[roberts73]

BLACKCURRANT cordial  spilt on a wheat coloured 100% woolpile rug HELP

[Nobby]

If the cordial is made of mainly fruit juice and does not contain too many artificial ingredients I think I would use Micro Clean bacteria treatment from Bio Productions.  Mix with warm water apply to stain, keep it warm and damp for four hours and if needed do it again.  Might be a good idea to plain water extract first.  If the cordial contains artificial colours it probably won't work.

Nobby

[strakercleaning]

Have removed a full bottle of Ribena from cream 80/20 loop pile once..............Prochem Red RX. 
Took 2 goes as whole bottle smashed when dropped on way into kitchen and it soaked into hall carpet. 2nd go included Heat Transfer method but no visible trace..................smelled like a tarts hanky

[Dynafoam]

Welcome to the forum.

A cold-water rinse is a good starting point, extract as dry as possible. Follow up with Chemspec Juice and Dye Remover, first by tamp/blot method. If this fails move to the thermal transfer method but do not use excessive heat.

[strakercleaning]

JB
Great minds think alike........and roughly at the same speed it seems.
Youth gave me the 28 second edge 

[Dynafoam]

Chris,

It's me arfrytis yungen  Gives me gyp in this weather 

[strakercleaning]

Know what you mean
Dislocated shoulder, cracked collarbone and numerous broken metacarpels (left and right).............. starting to notice the cold myself

[Shaun_Ashmore]

It's like waiting for God in this thread!

Shaun

[strakercleaning]

Insolent Anklebiter :

[Ken Wainwright]

Welcome Robert

The thick, syrupy cordial concentrate should be easier to remove than a weaker diluted drink. Of course, much depends on what the lady/gentleman of the house has done to it before you arrive. Occasionally, these drinks will be mixed hot and this is a worst case scenario. Whatever the situation as described above, the advice already given is the most appropriate. Promise nothing and any success achieved is a bonus.

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[roberts73]

THANKS ALOT FOR THE ADVICE

[ian richards]

Hi Guys

Attempted to remove orange juice from a 80/20 carpet yesterday, the customer advised me that it had been there about 6 weeks and that she had made no attempt to remove it.

John, I did exactly what it said on the bottle, which you have confirmed to do,
but the result was minimal, after an hour i gave up.

What went wrong?

Ian

[Dynafoam]

Ian,

This can happen (as you have discovered)

Many "orange" juices contain colourants. Carotene is very common but there is a wide range of dyes that are permitted as food colourants, and some that are not sanctioned for the purpose do crop up.

It is sometimes necessary to move on to oxidising agents to effect removal. This procedure carries a risk of removing native dye from the fibre and should always be practised on disposable carpet prior to a customers.

If a reducing agent has been used, it must be completely removed before oxidisation.

[Ken Wainwright]

When I did my Colour Repair training, we were told that yellow is usually the strongest and most stable of the primaries. Experiences over the years would confirm this is spillages such as Lucozade, Irn Brew etc. etc. are the ones most difficult/impossible to remove. The other Primaries, red and blue, are "easier"

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken