[Geoff Jewkes]

Anyone cleaned this?? been cc ing for 8 years and never come across it. Hints and tips much appreciated! Many thanks Geoff   

[*paul_moss]

Geoff 40 views and no answers  :

As discussed on phone mate 

[Mike jones]

71 and 2 posts!

[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

its fine mate same as any other carpet but warn the custy that after its clean that it may look like some of the coulor as come out but it hasnt , ive found that the red ones sometimes look quite whiteish after the drit as been removed , along with any of the darker coulors

also sometimes if the carpets had a hard life they look clean but old due to the pile wearing away

hope this helps

[Derek]

It depends on what you mean by "shagpile"

I recall, as I am sure that many of old stagers do, the shagpile of yester-year where the tufts were two and a half inches long (in old money) and the lower density ones showed acres of backing when groomed...NOW THAT'S SHAGPILE!

The modern day ones are straightforward providing you follow procedures...a mere shadow of their predicessors

[Geoff Jewkes]

Thanks for your replies, and thanks Paul ( a fountain of cc knowledge ! ). Yes Derek these are old school, very long, and beige so no fears of any colour disappearing!!   

[carpetpros]

It depends on what you mean by "shagpile"

I recall, as I am sure that many of old stagers do, the shagpile of yester-year where the tufts were two and a half inches long (in old money) and the lower density ones showed acres of backing when groomed...NOW THAT'S SHAGPILE!

The modern day ones are straightforward providing you follow procedures...a mere shadow of their predicessors

You are getting confused with saxony piles. Shag piles are still the same.

[*paul_moss]

No I think now with his age Derek is talking about a different type of piles 

[ColinFitch]

It depends on what you mean by "shagpile"

I recall, as I am sure that many of old stagers do, the shagpile of yester-year where the tufts were two and a half inches long (in old money) and the lower density ones showed acres of backing when groomed...NOW THAT'S SHAGPILE!

The modern day ones are straightforward providing you follow procedures...a mere shadow of their predicessors

Old shagpiles wool [Derek would no this]
Modern American ones polyester or nylon

[Dave_Lee]

Actually the term  Shag Pile refers to a carpet with quite short tuft lenghs. Its called Shag because there is a difference in pile lengh, consisting of a row of a certian height followed by a row with a slightly shorter height. However the term got borrowed somewhere along the line and used to describe the less densly tufted, longish pile carpets.
Dave.

[Derek]

Your right Dave...if you care to look in the Cleanrite brochure the shorter pile carpet is clearly shown... marked as a shagpile   

I haven't quite lost all my marbles just yet    ...shagpile will to me always be the longer pile monsters....horrible things ...can't understand why people would want to buy them in the first place