[Spot On cleaning]

Today i cleaned a suite and a lounge carpet, and the customer was teling me that this carpet was 13 years old, and over the years she has tipped this, that and the other on it including neat bleach, and it doesn't mark it at all.

Doubting the lady she took some neat bleach and proceeded to put it on the carpet and left it there. No colour transfer, no lightening of the fibres. Looking at the cigarette burns, i know the fibres are synthetic and apparantly it was a cheap carpet.

What would you say the fibres are, as i'm intrigued by this?

Dave

[John Kelly]

Polypropolene. Bleach doesn't affect it. Still wouldn't recommend it. Especially if it hasn't been rinsed out.

[craigp]

no idea, but its not uncomon to withstand bleach, many modern carpets will.

i ve put it on mine own carpet for dog mess, to disinfect, best dilute 50/50 be safe!

but im not saying put it on custys, of course! lol

[Karl Wildey]

DO NOT pour bleach on a carpet, unless it is polyproplene, otherwise you will own that carpet.

Training, training training, some of you need it.
You can learn more in one course and 6 months experience than you could learn in a over a decade of carpet cleaning and you WILL be a better cleaner.

And it ain't expensive either, so whats you excuse?

[cleaning co]

mmm always thought it strange i had shed full of custys carpets karl !!!!      better book that course asp

[Spot On cleaning]

I have been on 4 prochem courses and one at Extracta. It was just the customer was so insistent to prove it to me.

When i renew my own carpets, its polypropyline all through the house.

Dave

[craigp]

thanks karl, i am trained. course i know its plastic carpets (ployprop.)

i never suggest using bleach,  just that i have on my on, which down to me.

patronising man!!

[Karl Wildey]

My remarks were not aim at anyone, they were aimed at any newbies reading this post, who may think 'I will try that and see what happens'.
Be careful what you suggest, some people will carry it out.

Reminds me of an old work mate whos car would not start during a cold winter morning. His neighbour told him the oil was too thick and could do with watering down. So he poured water into his engine. He was not the brightest person.

[craigp]

sorry karl,

thought you meant me.

[Doug Holloway]

Hi guys,

Polypropylene is not dyed because it has nowhere to bond the dye ,  having only saturated C-H bonds.

It is therefore pigmented i.e the pigment is mixed in with the PP before it is extruded  , so it is resistant to bleaching as the PP will protect the pigment.

Nylon however is generally dyed and is not therefore bleach resistant.

Cheers

Doug