[derek west]

ok, finally doing my first suite.
whats the best chemical for a general clean all though the arms and front of the seats are quite dirty. was thinking of using one step with lots of agitation then extract with water or clearwater rinse, not sure what the rinsing procedure is for microsplitter as ive never used it. any help will be appreciated and taken on board.
derek

[Mike Osbourne]

Derek

They usually scrub up well. I would use Pure Clean and water rinse.

Most suites I will use Fabric restorer and acid rinse.

Mike

[derek west]

mike
so whats the diff beween the two, why pure clean (what is that) over restorer for this job?
derek

[markpowell]

Same as mike, i would use Pureclean pre-spray agitate then fresh water rinse also.
If its really trashed use fabric restorer and rinse with Fabric / fibre rinse.
Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

It's ok using Pure clean but it's practically the same Ph as Fabric Restorer,

www.chemspecdirect.co.uk/#6614X6885

This is ph7 and does what it says on the tin, nice and simple for your first suite.

Shaun

[cleaningmaster]

fabric restorer with asid rinse

dont ask so many questions

just do it
good luck

Daryl

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Derek play it safe and then move onto what Daryl says after that you'll be using Craftex champion  :

www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/0033/SubProducts/0033

Shaun

PS I am only kidding

[derek west]

well its either a m/s which ive never used before or natural orange, can't decide which, ive got fab rest but thought that was for the mingers.
so much choice, i'm confused dot com.
but daryl says im not allowed to ask questions so pretend i'm talking to myself
derek

[markpowell]

Fabric restorer will be fine if thats what you already have on board the van.
Mark

[derek west]

fabric restorer, clearwater rinse and it came up a treat, and even better it was pretty much dry before i left, customer was well happy and my confidense in cleaning suites was given a massive boost, got another quote tomoz so fingers crossed.
ps, took 2 of us one hour and like i said it was a cracking job.
pps, we cleaned a carpet while the blowers were drying the suite so it wouldn't of been as dry if we didn't have that to do. total job £120 3+1+puff+small carpet, 1 and half hours.
ppps, wasn't that hard work and quite enjoyed it, but i did have help so i'll wait till i do one on my own before i judge if its hard or not.
derek

[clinton]

Sounds like it went ok for you derek

Well done mate its always a bit tricky doing your first one in a clients house.

[derek west]

cheers clinton.
roll on the next one, got a quote on one tomoz so fingers crossed.
derek

[markpowell]

Glad all went well, i still remember my first suite.
What did you use to clean the cushions on, did you use some sort of table?
Saves the back!
Mark

[derek west]

drop sheet on the floor, my mate sprayed and agitated and i extracted, simple realy, i extracted with water flow then went over slowly with water off, well effective for drying times, snail blower on and it was practically dry in 20 mins,
backs not to bad but like i said, there was 2 of us and it only took an hour, on me own i might be better with a table like ya said. didn't clean the back, is that standard practice or do you guys do that as well?
derek

[Jim_77]

I very rarely extract the backs of suites, and not always the sides, only if there's a specific reason to, i.e. pets rubbing along them or airborne soiling.

However, the very least they'll get is vacuumed, spray with solution and towelled over.  My own personal view is that if someone had come to clean my suite I'd expect them to do all of it, not part, so I work to the same standard.

[JandS]

The table idea is a good one, what you use a decorators fold up.
Sometimes do the back depends on the situation.
Doesn't take 2 mins to run hand tool over it.

John

[markpowell]

I tip one of the arm chairs onto its front against the suite then use the back of the chair as a platform to clean the cushions, works a treat. A tip i picked up years ago on a Prochem training course.
Mark

[Mike Osbourne]

I hope you have a testing method in place Derek, otherwise you are going to come a cropper eventually.

[derek west]

testing method???
not sure what you mean mike?
derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Testing means if you tip it up and hear a money it's yours!

Shaun