[Jamie James]

Guys

thought you may find this helpful and I wanted to share it.

2 days again had accident with some wood dye from damp carpet, well had nothing to lose so tried Rust and Iron mould remover.
Well what a result just disappeared, rinsed through and extracted custy very happy.

Job done, hope this helps any one.

[Joe H]

Thanks for info.

[robert meldrum]

Where is this product from don't recognise the description ?

[tony harrison]

Sounds that it may have been rust from the metal studs on the chair legs.

Tony

[clinton]

Good new all round then as it could have been a prob

[JandS]

Why would varnish or wood dye transfer to an ever so slightly damp carpet?
The bottoms of most wooden feet or legs on furniture don't even have a coat of varnish or dye applied.
Surely the dye or varnish is well set and aint varnish waterproof anyway?
And yes I sometimes do use those foil squares, was just using them yesterday when I thought why am I doing this.

John

[gwrightson]

All I can say John is, You have been very fortunate if you are not placing tabs under all furniture, you are tempting fate,

even a few seconds on a damp carpet can draw out stain onto the fibres, and metal studs will leave a rust mark, a little easier to remove mind.

Geoff

[Jamie James]

Robert you can get the product from Craftex, they are based in Taunton and have a wide range of products. 01823 332696

However I'm sure that what ever company you use do some thing similar.

Cheers Jamie

[John Kelly]

John you must protect every leg. Even bare wood can be affected by moisture and end up leaving tannin stains on the fibres. Some furniture especially from the far east has water soluble varnish, especially the mahogony types. This comes off like wet paint and although quite easy to remove whilst still wet can sometimes be impossible to remove completely if it has dried out.

[C A Payne]

i've found that myself, craftex rust remover is a very good wood dye remover, esp on 80/20's, reverse the ph though cause its ph1... its very effective on blood aswell charlie

[derek west]

, reverse the ph though cause its ph1...

can you explain what you mean by reverse the ph please? and how?
derek

[murky]

Wood dye is transfered from the leg end because the wood is sawn, ie rough, the side of it is planed and smooth.

Most dyed wood is spray treated with a poly(something) to seal it in. Its not treated on the base so the dye is still there, lurking and not sealed in, until there is a little moisture and away it goes down onto your damp carpet.

Murky

[Jamie James]

Hi Derek

If you have a ph of 1 you need to neutralise it with a alkaline to bring it back to around a ph of 7 which is neutral balance.
you cant leave it with a really low or high ph, fibre fresh rinse is good.

Hope this helps

[derek west]

isn't sulphuric acid ph 1?
derek

[derek west]

surely to reverse sulphuric acid you'd have to buy a new carpet?
derek

[C A Payne]

derek, the craftex rust remover works really well,(pretest first) after application flush with water thoroughly & neutralize as jamie said... carpet are mainly very durable & are mainly heat & dye set at very high temperatures.... a sleepers derv maaa charlieaaaam!!!    

[C A Payne]

soz about that end bit, i don't know what happened there? i ment to say derek... "a sleeper's derv maaaam!" charlie

[Neil Williams]

isn't sulphuric acid ph 1?

Yes it is, but I think it's about % of strength in the same way as you can get different strengths of peroxide etc.
From memory neat sulphuric acid is H2SO4 but if you added a load of water to it (more H2O) then the formula would slightly change, but it would maintain being ph1

[derek west]

neil
whoooooosh!
but thanks.
derek

[Jamie James]

You are right Neil, I add water to the stain first then add acid stain should change immediately rinse throught extract.