Posted by MB (Mark Betts), 8 April 2004
HiHave 20 year old Shag Pile to clean on Tuesday.
Any recomendations
Its Brown with Jute backing Nylon construction.
Many Thanks
Mark
Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 8 April 2004
Hi Mark,The thing about shag piles is that they are hard for Mrs Housewife to maintain with her 'oova, consequently you will probably be faced with a tangled pile with a soil build-up at pile-base.
For best results some pile treatment is often required prior to the pre-vac, be it with manual or mechanical means (eg. Host -type machine), open up the pile prior to the dry vacuum, which should be thorough.
A micro-splitter would be ideal, due to the lightness of pre-spray required and the fact that there is no harmfull residue.If you have a choice of wands, choose one that has a fairly wide slot as this helps to straiten the pile-strands. I like to set these piles with a final drying stroke rather than by brushing later. The finished appearance has every bit as much to do with pile treatment as to clenliness. Turbo drying is even more beneficial with long piles than with shorter.
John.
Posted by Derek (Derek Bolton), 9 April 2004
Good heavensIts a long time since I came across a true shagpile.
If I remember correctly there are various qualities ...some have a dense pile whilst others when groomed expose acres of backing material... I also distinctly remember hating the stuff...hard work.. especially trying to get all the tangles out of the darned stuff before you clean it
Happy cleaning
Derek
Posted by MB (Mark Betts), 9 April 2004
Thanks very much for your replies.Mark
Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 9 April 2004
Derek,Untill my van was stolen a few years ago, I used to carry three diferent shag pile rakes.
These have not been replaced and I shall be quite content never to need them.
I always charged 20% extra on thes to cover the additional work entailed.
Happy Easter,
John.
Posted by Derek (Derek Bolton), 9 April 2004
JohnAnd I bet one of them was the one that looked like a load of dowel rods?
Yes, I had one of those too... come to think of it I had three rakes
Derek
Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 9 April 2004
Derek,That twin thing again
The Dowel one
One with plastic tangs, curved at the end - a bit like a lawn rake
The third with three rows of nylon prongs. middle row offset.
John.
Posted by Dave_Lee (Dave_Lee), 9 April 2004
Still got mine!Dave.
Posted by Dave_Parry (Dave Parry), 9 April 2004
When I woz a lad, Getting like all our yesterdays, !!!!!!!!!!!!!Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 10 April 2004
Sadly, young Dave, some of us OG's have more yesterdays than tomorrows, now where's me slippers?John.
Posted by Derek (Derek Bolton), 10 April 2004
Come on JohnThink Positive... I had such fun at the last Millenium party I am booked on the next
After all age is only a number!
Cheers
Derek
Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 10 April 2004
Come to think of it Derek, I had a glass or two of Wincarnis myself (Younger posters, ask your Dad about Wincarnis)
John.
Posted by Derek (Derek Bolton), 11 April 2004
What's Wincarnis John?Derek
Posted by Dynafoam (Dynafoam), 11 April 2004
Derek,Too young to know about it, or to old to remember?
John.
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