[pete jones]

Hi .I went to look at a white cotton corner suite with a large area of it covered in red wine.The stains are a week old and they had tried removal with white wine.The lady wants complete removal of stains.What are the chances please.Phil

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

As it's white cotton the contrast between fabric and wine will be great, however it does give you greater room for trying slightly more extreme measures as bleaching is probably the result you will desire.

As such sod met and a hot iron might be the way to go but :-

you'll need to qualify your attempts as you want to be paid assuming you can get say at least 95% of the staining out, and

it couod be a long and fiddly job so price accordingly and only take the job on if both conditions agreed to by the potential client.

Rog

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

They just have to wait a week. Why don't people just ring straight away?

[derek west]

Hi .I went to look at a white cotton corner suite with a large area of it covered in red wine.The stains are a week old and they had tried removal with white wine.The lady wants complete removal of stains.What are the chances please.Phil

don't bother mate, not worth it.
if she'd of said try your best then what roger said would be my option, but from the way you put it it sounds best left alone.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

You could try a Chemspec browning precription to start allowing a decent dwell time then up the Ante.

BTW seasons greetings Rog and happy 21st...again

Shaun

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

I would have to agree with Derek on this one. Just tell her to ring insurance company mate.

[Craigp]

Use Hydramasters knock out, it'll take serval goes then finish with browning prescription rinse.

I get 100% success rate on wool, as long as customers not put other stuff on it. And I mean removing it without trace.

White wine won't matter.

****Not sure about cotton though.****

Oh and knock out should be the first thing to touch the stain, (not even water) if you try a load of other stuff first it won't work.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

So Craig recommends Knocking one out over stains!

Shaun

[pete jones]

Thanks, She wants 100% removal, so Derek, Rog ,and Monty , I will tell her ,phone insurance.I didnt think I could remove it  .Thankyou and  a happy new year.Pete.

[Paul Moss]

100% success is acheivable. You dont have any details where you are.

[Mike Halliday]

Are you sure it is cotton? Or has the customer just said... 'It's cotton'.

has the suite been protected?

I would offer to attempt to remove it for a fixed fee and then if it doesn't come write a report to submit to the insurance company.

[John Kelly]

I did one similar. A school teacher had a dinner party and after an argument one of her guests poured a whole bottle of red over her white cotton sofa. Got every drop out using Hydrogen Peroxide at 6% and a hairdryer.

[Paul Moss]

John did you use your hair drier or Lynns 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Could have been Len's

Shaun

[Steve. Taylor]

Just as long as it's not Clintons poor lad will catch a cold

[Paul Moss]

Clinton uses Billys blower for his barnett

[james roffey]

Must have it completely removed would ring alarm bells with me, it may well come out but a good chance it wont come out completely and you wont get paid, lot of negative stuff about the NCCA is said on here but on the first page of the NCCA manual it says "never promise to remove a stain" i think that is very good advice. good luck if you do take it on.

[james roffey]

They just have to wait a week. Why don't people just ring straight away?

Because they dont want to pay someone to do it so try everything under the kitchen sink first :

[Jamie Pearson]

I did one similar. A school teacher had a dinner party and after an argument one of her guests poured a whole bottle of red over her white cotton sofa. Got every drop out using Hydrogen Peroxide at 6% and a hairdryer.

I would agree with John on this one. Had a few guys with this recently and the above has worked every time.

[graeme marchbank]

I did one similar. A school teacher had a dinner party and after an argument one of her guests poured a whole bottle of red over her white cotton sofa. Got every drop out using Hydrogen Peroxide at 6% and a hairdryer.

I agree with John, not as bad as it sounds