[ciaran]

Hi there.

I am relitively new to carpet cleaning and had to clean a very dirty and soiled pub carpet.
The worse parts were around the bar and a particular seating area where the carpet (if you can call it that) was coverd in a hard black like surface.
I tried the normal HWE method but it did not do much to remove the problem,so then I came up with the idea of puting boiling hot water from the kettle on it followed by HWE.
The carpet came up a treat,and the owner was very impressed so much so he has asked me to do the carpet every few months so it does not get in that state again.
Has any one eles used a method like this? or has any one got an alternative method I could have used?

[Mike Halliday]

In my portable days i did something similar, I used to get the kettle and get ready with my handtool, pour the boiling water then extract it straight away. working a bit at a time I used to get great results.

I've done the same to get out wax

Mike

[*paul_moss]

Cant say ive done anything quite that extreme.
Dont think ive got the bottle to do that.

Hope it wasnt Begium Wilton

Well done for having the bottle at such an early stage.

Paul

[strakercleaning]

ciaran @ BANZAI CLEANERS 
Very brave unless you extract straight away.
Try Anti Grease from Ashbys.........goes thru like knife into butter and rinse with HOT water.
Good luck ............and i would ask before i take the risk

[woodman]

I would say you took a gamble and got away with it, you might not be so lucky next time though so judge each job carefully before doing this again and as mentioned above make sure its not a BW.

Tipping water on a wool carpet at such high temperature can cause permanant damage to the pile.The twist that has been heat set can be undone and you could end up with frizzy mess as the yarn comes apart.I seen this done by carpet fitters when they pour hot water onto a carpet to take a crease out.Sometimes they are lucky sometimes not.

Just be careful

[Mike Halliday]

Lets get real :

you make it sound like he got a flame thrower to the carpet.  I'll be honest, I've done this 100s of times without a problem

Theres too many girl thingys on this site

Mike

[Derek]

Now Now Mike

Don't get your knickers in a twist

Derek

[Len Gribble]

I think we all have pulled some stunts in our time and probably some still do, I’m looking in the mirror while typing this.

Len

[*paul_moss]

Mike and Len
Both of you take risks at times,sometimes the job calls for it.

Based on experience they are educated gambles/risks based on years of knowledge.

But for somebody new to do this who has no understanding of fabric reaction to heat is foolish and very risky.
 
                                              My opinion only 

Paul

[Shaun_Ashmore]

why not mix up some pre spray with very hot water and apply that, with a scrub and an extract you may find it is safer.

Pub carpet is very expensive to replace!

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

GIRLS THINGYS!!

i never typed that : the word i used began with P had a U and a couple of S's

Mike

[Mark Roberts]

i never typed that  the word i used began with P had a U and a couple of S's

meeeoww

[ciaran]

Just so you all know,I informed the owner before I used the kettle that there was a chance that there might be a bit of shrinkage but he did not mind because the carpet was a right mess.
  Also I tacked the carpet down before I started to reduce the chance of shrinkage and used a turbo dryer on it straight away.

I took a small calculated risk with the owners permission and it payed off.

Nothing ventured nothing gained

Thanks for all the feed back.
 

[paul@ctcs]

I bet they they dont show you that trick with IICRC training!
I must be a girls thingy    i wouldnot try this, then again why bother when a decent pre spray and aggitation will soon remove the black tar like mess that was mentioned.

Paul