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shine services

  • Posts: 111
motor oil stain!
« on: March 17, 2010, 02:37:36 pm »
hi,
I have a job on friday, customer has motor oil staining on beige livingroom carpet.
She said she has tried to remove it with some supermarket carpet cleaner but that it has been left like that for 2 monthes.
Any advice on the best way to remove this?
I was thinking of white spirits as a last resort as it can be aggresive.

markpowell

  • Posts: 2279
Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 03:56:22 pm »
flush with hot water, apply ultrapac renovate hot, leave 10 mins then rinse.
Mark

Joe H

Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2010, 03:58:42 pm »
what goodies do you already have?

Colin Day

Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2010, 03:59:33 pm »
To be cautious, use liberal amounts of defoamer too :)

neil 47

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Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2010, 07:31:19 pm »
blitz has worked well for me in the past
IICRC

Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2010, 07:41:59 pm »
Are we talking unused oil as in fresh from the can or used motor oil complete with carbon in it? Think you'll find one will need a different process to the other.
I did a garage last night and even with heated prespray of Ultrapac and heated rinse there were still patches where oil marks could be seen.
I'm thinking a true solvent will be needed even a dry cleaning solvent, these will have better results than a water based solution.

shine services

  • Posts: 111
Re: motor oil stain!
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2010, 09:08:19 pm »
what goodies do you already have?

Iv got some ultrpac I thougth might work but I was just looking for any more options incase it doesnt work well