[Marcus McDonnell]

Hi all just wondering can u clean rayon with acidic pre spray and rinse or do u need to dry clean??

[Richard Meads]

That's a dry clean only fabric. Water/water based products makes the fibres swell.  I have seen one with marks from someone sitting on it in a wet rain coat, I dry cleaned it, but it didn't help much.

[Paul Redden Countryfresh]

Hi  It can bruise easily especially when dry vaccing. I would walk personally.
Confirm dry clean only.


Best of luck

[Jim_77]

Richard & Paul, not necessarily dry clean and you shouldn't be afraid of them

Marcus hasn't even said if it is a velour or flat weave, yet you've just gone and put the sh*ts up him for no reason!!

Richard, if you'd have wet cleaned that seat cushion and re-set the pile by grooming it afterwards you might have walked away a hero

Most modern viscose velour fabrics can be cleaned with a wet system after thoroughly testing somewhere out of sight which includes wetting up, checking colour loss and then drying off completely to check for texture change.

Older ones aren't always a no-go either but more risk with them than modern viscose.  I managed to do a low moisture clean on a viscose velour that was from the 70s with a pile height roughly 10mm... When quoting, I told the guy how bad it was going to look if I wetted it, wetted up a hidden area and walked away and left it with him.  He phoned me back to book the job in after a few days, said it was fine, I was gobsmacked!

I have encountered a few viscose velours that had a kind of mottled effect... when wetted and dried out they lost the mottled appearance and went ever so smooth and shiny - a definite dry clean only, unless the customer instructs you otherwise after being made fully aware of the situation (and then you have to make sure the cleaning is dead even all over!).

Show it fear and it will bite you.  Show it who's boss and you'll walk away with a customer for life.

[Paul Moss]

Jim watch out or the old boys will be putting you in the cowboy camp with me and Dave Lehona 

Jim is dead right. The old flocks/velvets you need to be careful and dont try unless you really know what your doing and have a decent system/low moisture hand tool. Most of the cheap suites these days are a viscous / cotton mix because viscous rayon is a processed fibre and very cheap to make. Like every thing take care but once you have done a few and know the pitfalls then they clean really easy 

[Jim_77]

Funny, I was just looking at some cheap spurs & lassoos on eBay....

[Paul Moss]

Have you been down to Billys again for the week end

[Billy Russell]

Have you been down to Billys again for the week end

Now now Mossy my dear boy!!!! you wouldn't want me putting pictures on here would you. hey cowboy?

 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

When I had a holloway swift before jc was born I used to clean everything with it the dry foam suspended the soils the amount of water used on the extraction varied between fabrics so a viscose and velvet fabric would have little or no hwe after 'swifted' just dry extraction was used to take away the foam. This was before internal jet upholstery tools were as they are today.

Shaun

[Richard Meads]

I have just dug out my sample of a rayon velour...........Jim's right Although it was very little moistue I used, it does look better.

The IICRC do say it's a dry clean only fabric, so if in doubt Marcus test thoroughly, and if needed dry clean it.

When I go back to that dry clean only chaise, i'll come away a hero! thanks Jim

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

I used to wet clean loads of these and they always dried up well.

Things to look for are colour run and leaving the pile without streak libnes because these will dry in.

If it is a rayon in good condition I would either dry clean or use a spray towell method.

However if it is dirty and stained then the only way you will clean it is using water.

tread with caution and find out what your customer wants.

Cheers

Doug

[Jim_77]

Richard, just test in a hidden place first because they don't all react the same to water!  You need a hair dryer to fully dry it before deciding to go ahead.

Doug has stated the most important thing which applies to all problem-solving in our line of work:

find out what your customer wants.

[Jamie Pearson]

When I had a holloway swift before jc was born I used to clean everything with it the dry foam suspended the soils the amount of water used on the extraction varied between fabrics so a viscose and velvet fabric would have little or no hwe after 'swifted' just dry extraction was used to take away the foam. This was before internal jet upholstery tools were as they are today.

Shaun

I remember it well. Think I was about 7 years old. Dave Clean Machine brought me his old Holloway Swift as a birthday present this time last year!

[Paul Moss]

J when you where 7 Shaun was 37 

[peter maybury]

I have cleaned 1000 s of these over the years. Fabric restorer prespray von schrader dry foam machine, brush after cleaning job is a good un.
There were so many of these suites around in the 80 s that if you did not have a methiod of cleaning then you would be walking from a lot of jobs. If the customer cannot have it cleaned what are they going to do?
People come to you to as a proffessional you should be looking for ways of providing a service to them.
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com

[Hyden]

Rayon is extremely alkaline, meaning that acidic products easily damage its surface. For this reason, you must use alkaline or non-acidic soaps to clean your rayon couch.Other than this dry cleaning the sofa will be more better option than washing with any soap.

[Jim_77]

[Paul Moss]

Dont tell me. !!!!!!!  its Judy,s son 
Here we go.

[peter maybury]

good job we have these time served experts to point us in the right direction.

Peter