[Roger Koh]

This picture shows Emulsified Dried Wick-Up Barbecue Chicken Grease Removal!

Suede Cleaning is easier than you think!

There is another market segment left untapped – The Dry Cleaners.

Wholesale Garment Cleaning an opportunity?
 
Any comments!

Roger Koh
Leather Doctor® System

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Judy you can't get airflow through leather which is true where does the water/cleaner go when being sucked up? what about hard surfaces like amtico floor covering? this has no air flow through it.

The cleaning solution applied can be vacuumed off or spray vacuumed off (HWE) as it is not penetrating onyo the leather backing but rinsing off the layers of dirt and grease infact diluting it and taking it away.

Shaun

[LTT Leathercare]

Shaun

You cannot get airflow through fast enough to draw dirt out.  Transpiration occurs in leather naturally that allows it to breathe this is why it can absorb moisture. 

The problems that we have encountered when wet cleaning suede and nubuck were that any old dirt that had been drawn into the suede would wick to the surface but could not then be cleaned out of the leather and so the whole thing could look much worse than when you started.  You cannot see this problem until the whole thing has completely dried out which on a 3 pce suite would take a very long time.  If it then does look worse it is your responsibility to put it right.

We have found the complications and unpredictable results of wet cleaning nubuck and suede (certainly on large items like furniture) are not condusive to running a profitable business.

Hope this helps

[Shaun_Ashmore]

On pigmented leather HWE works because the water 'bounces' off the coated leather therefore leaveing diluted soils ready for extraction, Roger Koh has explained and uses the IMO best system for suede cleaning.

Shaun

[*paul_moss]

Shaun dont beat this one to death mate. We work day in day out with air flow, cleaning and extraction machines so I think we know what we are talking about. It works what you did, Ben has just posted a similar finding on another post.
LTT are far behind the times now and Judy just does not want to move forward. Their loss.
For god sake they havent even got a colour matching machine for dyes and poor Andy has to do it all by eye, no wonder Gunny was waiting 2 weeks for his dye 

[Doug Holloway]

Paul

Your last comment was a bit harsh, LTT have followed a particular path but others, Ben, Roger and yourself have experimented with different methods.

I for one find their products good, as I do Ben's and will have a play with Roger's soon.

With these technical issues it is usually best for all concerned to stick to the technicalities rather than the personalities.

Lets all have a friendly weekend

Cheers

Doug