[roger underhill]

Just cleaned and protected a lounge carpet (100% wool) for a customer of mine. When we arrived she aired a concern over her oil paintings on canvas in the room. They are from the Victorian period. Her concern was with regard to the possibility of moisture affecting the canvas in any way.

We have never had any negative feedback regarding this situation in the past. Do any of you guys know the definitive answer to this customer query?

Our solution was to remove the paintings to another room however that in itself was not easy as each had lighting that had to be disconnected and the paintings were estimated to be worth in excess of quarter of a million.

[Jim_77]

I'd have fired up the truckmount and run the wand over one of them to test it.  "See, it's fine Love!"

Seriously though, a humid rainy day in Summer will be more of a problem than cleaning the carpets in a room, if humid air is a threat to them.

Honestly, the things people make up in their heads to get worried about




(WHY HAS THE ROLLEYES SMILEY STOPPED WORKING!! :)

[Colin Day]

Quite recently a gentleman asked me to be careful not to get his LP player (on a sideboard) wet, as it was worth a couple of grand.

I couldn't help thinking, 'is he not that bothered about the 42" plasma?'

[Steve Chapman]

Why is it when a customer warns you about something expensive it's the one thing you end up spraying water on 

Or is that just me 

Steve

[John Kelly]

As long as there is air movement to remove the moisture laden air then there should be no problem. We come across this all the time on flood jobs. Usually find it takes a number of days of a saturated atmosphere to cause any problems. The canvas absorbs moisture and swells and there are usually mould issues as well.
Only worry I would have cleaning carpets is if the room was closed up striaght after. Ventilated no problem.