[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

No I haven't Mark, but I will give it a try.

Steve

[MICHAEL_GAYTON]

just a bad day in the office .steve
,was cleaning a suite today said to the customer check for pens and coins down the side she found  around 16 pounds
 ??

[gwrightson]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why does that make it a bad day at the office? Michael.



geoff

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Mark

That sounds very good, have you tried it ?

I have never been very convinced with any of the protectors I have applied but the old M carpet protector seemed about the best.

Cheers

Doug

[markpowell]

Hi Doug,
I use  Prochem fluroseal plus and am happy with it i have used it on my own carpets and find it works well, i will be ordering some scotchguard and hopefully changing over it works out a lot lot cheaper.
When you say M do you mean 93M the name that Scotchguard changed to a couple of years ago?
Mark

[Dave_Lee]

The protector itself will lower any PH as it on the acidic side. The biggest problem with a long dry out on wool berber is the possibilty of browning upon eventual drying.
Dave./

[markpowell]

An acidic rinse should eliminate the risk of browning in most cases.
Mark

[colin thomas]

funnily enough i was going to post on this subject but steve beat me to it! i cleaned a low profile cheap polyprop last friday afternoon, it was an end of tenancy, the letting agent said it was still damp on monday lunchtime! obviously there was no ventilation but i was still surprised, i had to go back there today for something else and it was dry by then but it makes you think. i always tell customers to allow ventillation when they are in but if they go out which they often do rather than walk on clean carpets, our name might be mud!!

colin

[markpowell]

72 hours for a polyprop to dry, did you have your vacs switched on?
Or did you clean it with a mop and bucket

[colin thomas]

hydramaster 427! i know it sounds ridiculous doesn't it, i was wondering if the client made dirty footprints and wiped the carpet with a damp towel to clean it up on the sunday, when i left there on friday he said they just had a few things to move out over the weekend so that might be the reason for the damp,

colin   

[terryyy100]

if you are going to use multi pro on wool you should always us fibre fabric or similar.

[Jeff Lydon/Greenie]

solvent based protector = accelerated drying
water based = prolonged drying

I would think with all the wool, you guys would be running from water protector.

[carpet guy]

I have only encountered a similar situation once, when  the landlord failed to open windows and the heating failed to operate in a flat during winter.

The carpets were re cleaned ...... c/h turned on and two turbos left overnight.

Got paid twice and the landlord learned a lesson.

The landlord lost two Ikea tables, having placed them back on the carpets.

[Mike Osbourne]

Greenie by name but not by nature.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Thanks for all the replies guys - customer has just phoned to say carpet is dry and is delighted with the job. I guess the increase in temperature today has done the trick.

Will definately remember this one though !

Steve

[colin thomas]

carpet guy, did they find out who pinched the tables?

colin