John, what did you use to get rid of that mould?
Nothing quick or magical Radek .
Various solvents , citrus , white spirit , esters and a hot wash with a cfr type tool reduced it to a lighter grey ....
then on with the gas mask and out with the sod met , hot dabbed with a towel and heated with a hairdryer , few square inches at a time . A couple of spots i used a hair salon peroxide mix i use also .
It worked well because the mattress fabric seems particularly resistant to bleach . Another mattress type would probably have shown a white bleached spot ... but i would have done the same anyway .
She was paying the same as id charge for one carpet callout so i spent a bit of time on it .
How long did it take you? Wouldnt that services exceed the value of the mattress?
And never thought you would use white spirit. Just the one for paints from paint shop?
Amazing job btw
Shaun , bleached it !
Radek , many here would use white spirit as a general spotter , its essential in general for me . It was developed as a cleaning solvent before its association with paint stores .Look for the low odour version , B&Q def has it anyway , the standard one is a bit too smelly for liberal use in houses . I put it in a 1liter spray bottle , use it as a general spotter on carpets for little black marks etc , with agitation will also dissolve candle wax spots , chewing gum residue , tar , some makeup and other things u commonly find on carpet . The low odour version i occasionally also be used as prespray / traffic lane booster .
The mattress ... some of those mattresses as up on 1000 euro so she wanted to save it , got damaged in storage . I just charged my min , 70 +vat and spent about an hour . As carpet dawg said some coverings are more suitable for cleaning than others . It worked well in this case , but i turn down some mattresses unless they just want sanitizing . There is a viscose material on some of them that is often stained just from body heat/moisture even if a protector is used , that stuff is hopeless to do anything with .
Heres another good one to to clean , country lodge , the stain was a drink spilled ( they told me ! )
it washed out 70% , the rest ... sod med and hair dryer .
