[gmccleaning]

cleaned a carpet 2 weeks ago,customer went on holiday that day,before the they went they put some tables in the room,thats them back phone call rust marks from the table legs , any ideas for removing them going to have a look tomorrow ,thanks  George gmccleaning

[Carpet Dawg]

You should have used foil or sticky tabs!! shame on you! 

ChemSpec Rust remover. Works great. Apply it, work it alittle with a spotting scraper/edge of spoon whatever. Then terry towel dab it. Pre test of course. Finish of with a through flush and your sorted.

Tony

oops just reread ur post shame on them!

[nevil]

Craftex one is great too. I love showing custy how well it works. One squirt and the rust disappears. Then a good rinse. I think it's hydrofluoric acid and has a very low Ph. So you really need to rinse well.

[Steve. Taylor]

AS Tony has said any make of carpet cleaning acidic rust remover will do the job

It would pay you to make up a after cleaning care sheet explaining to the customer not to place furniture on to the carpet until dry as risk of dye transfer ect ect at the bottom i put thank you for your custom if you are happy with are services provided today please tell a freind so they could benefit from are cleaning services blah blah""""

[JandS]

Rust marks from table leg?
Are they metal legs then or is it dye transfer.

John

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Good call John.

If it is rust I haven't found anything as good as Craftex rust remover.

Shaun

[Jim_77]

As far as I've discovered, there's 2 different base ingredients used as rust removers: hydrofluoric acid and phosphoric acid.  Hydrofluoric is the real rocket fuel, much more aggressive and will shift very stubborn rust marks - don't get it on your skin though as it is corrosive and can burn.  Phosphoric is less aggressive and a bit safer but won't perform so well.

The newer the rust marks the better they will come out.

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Hydrochloric acid will also work but you have to be careful with colour change of the carpet fibres.

Best to remove acid as soon as it has changed the rust colour.

Cheers

Doug

[gwrightson]

Rust marks from table leg?
Are they metal legs then or is it dye transfer.

John

dont have to be metal legs , alot of furniture has metal studs at the bottom , either way metal or stained wood tabs should be placed

Geoff

[gmccleaning]

maybe didnt explain to well,i did put foil under the furniture but the customer moved some other tables in the room after i left and the tables had metal studs on them,i will give craftex a phone thanks for all the comments, george gmccleaning

[Joe H]

John Kelly in Newcastle is a Craftex supplier.

http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Categories/Craftex

[markpowell]

Restoremate, next day delivery
Mark

[michael wadsworth]

Hydrofluoric is the real rocket fuel, much more aggressive and will shift very stubborn rust marks - don't get it on your skin though as it is corrosive and can burn.

Jim it's a lot more  serious than that. Hydrofluoric acid is given off when the plastic interiors of modern car engine bays burn. The fire service have a warning not to get it on your skin, as it migrates inwards and can lead to bone cancer, this really worries me as I've had it all over my fingers during the past 38 years, although I'm ever so careful these days, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed-as long as I'm able.