[Mike Halliday]

I was thinking, that to neutralise reducing agents you use an alkaline solution & to neutralize a oxidising solution you use an acidic solution (and visa-versa for acceleration)

so if I clean a carpet and rinse with an alkaline solution if I then try and remove a coffee stain with spray & go I'm wasting my time because the alkaline rinse  will just cancel out the reducer.

and they same goes for using a oxidiser if I've rinsed with an acid rinse.

is this correct?

so should I rinse neutral or use bleaches before cleaning?

anyone know?

Mike

[Buster Ingram]

Hi Mike in the past I have found a better result with Spray  & Go if used prior to cleaning. i.e hit the stains first

[Mike Roper]

Ive also found them to work better on a dry carpet.
Mike

[Geoff Jewkes]

Me too. Spot clean first so that spotters work yo full affect

[*paul_moss]

Mike
Reading that has hurt my brain.I will have to look at it again later

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Paul

Working your brain? your brain has been on the dole for years

Shaun

[stevegunn]

Paul

Working your brain? your brain has been on the dole for years

Shaun

Not watching your team get beat

[*paul_moss]

Shaun
The Dole  what is that /
Dont forget im not as old as you,so I dont know whwt those old type words are.
Anyway how is that nice bird you live with doing,does she still miss me

[*paul_moss]

Gunny
Mt team getting beat  your having a laugh arnt you.
Away the boys 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

She can't tell what you were saying, something to do with a Scouser talking S*it, but we have heard that before

Shaun

[*paul_moss]

Shaun im sending Billy over to show you the light 

[Buster Ingram]

looking back on mikes first posting regarding reducers I think he is looking for a more technical reply rather than chit chat fella's :

[*paul_moss]

Mike if you really,really want to know then just read the following link.

http://www.cleanprosonline.com/Bleaches.html

[Jason Hedges]

I always flush any stain with plain water before applying any specific stain remover or treatment.

And always deal with individual stains before the general clean.

Tried the other way around when first started out and it just doesn't work!

Kind regards,
Jason.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I would have though that most of us will be rinsing with a neutral detergent or plain water anyway.

From a post spotting point of view it's a tough question to answer because it depends on what history a stain may got, if it has been subjected to vanish etc a plain water rinse would be done first but the real answer would be to reach for the ph paper.

Shaun