[derek west]

completely right mark.
dry granules
damp terry towel
hot iron
nerves of steel
derek

[mark shannon]

Doesn't acetic acid accelerate sodium mets reaction ?

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Mark, Acetic acid would do the trick.

Citric and acetic are both weak acids as opposed to Sulphuric, hydrochloric etc

I prefer Citric because it is a solid at room temp and very readily soluble in water as is sodium met.

It is important to go carefully as bl;eaching is rarely reversible and also sodium met can be an asthma sensitiser.

Cheers

Doug

[mark shannon]

Where do you buy citric acid Doug ?

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Mark

From the homebrew shop with your sodium met.

Mixed together they are used to sterilise glass jars

Cheers

Doug

[derek west]

did one of those proper dye stains today. pink. same colour as my new sweat shirts.

sprinkled on sod mets in powder form exactly where the stain was, about a 3 inch diameter circle.
placed a terry towel over and blasted for a few seconds with a steamer, kept lifting the towel up so i knew where to blast, when powder was wet i removed towel and blasted direct with steamer, hey "fckin" presto.

this was a wool carpet, cream colour, stain was reduced to a very pale yellow and could hardly be seen, customer , ear to ear.

definately better than the iron version and much safer imo.

cheers for making me think mike.

derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

We used to do this years ago with a product called 'oblit' I guess procedures sometimes change and then revert back.

Nice one.

Shaun

[derek west]

shaun
it was just like mike said.
it just vanished before our eyes, and this was proper dye in wool.
do you think it would have the same effect with man made fibres?, cant see why not.
derek
back of the net.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Mnamade fibres are so hard to bleach/reduce I have had some success but very little.

Shaun

[derek west]

time for a trip to the carpet shop for some samples me thinks.
derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

You can sometimes get good results with solvents on man made make sure that the samples aren't scotchguarded.

Shaun

[derek west]

can scotchguard be stripped?
and no! thats not the start of a joke.
derek

[derek west]

only if you get him drunk enough
derek

[carpetworx]

did one of those proper dye stains today. pink. same colour as my new sweat shirts.

sprinkled on sod mets in powder form exactly where the stain was, about a 3 inch diameter circle.
placed a terry towel over and blasted for a few seconds with a steamer, kept lifting the towel up so i knew where to blast, when powder was wet i removed towel and blasted direct with steamer, hey "fckin" presto.

this was a wool carpet, cream colour, stain was reduced to a very pale yellow and could hardly be seen, customer , ear to ear.

definately better than the iron version and much safer imo.


What about the smell Derek

cheers for making me think mike.

derek

[derek west]

carpetworx
there was no smell, i given up beer and curry.
oh you mean the sod met.

said casually to my mate who was helping out, have a whiff of that, (sod mets in powder form in a small plastic container) the jolt back nearly snapped his head off, pmsl.

anyhoo
no smell left as it was all thoroughly rinsed out.

give it a go if youve got a steamer,

derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Yes high ph or continuous cleans.

Shaun

[JandS]

Doug
        Is it sulfite or sulphate, thought it was the latter

Do you just spray it on and dry it or do you need to terry towel it off and extract.

John