[Shaun_Ashmore]

How long do you honestly think it takes for most upholstery to dry 100%?

I cleaned my conservatory upholstered cushions yesterday tea time and they felt dry when I'd finished but 4 hours later I sat on them and they were cold and moist so nearly dry but not quite couldn't be bothered to keep checking but they were dry when I put them back properly next day.

Makes  you wonder how long the real drying figure is??

Shaun

[markpowell]

I usually tell customers 8 hours Shaun to be on the safe side, Never had a complaint yet.
Mark

[Neil Williams]

I always try and make upholstery the 1st job of the day, and I also ask the customer which chair/s are most likely to be used first and I work on those first, so they have a 2 hour head start on any others.
When I finish I also ask the customer if they have any fans hot or cold or a hair dryer and to direct an air flow over them.
Not had any resulting phonecalls at 6 pm yet

[clinton]

Same as mark really with that lenghth of time.

It does feel dry to the touch and think it must stay damp with what moisture there is still in the back of the fabrics i guess.

[Paul Moss]

Shaun a synth  suite with a truck takes a few hours to dry, cotton the next day.

It makes me smile this subject all the time when I hear cleaned a carpet or a rug today and it was dry in an hour or so  and even more funny when they use a porty 

[Steve Rothwell]

Shaun a synth  suite with a truck takes a few hours to dry, cotton the next day.

It makes me smile this subject all the time when I hear cleaned a carpet or a rug today and it was dry in an hour or so  and even more funny when they use a porty 

but does it make you laugh when a rotary user tells you the same Paul ??

[M.Acorn]

Did 2 sofas yesterday,1st one was more or less dry when I finished the 2nd,did have my blower on it,and the woman had the heating on at about 80 deg..
All dependant on how dirty it is really,and how much solution I have to use,I tend to mist the not too bad ones,but this one I had to use the tool in contact with the material.

[Thackley Cleaning Services]

amtech tell people their cfr upholstery tool leaves sofas dry within half an hour.

ive used it for a while and its only with no pre-spray and a quick going over with the hand tool that it feels touch dry within half an hour. 

otherwise its a good few hours - min 4 - 6

[AshWhite]

Mark,
What advantage do you find with misting as opposed to putting the tool into contact with the fabric? Is it quicker drying?

[Neil Williams]

Mark,
What advantage do you find with misting as opposed to putting the tool into contact with the fabric? Is it quicker drying?

That sounds like what I do. Spray from a few inches above the material which means that you avoid pumping fluid past the outer material into the filling, then extract. All I'm interested in is cleaning the outer material not the stuffing, although it has to be said I don't have one of those all singing all dancing £400 hand tools

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Ultra preparation is key when using the mist method, there's a guy called Steve Porter who's on one of the other channels that uses this method.

Shaun

[M.Acorn]

Exactly that reason Neil,if it's not dirty,why bother soaking it

[derek west]

Shaun a synth  suite with a truck takes a few hours to dry, cotton the next day.

It makes me smile this subject all the time when I hear cleaned a carpet or a rug today and it was dry in an hour or so  and even more funny when they use a porty 

but does it make you laugh when a rotary user tells you the same Paul ??

i think pauls refering to cleaning carpets hector   "INCOMING" take cover

[Paul Moss]

It certainly does make me laugh  I often wonder how they get into the small areas of the chair arm fronts with their rotary.

[Steve Rothwell]

 

[Colin Day]

I know a couple of carpet cleaners tell their prospects that their sofa will take up to 48 hours to dry

One of them was a franchise....

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Perhaps they are under playing it and being a bit honest as well.

Shaun

[Colin Day]

48 Hours is waaaaay to long though, by any standards...

[M.Acorn]

Jesus what do they do dunk it in a pool or something ?