[Jim_77]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??!!!

lol

[murky]

I will start the bidding at £2.50 m2.

BUT that can depend on custy type, brand new carpet,  or top up, room size etc etc.
I used to charge £3.50 but wasnt getting many, now quite a few.

Murky

[JandS]

Will find out the name of the shop in the next few days but it was stuck up in big letters as if it was the bargain of the year.
Carpet Stain Protection
Only £15 per sq m
How can you afford not to?
Give yourself peace of mind.

Or something along those lines.
My living room 4m x 5m = £300

John

[Ian Gourlay]

The way to sell more protector is to order 4 times what you usually stock.

Then you have got to sell it

[JandS]

Like I did with Anti Stat through not reading coverage properly
Ended up buying 9 instead of 2.
Better still though I quoted them for 9 and they took the quote before I realised my mistake.
So got 7 for free.

[Adam Fearnley]

Does a protector stop stains running down to the backing of a carpet, i.e. would it slow the effects of cat urine on a wool carpet or even polyprop??

[rich hand]

Does a protector stop stains running down to the backing of a carpet, i.e. would it slow the effects of cat urine on a wool carpet or even polyprop??

Once fluid does penetrate into a protected carpet fibers (being dropped from a height or after several minutes) then it will penetrate more so than if the carpet was not protected.

I tested black coffee on my protected carpet. It sat there for several minutes and then almost suddenly it disappeared right to the bottom of the pile.

In the case of odour producing substances this would not be good.

[Adam Fearnley]

But when you apply a protector does it often reach the bottom of the pile to form a protective layer, or usually just coat the pile fibres?

[Colin Day]

I cleaned an oven the other week and when I asked if the woman would like a no obligation quote for a carpet clean... She told me it didn't need it because she had it protected for £500... For a 3 bed house???

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

The protectors I use work well but they take 24 hours to cure so not always pratical

[Joe H]

They might take 24 hours to cure, but carpet should be dry before that. Obviously going to take more to dry then just leaving after cleaning cause you wetting again, but once dry no problems - I tell em 6 hours to dry. keep em off it as long as possible but within reason.

[Phild]

I like Nigel's suggestion of getting someone like the NCCA to do a proper test on the effectiveness of protectors.

It would be useful for everyone wouldn't it? I will suggest it ;-)

[RICHARDSON04@MSN.C]

if we recommemd protector and they have it is this a guarantee that they wont get stains?, if they do get stains will we have to go back and remove it for free?. I think the customer will see it that way.

[peter maybury]

several years ago queensland got the contract for stainguarding suites in the duresta factory as they were using delicate fabrics stapro mixed us a high solids solvent based formula for the fabrics. At that time we did a lot of testing of the products on the market. I find it hard to believe that there are people on the forum that deny any benefits to the products. As well as the stain protection they also have benefits of "smoothing" course fibres making them esier to vacuum. Whilst they offer no benefits to polypropylene they do for nylons and acrylics.
As well as having leaflets printed we also had some cards made with the benfits of the stainguard on absorbant card one half of the card we stainguarded and after cleaning delicate farics or light coloured carpet we would pour ink or beetroot juice onto the card The beetroot juice would just come off the card on the staingaurded half with he stainguard on but the half without the staingard on would become soggy and stained. Any doubt of the benefits of stainguard is instantly eroded.  When I was sailing I would keep the waterproofing of my clothes with stainguard. I have no dobts that the products do have benefits. I do not hard sell it but in certain situations it does offer the customer benefits and if I feel that the cutomer can afford it I will try to sell it. There are a lot of people who will sell it to anybody and have won many contracts where people have quoted for staingaurd on polyprpylene carpets.