[creighton foyle]

has anyone used releasit or surround to clean upholstery ?, if so what method and what were the results please.

[Jamie Pearson]

I have used Releasit in 2 ways. First was in tank and straight extract followed by brush & towel

The other is on the video on this page. http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/673/rota_brush

[creighton foyle]

thanks for that Jaime,

what dilution rate do you use for upholstery ?

[Jamie Pearson]

Hydrox and Punch have an upholstery dilution on the bottle.

If  have a foamer sprayer that will help get better yield.
Ours was on the van when I shot the video.

[Russ Chadd]

I used Hydrox in a Birchmeier foam sprayer... used it on a mattress and it came up really good

[dan paton]

would you get good results using releasit even on real filthy upholstery also how does it fair on the greasy bits

[Russ Chadd]

would you get good results using releasit even on real filthy upholstery also how does it fair on the greasy bits

I suppose there comes a point if the upholstery is that soiled, you would use a regular method of HWE.
The whole point to using a product such as Releasit on Upholstery is to limit the amount of moisture.
Here is an example...

You have a sofa to clean and the cushions are quite dirty but the frame isnt, the sides and back of the sofa can therefore benefit using a low moisture cleaning approach and the heavier soiled areas get cleaned using HWE.

[Jamie Pearson]

From the range Punch is designed for greasy soil and can be used as a Pre-spray, shampoo and a rinse. So around a dirty chair could be used in each of these ways for the different soil levels present. It contains Soileze which will leave residual protector behind.

Hydrox is in the acid side of the pH scale and contains an oxidiser so may be a more useful product on light colours and flat weaves especially cotton.

You need to decide whether or not soil levels will require you to rinse out.
We use Encap more for large volume commercial upholstery like auditoriums, cinemas etc.

If you work on a lot of finer fabrics then you might want to give Chemspec Fast Drying Upholstery Shampoo a try as this is still in my opinion the best product for this application.

[stuart_clark]

What was that cordless handtool you used Jamie ? where do you get them from and at what cost

stuart

[Jamie Pearson]

Its just a cordless drill from Homebase with one of our Drill Brush attachments.

http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/673/rota_brush

[Gordonnis]

Cleaned a load of seats in a social club and used dynamll, the seating came up well, but  a lot of complants about the  smell       i was invited to the presentation that night and alot of negitive comments about the smell (i think its has a nice clean smell ) i think it would have been better left for a day and in that case could have used HWE

[Steve Gunn]

People either love the smell of dynamall or hate it,did a doctors surgery last week patients waiting loved the smell,2 girls in the office complained it was too strong and were putting on a fake cough when I suggested they see a doctor they stopped

[Nick Attwood]

Have used Dynamall, Surround and for the first time Releasit yesterday!

Dynamall  - IMHO i like the smell of and like the results it gives “although you can become sick of the smell after some time”.

Surround - IMHO hated the smell and not overly impressed with the results.

Releasit - IMHO LOVED IT! There is no REAL smell except for Punch! which smells great as it is Oz Tea Tree! Results also VERY impressive! Note to self to get a Cimex or Orbot ASAP.

So for me it would be Releasit every time ;-)