[james roffey]

I have had a sample immersed in water and left to dry with no shrinkage whatsoever, considering what is now known about the carpet it's no surprise, many of the crucial carpets cannot be wet cleaned, i had one about two years ago, i tested a sample before attempting to clean it and it shrunk a lot, it was a woven carpet  they also do the seagrass and other natural fibres that cannot be wet cleaned, but it seems that some can

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Exactly correct James it comes back to knowing what can and what can't be and if in doubt asking as you have.

Regards Tony

[james roffey]

What would we do without the font of knowledge that this forum is, when one person learns something everyone looking at this forum learns it too. i never knew what a crucial trading carpet was until someone mentioned them on this forum a couple of years ago.

Got to be honest though i probably will go back and clean this customers carpet but i will still be nervous.

[Jim_77]

Action Back Huh love to know1

You've cleaned enough of it in your career I reckon


http://www.carpetandrugbacking.com/action-bac.htm

[Jim_77]

Trademarked by Amoco Fabrics Company... bought up by none other than BP, apparently.

Amazing what you can find on Google!

[Garyj]

The carpet I did was Jakaranda and over £200 a square metre if memory serves me right. The problem I had wasn't shrinkage it was the loops breaking as it dried so look out for that too!

[james roffey]

Jacaranda isn't a Crucial trading carpet, they are a brand of carpets. i had a look on the site they sell all types what was the carpet that you had these problems made from

[petermaybury]

Action bac is just a trade name there are a lot of other polypropylene secondary backed carpets on the market.
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com

[Garyj]

Jacaranda isn't a Crucial trading carpet, they are a brand of carpets. i had a look on the site they sell all types what was the carpet that you had these problems made from

I think it was the Heavy Velvet, which has a backing called.....Actionbac. I expect they're all made at the same place anyway!

[petermaybury]

Heavy velvet ?

[Jim_77]

Sounds like a 70s rock band

[Garyj]

Also might  be worth mentioning the damage to these carpets might already be done when you arrive! The manufacturers recommend that vacuum cleaners with beater bars on them should not be used. The sort of people that buy these carpets also buy a top of the range Dyson, and that has a beater bar.

I'm sure it was called Heavy Velvet Pete, it actually looked like quite a cheap carpet.

It did look like a 70's band after I'd finished with it, the affro's on The Stylistics springs to mind.

Did the original poster do the carpet?

**  JUST looked at that Jacaranda site and its NOT Heavy Velvet **

[Kinver_Clean]

I live just down the lane from a certain R Plant.  ROCK ON!!!!

[Garyj]

I live near Reg Presley does that count?
Also got Sting and Roger Waters nearby.

This is more interesting than talking about bloody carpets.

[Jim_77]

The Housemartins are from Kettering 8-)

[Hilton]

Heavy velvet ?

they laid a lot of that on the underground.