[CARPET KNIGHTS]

Got asked to take a look at a real velvet suite made to order from Harrods.

The lady first told me that it had stains on but on inspection the pile in these areas was flattened. I suggested that it must have been from a hot drink spillage or such like!

She has also been told by another carpet cleaning firm that it is not wet cleanable, now i am aware of the possible problems with cleaning velvet but am confident that i could clean it and get a good result.

The thing is, is there anything that could be done about the damaged areas, i.e. could the pile be brought back up?

Cheers Goron

P.s. sorry about the photos but you can get an idea of what i am talking about!

[CARPET KNIGHTS]

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[Kev Loomes]

Not teaching you to suck eggs but be careful Goron, looks suspiciously like its a viscose mix velvet? It may still be ok because it might not be 100%?....But it may be a viscose/acetate.....I would definately TEST! Acetate doesnt respond well to solvents and viscose not to water

There's also velveteen (cotton velvet) and even silk/viscose on expensive items and cheap polyester mix velvets out there too! Doubt if its the latter though - not if its from Harrods

Hope it goes ok.

Cheers


Kev

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Goron

Always difficult to be sure from a picture but it looks like velvet to me.

I have in the past achieved good results with these but be careful of colour bleed, pile distortion, you will need to lay the pile down when wet, and marks caused by irreversible pile distortion.

In terms of actual cleaning they are usually fairly straightforward.

Cheers

Doug

[liahona]

I would be more concerned with what it is made out of as opposed to it being velvet.

Remember velvet is a weave not a fabric.

But you know me, I wet clean eveything, there isnt too much that cant be wet cleaned.

Just with a velvet it is more important what happens post clean with brushing etcetera than the actual clean.

Best, Dave.

[Simon Gerrard]

Personally I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Not because of the fabric but because there are far more things that can go wrong with it  than can go right and it looks to me like a nightmare in the making. Sometimes the smart thing to do is say, 'thanks, but no thanks.'
Sometimes you look at a job and alarm bells are ringing in your head, often those alarm bells are linked to a job you did years earlier that you really wish you'd left well alone, because by taking on a job that is already problematic you also take ownership of those problems and become responsible for any others that may come about as a result of cleaning.

If the customer will sign a disclaimer, then that's different.
Just a thought.

Simon

[John Milnes]

I once had a very similar suite although brown, but looked very much the same with similar stains owned by someone in the media hotlight! She was a party girl so very many stains.

It was a cotton velvet but with removable covers. I took all the covers to a good friend (top notch dry cleaners) and he was not impressed! After dry cleaning there were still some stains.

I personally would not take it on.

John

[Fintan_Coll]

Looks like its an upholsterer she needs, not a cleaner, or else another trip to Harrods.