[paul searle]

Cleaned my first sofa today. Purple velvet, really grubby & once I stopped worrying about causing damage the results were impressive.

Sorry no pics uploaded yet

Quick question do you guys tend to stay away from velvet upholstery?

[markpowell]

Chances are it was a synthetic material, how did you clean it.
Im glad you were happy with the results mate.
Mark

[paul searle]

Thanks mate, I vacuumed, pre sprayed with prochem fibre restorer, brushed, extracted with warm water, brushed & toweld. I had a dryer set up but also used a hair dryer when I brushed. Once I had done I spayed a light mist of prochem
Fibre & fabric rinse.

[Bob McWilliam]

Nice one mate, now the first one is over, the rest are a breeze.

[markpowell]

I would put the FF rinse in the solution tank will save you a little time and aid drying, rather than spraying on after extraction mate
Mark

[paul searle]

Yeah that's what I thought but after speaking to Martin at ashbys he recommended that. Thank you for the advice Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Don't for F'sake put the hair drier on a heat setting or you'll reset the pile.

Shaun

[paul searle]

Lol no it was on cold

[james roffey]

I hate doing sofas but hate them a lot less now i have the Saphire tool, it make the job a lot easier.

[Steve Chapman]

If it was velvet and you hwe it, chances are the owners would be crying now 

Probably not, think ive done one genuine velvet in 15 years, the rest are the synthetic stuff, although some good ones out there,

Regards
Steve

[Simon Gerrard]

I hate doing sofas but hate them a lot less now i have the Saphire tool, it make the job a lot easier.

Top tool, James, not you, the sapphire

[D Ingram]

For a minute  then Simon I thought you were going to tell us the story of the first 3pce you cleaned and dried again'st the ##@"$%. :

[Mark Lawrence]

Radiator? 

Mark

[D Ingram]

 

[Andy Hogarth]

well done Paul, you'll soon be sick to death of them 

Only joking, I actually like doing upholstery, Just make sure you charge enough to cover a decent amount per hour, I go for £25 per seating area and this is normally more than enough to turn a decent profit.

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

As I'm getting older I like doing upholstery less, I suppose cleaning carpets with a TM is fairly easy and upoholstery seems like hard work.

I have been doing lots of office chairs which is a real struggle but the money's good.

Cheers

Doug

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Same here Doug, I raised my upholstery price to put people off a little and it has worked but people still do book, for me I get better money with carpet cleaning.

Shaun

[Jamie Lindsay]

I hate doing sofas grrrrrr so awkward.... what yous guys charge for 3+2?

[Jamie Pearson]

If it was velvet and you hwe it, chances are the owners would be crying now

Remember velvet is only a type of weave.

If it was cotton velvet then he may have had issues, synthetic velvet, as we all know,  can tolerate wet cleaning.

[Linds Russell]

I mostly enjoy upholstery these days.

Three years down the line and I'd say we have a pretty efficient way of doing it. Two of us makes a difference as one pre-sprays and one extracts. The second person can also clean the back and sides with Chemspec Fast Drying Upholstery Shampoo and towel off the extracted areas rather than standing and watching the machine operator.

A great way of doing things!