[Shaun_Ashmore]

Has anyone used one on soft furnishings?

I can remember using one about 26-27 years ago on my first day at servicemaster to wash walls down in a fire damaged house.

Shaun

[Tadgh O Shea]

Hi Shaun, a friend of mine uses a huge amount of these and swears by them as he carries out a lot of  fire damage work for insurance companies, are you looking for a source for them or just to find out about their results on upholstery, let me know and i can give you his contact details if you want to speak to him direct, if i am right i think he gets them from Contico UK.

[John Kelly]

These sponges, which actually have no chemicals in them, are pure latex and, in my opinion, are totally unsuitable for use on upholstery.  They would drag too much.  They are designed to absorb dry soot from flat surfaces.  We sell cases of these every week, but only to Fire and Flood Contractors. 

We stock a number of sponges which are ideal for upholstery such as the Scrunge Sponge and we also sell white edging pads which are again excellent for agitating upholstery, especially on the curves.

[Paul Moss]

Has anyone used one on soft furnishings?

I can remember using one about 26-27 years ago on my first day at servicemaster to wash walls down in a fire damaged house.

Shaun

Little knowledge

[Paul Moss]

These sponges, which actually have no chemicals in them, are pure latex and, in my opinion, are totally unsuitable for use on upholstery.  They would drag too much.  They are designed to absorb dry soot from flat surfaces.  We sell cases of these every week, but only to Fire and Flood Contractors. 

We stock a number of sponges which are ideal for upholstery such as the Scrunge Sponge and we also sell white edging pads which are again excellent for agitating upholstery, especially on the curves.

Spot on, great knowledge 

[Tadgh O Shea]

These sponges, which actually have no chemicals in them, are pure latex and, in my opinion, are totally unsuitable for use on upholstery.  They would drag too much.  They are designed to absorb dry soot from flat surfaces.  We sell cases of these every week, but only to Fire and Flood Contractors.  

We stock a number of sponges which are ideal for upholstery such as the Scrunge Sponge and we also sell white edging pads which are again excellent for agitating upholstery, especially on the curves.

Hi John, just to share the most effective sponges available for agitation of upholstery are melamine pads (magic eraser pads) melamine pads are sold by weight from 7.5 up to 16 kilogram per cubic meter, standard eraser pads you will find on supermarket shelves are from 7.5 kg/m3 to 9kg/m3 if you want the most effective melamine pads for agitating upholstery its best to go with 16kg/m3 as these are extremely durable melamine pads and will not break apart like the standard ones  which are available from most suppliers, these 16kg/m3 melamine pads are probably 20 times more effective than white edging pads when it comes to agitation of upholstery surfaces. Just to point out when agitating upholstery with melamine pads as they are lightly abrasive you only need to use gentle scrubbing action to achieve required results.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I saw a cleaner using one on some curtains and it looked quite good, I was thinking of using them for either on site cleaning of curtains or spot removal for our shop, I take your point about being too dry that's why I was getting an idea of what it could or could not be used on.

Tadgh could you send me a link to your website Geoff Wrightson was saying to me about your hard floor cleaning products.

Thanks

Shaun

[Radek Jablonski]

tadgh, do have those heavy sponges in stock?
they are not the same i got days ago from your shop?

shaun, his website is under construction

[Tadgh O Shea]

tadgh, do have those heavy sponges in stock?
they are not the same i got days ago from your shop?

shaun, his website is under construction

  Hi Radek yes the ones you got are 9kg/m3 which are the most popular, next time you are in ask James and he will give the 16kg/m3 ones.       Regards Tadgh

[Tadgh O Shea]

I saw a cleaner using one on some curtains and it looked quite good, I was thinking of using them for either on site cleaning of curtains or spot removal for our shop, I take your point about being too dry that's why I was getting an idea of what it could or could not be used on.

Tadgh could you send me a link to your website Geoff Wrightson was saying to me about your hard floor cleaning products.

Thanks

Shaun

Hi Shaun, if you drop me a mail to   info@jskcleaning.ie    i will be happy to send you on info.
Regards  Tadgh

[Shaun_Ashmore]

http://www.derbycarpetcleaners.co.uk/tips/ Here is a link I found

Shaun

[John Kelly]

I would not use Melamine pads on upholstery far to abrasive in my view. When agitating upholstery you need to agitate with something which has no effect on the actual fabric but is just aggresive enough to seperate the dirt into suspension ready for rinsing out. Even too harsh a brush can break the fine threads on a flatweave. Using an abrasive Melamine pad on fabric, you would have to be so careful so as not to damage the fabric that it wouldn't even do the job.
They are great on Leather, if you are re-colouring.