[Liahona]

Steve. I pretty much immerse all rugs that are wool, silk, cotton. Even bleeders. When you come to man

made rugs with jute etc then I may not flood them but I tend to keep away from those type of rugs as

do my clients.............Some I dry on the floor face up. Some I dry face down. Some I put on a raised

platform to dry both under neath and above at the same time with ambient air movement. Others I

suspend 40 or so feet in the air and move around air that is in your language over 150 degrees. But it

is less than point one of one percent that I wouldnt immerse. Hope this helps, best, Dave.

[Ian Gourlay]

Very interesting


I read articles by L Wagner that you somtimes fine in Cleanfax, but always seam short on detail on the immersion method.

Did A Chinese Yesterday using Foam   Method and Extraction plus Pre Vac etc, but would have loved to Have taken it out of house and experimented a bit more.

[jasonl]

As a chem dry franchissee I used to immerse rugs all the time in an old bath, this was on the advice of a senior head office person at chemdry. it worked great too, my advice would be to always hang to dry sideways so that the water is not draining through the tassles, also there is a lot more weight in a wet rug than a dry one , so you are limited as to the size you can clean by this method.

[darren_metcalfe]

Dave, re even bleeders, how do you make sure they don't bleed then, is it all in the drying.  Reason I ask is that I have had a flooded rug that bled even after an extraction a good dry down using turbo fans and dehums....could you elaborate for me.

Regards

Darren

[Liahona]

Darren. I dont, they do bleed. I just make sure they are cleaned by themselves so not to bleed on

another rug. They only bleed so much and as they bleed you just keep rinsing the dies away. If you

stop cleaning while they are still bleeding then you will have a problem on your hands, a colourful one.

 This is another reason why you should immerse a rug. If you use a hwe machine you cannot rinse the

fugitive dies away. If you use a dry machine at all then you need your head read..... If you have a rug

that has bled then there isnt too much you can do about it. Anyway Darren, drop me an e-mail and I

will go into it a bit more...... Ian I know Lindsey quite well as we were only a 100 miles apart from each

other and would clean for each other if needs be. Lindsey is extremely good at what she does and has

rugs sent to her from all over the world to work on and restore. Although I am sure that foam works

quite well what happens to the foam that you cant extract out of the textile?.... and how would you

clean the back of the carpet if you cleaned it at the clients house. Best, Dave.

[Ian Gourlay]

Dave,

I was going to ask if you new Lyndsey.

Agree cleaning rug the way i did it not best method but the client did not pay £300

So you get what you pay for.n And client was pleased with end result.


But you have inspired me to build my mini rug plant.

[Liahona]

Its not difficult to do and if you want to give me a bell and I will try to help you best I can. The biggest

thing is immersing your first rug with out having a heart attack. Specially the silk ones. Best, Dave.

[Terry_Burrows]

anyone cleaned a lambs wool rug before and how ???I was asked but backed off this one as for small knowlage is not enough

[Liahona]

Terry. Most wool rugs are lambs wool or do you mean a sheepskin rug? I.E. Is it leather on the back side. Let me know, cheers, Dave.