[ca8gro]

Hi,

I had a company come to my house yesterday to do a new loft hatch and new loft insulation but the've left large patches of black stains on my cream coloured wool berber carpets. Can anyone give any tips on removing these stains?

Many Thanks

Grant

[lands]

Hi C

First thing is to tell them not to vac it as it will make it worse. You can do this first by using the upholstery tool just above carpet (DO NOT RUB OVER IT). Then use filter out or ultrapac renovate (test first) as a pre-spray and rinse accordingly (you may need to repeat process).

Pete

[ca8gro]

Too late for the vacuum. I came in from work last night and vacuumed what i can  . Think i panicked, does this mean that its gonna be ruined???

[lands]

Unlikey Grant but will probably take you longer with to extract. Do you hace equipment & chemicals u need?

Pete

[ca8gro]

Hi Pete, unfortunatley don't have any equipment or chemicals available. Was  thinking of contacting a carpet cleaning company and sending the bill to the insulation company, although don't know if they will pay or not. Is  there any chemicals that i could buy that could do the job?

I am thinking of starting a new carreer this year in carpet cleaning and was hoping to go on a few courses 1st, like the prochem and the NCCA but this probably won't be until mid to late feb.

Thanks for the advise by the way, just wished they had brought more dustsheets etc!

[lands]

Grant they should be paying for it full stop. Contact them and explain and they will contact a CC to deal or tell you too and they will pay you what it costs. Where are you based?

Prochem do offer a good course (did it myself) but knowing what I know now I would have gone with NCCA as you can become a member when you've done theirs and it's a bit more scientific.

[ca8gro]

Hi Pete,

I've just contacted them and there gonna get someone to give me a call back, so fingers crossed and many thanks for the advise.

Regarding the training courses, is one more theory and the other more hands on?? Would it be best attending both or do you think the NCCA would cover what i need, bearing in mind i would be a complete novice? Quite interstewd in the low and very low moisture systems, especialy the dry fusion, but from what ive read from the forum it appears that opinions are split to wether they can match that of a truckmount or portable, and that there best suited to denser packed pile carpets..

By the way i'm up here in the north east of England, and looking in the Yellow pages there are hundreds of carpet and upholstery cleaners in the area, so don't quite know if starting up what many are doing already is a wise thing, but time will tell, just keen on trying to earn a little more than im already doing in a very borring 9-5 job!

Thanks Pete

Grant

[lands]

Grant, the major difference between the two courses is branding. Prochem have a range of chemicals and equipment which the training will be based around. The NCCA will not plug any particular product or machine but teach you the science behind each method so you can make up your own mind.

Your right there are many different opinions which is why it is best to do your training then you will be much more equipped to decide whats best for you. As CC's in North East i would go for Gunns Carpet Cleaning or Riveta. These guys are both respected members of this forum.

Good luck
Pete

[Joe H]

Hi Grant - hope the insulation company sort to your satisfaction.

re corses
have not been on the Prochem course so not fair for me to comment on that.
I did the NCCA 4 weeks ago.
Next one is in Feb. On a Fri and Sat at Leicester. Google NCCA.
They take 24 at a time and it was full in Dec which is a busy month for carpet cleaners so I would expect the Feb one to be filling up fast as it can still be a bit quiet.
What I'm saying is get booked now.
Of the 24, eleven were complete beginners like you, no experiance, no machine.
Really good course and if you get the same 2 instructors I had you will have 2 of the most respected carpet cleaners in the country.

As for machines - I have the Dry Fusion and I use it where most appropriate. The machine I use most is the water extraction (I have a Scorpion). Most versatile type in my opinion and possibly water extraction is the only type of machine one needs.
I also have an Envirodri which is a different concept again. This I use as a carpet cleaning machine the least....but there is a cleaner on this forum who uses nothing else but Envirodri and he does some real grotty work with it (end of tenancy lets, and students).

There may be "hindreds" of cc in the directories but not all of them will be top notchers. You want to ensure your a top nothcher. You have other means of an income by the sound of it, so you have a chance to develop the cc side without the pressure of having to make a living from it straight away - time to develop.

[Mike Osbourne]

Don't forget if you have a CC  round it's the perfect opportunity to observe and ask lots of question.

Don't let on you may be his competition soon though.

[ca8gro]

Cheers Joe,

I'll give the NCCA a call and see if i can get booked in for the Feb dates.

I think the envirodry guy your talking about is Martin, who speaks very highly of the machine and what it can do, but your right  best go on a course and make my own mind up.

Could you run with the dry fusion machine only Or does it have its limitations??

Thanks

grant

[Joe H]

You could run a Dry Fusion only - many do.
Dry Fusion are at Leyland, near Preston. Demo encouraged.
DF do some good cleaning fluids for their system too.

Few years ago I had a similar system, Texathem, and tried to use it as the only system but could'nt do it - maybe that was my limitations.

[lands]

Nothing like a public announcement though eh Mike

[Gerry Styles]

Craftex do a similar system - wasn't really impressed

[Joe H]

Similar is not the same though.
and the magic may be in the cleaning solutions which will be Dry Fusion proected and you can only buy it from them if you have the DF system.

[Joe H]

Hi C

First thing is to tell them not to vac it as it will make it worse. You can do this first by using the upholstery tool just above carpet (DO NOT RUB OVER IT). Then use filter out or ultrapac renovate (test first) as a pre-spray and rinse accordingly (you may need to repeat process).

Pete

Just read recently soething that goes along with what Pete said - that is vacuum using the upholstery tool just above the carpet (DO NOT RUB OVER IT)....
but it added ... to sprinkle lots of talcum powder over the soot first and let it soak any dampness from it.
May help for future rererence.

[ca8gro]

Hi C

First thing is to tell them not to vac it as it will make it worse. You can do this first by using the upholstery tool just above carpet (DO NOT RUB OVER IT). Then use filter out or ultrapac renovate (test first) as a pre-spray and rinse accordingly (you may need to repeat process).

Pete

Just read recently soething that goes along with what Pete said - that is vacuum using the upholstery tool just above the carpet (DO NOT RUB OVER IT)....
but it added ... to sprinkle lots of talcum powder over the soot first and let it soak any dampness from it.
May help for future rererence.

Cheers Joe, will give that a go before phoning in a proffessional.

Kind Regards

Grant

[ca8gro]

Well got the company out who made the mess and they said they would clean it up with a vax.  I told him that if it didn't clean with the vax, i wanted it done profesionaly...he replied that he has just done one simmilar and the vax cleaned it up. I'm not holding my breath!!!