than 12 hrs to dry.

[John Kelly]

Are you pre-spraying upholstery, agitating and rinsing or are you actually cleaning with a tank detergent and the handtool? The latter results in much more wetting of the fabric and underlying padding.

[Marcus McDonnell]

John i am pre spraying, agitating and rinsing. Richie last week idid a fairly big rug and it got pretty wet i put drier on it for half an hour and left the rug for 3 more days it was still wet, does the room hav to be warm for turbo drier to work properly?

[AshWhite]

Marcus, for half an hour you might as well fart on the rug for the good it would do. Driers need to be left on for several hours to see much improvement on rugs and carpets.

[Billy Russell]

half an hour you might as well fart on the rug.

Yeah, i tried that once, i thought it was a fart, but sadly it wasn't!!!!
I had to clean it again, with an enz-all!!!


 

[from edge2edge]

Marcus Maybe you should try this method with rugs     Pre vac very well then mist a microsplit over the rug  brush in then apply organic sponges and again brush in    leave for 30 min to an hour then thoroughly vac off   I get very impressive results with this method on most rugs      Alan(swindon.........centre of the unknown universe)

[Chris Straker]

I have seen carpet cleaners using air movers in wrong way .......... aimed straight at sofa, rather than blowing across !! Need to remove moisture from surface so that remainder can get to the top ......... blowing at material can actually push moisture back in and delay drying 

[garry22]

Following on from what Chris said, arrange all the cushions in a "house of cards" type tunnel. Rotate the sides fairly frequently as well.

[John Kelly]

You do need warmth to evaporate moisture so in a very cold room or garage no evaporation will be taking place even with air movement. Cold air can't absorb moisture because the molecules are packed tightly together with no room for the water vapour.

[robert meldrum]

Before considering all of the GOOD ADVICE already given I feel you should look closely at the machine you're using particularly the recovery of solution as I get the impression there's a problem with the return tank seal or the waste water outflow tap seal or simply the connections on your vacuum hoses, etc.

[Kieran Casey]

Those slow drying times could be dangerous and cause colour bleed.

Check if your vacuum is working, sounds to me like it isn't. I always check at the start by attaching the upholstery tool to my hand and if the vacum doesn't hold it to my hand then I check the vacum path/filter.