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Steven Butler

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Upholstery guide
« on: June 16, 2013, 05:49:47 pm »
Does such thing exist?
A guide with samples to help with identification or anything like?
Cheers
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Mike Gwilliam

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2013, 07:15:34 pm »
Training helps....I think the NCCA has one or they did when I went on the course.
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COLIN BRIGHT

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2013, 07:38:07 pm »
I have always got a sample of fabric ID on every course I ever done, thought this was the norm?
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Steven Butler

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2013, 07:52:27 pm »
It probably is mate, I haven't had training yet but will be, I just wondered if there was any kind of guide/book aswell.
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Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2013, 07:54:23 pm »
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Nick Attwood

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2013, 08:19:53 pm »
Make your own! Can buy sample books on the net / ebay, do the research which will help educate you and it will cost you very little  ;)
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Craigp

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2013, 08:39:13 pm »
Whys no one mentioned the most comprehensive guide there is?

IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning

I think you need to buy from the National flood school now.

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Craigp

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2013, 08:40:52 pm »
I paid £85 for the carpet one! ochh!

here it is, looks like the upholstery one is only 25

http://www.nationalfloodschool.co.uk/sales_detail.htm
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Steven Butler

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2013, 09:50:09 pm »
That's great, thanks.
Do you know if it is all text or if there are any fabric samples in it?
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Craigp

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2013, 09:56:43 pm »
No samples in it, I don't think you will need samples, I've never had them in 10 years I been going.

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Steven Butler

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2013, 10:26:17 pm »
Cheers Craig, does it cover each fabric type and whether its cleanable using HWE? That's all I'm after really mate.
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B Bailey

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2013, 10:42:55 pm »
I bought mine from flood school when I did the upholstery course, and it has samples.
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Steven Butler

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2013, 11:13:12 pm »
Fancy selling it? Ha
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COLIN BRIGHT

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2013, 09:02:28 am »
The answer is, do the training then you will get all the info you need, in fact it's the first thing you should do, get trained properly before you even attempt a clean
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JandS

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Re: Upholstery guide
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2013, 10:26:38 am »
I've got the IICRC Advanced Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technical Manual by Jeff Cross......bought from Amazon and don't think it was that expensive.
It's good reading but don't do what I did and get the Kindle version....pictures are crap and it doesn't read well...book form would be better.
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