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swjack
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Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 15, 2005, 09:48:25 pm »
Hi me again.
Had a friend phone me to ask about removal of lily pollen from a wool carpet, she had already wet it, rubbed it and used some cleaning agent too attempt to remove it, this has made the stain worse. I have no machinery or chemicals at the moment is there tips you could share with me.
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dave401uk
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 15, 2005, 10:37:56 pm »
Once you add water to pollen you alter its state and turn it in to a pigment, and this 99 times out of a 100 is permanent, sorry i couldn't be more help.
Dave
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mark_roberts
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 15, 2005, 11:11:19 pm »
Citrus gel from Prochem has worked in the past but as was said above dont hold your breath.
Mark
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Doug Holloway
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 16, 2005, 07:06:28 am »
Hi,
White spirit is effective on untreated pollen but as said above the dissolving of the pollen has probably caused a permanent stain.
Cheers
Doug
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Kinver_Clean
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 16, 2005, 07:43:47 am »
Ecospotter from that man works a treat. I had a vase with water and 12 lilies, a real mess. It had dried by the time I got there but the pollen fell out. You may be lucky.
Trevor
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Bob Allen
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 16, 2005, 05:23:41 pm »
Ive tried citrus Gel and eco spotter but by far the best thing is solutions chewing gum remover (you might laugh) but it has worked a couple of times for me when the others havnt.
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Tony_Browning
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Re: Lily pollen on wool carpet?
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August 16, 2005, 05:42:55 pm »
Fully concur with bob allens post....solutions chewing gum remover works a treat on this.
Rgds Tony.
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