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wayne zabel

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Faint old red wine stain
« on: December 07, 2009, 08:17:13 pm »
Doing a wool carpet on Saturday that has an old faint red wine stain thats been in for about a year.Will this come out and if so whats the best approach?

Thanks

Carpet Dawg

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Re: Faint old red wine stain
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 08:40:55 pm »
by "faint" do you mean the customer has had a go at cleaning it?

dont build thier hopes up, just say you'll try your best.

Tony

will01

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Re: Faint old red wine stain
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 08:42:13 pm »
Wayne:

Prochems red rx might work using the heat transfer method as described on the bottle. Have had some success in the past with this approach.

Tbh if the custy has tried the old 1001 on the stain then chances are it'll be permanent. Sometimes you can tell whether the custy has given it a go if the area around the stain has gone "Hairy" like its been scrubbed to death.

As a last resort I would use hydrogen peroxide on it but no more that 6% 20 volume. HP has a mild bleaching effect. It has no properties that will actually remove the stain. The stain will still be there but won't be as pronounced as hp will lightly bleach it.

Hydramaster also do a product called knock out. However I find it very expensive for what it is....2 bottles, one basically containing Hydrogen Peroxide and the other amonia. When mixed together according to Hydramaster their supposed to be the "Product to use when all else fails!!"

Tbh didn't find it any better than the hp you buy from boots at a fraction of the price!!

Good luck and remember explain to the customer that you may only have limited success. This way if you manage to remove the stain you'll be the dogs dangly bits 8)

Will


markpowell

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Re: Faint old red wine stain
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 09:06:35 pm »
Sorry i didnt text you back Wayne earlier, give me a ring  ;)
Mark

wayne zabel

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Re: Faint old red wine stain
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 09:16:43 pm »
Cheers Mark.Just opened a bottle of red so I'll ring tomorrow.