I visited a customer to quote for the cleaning of her sofa and two chairs earlier today.
It was predominantly cream with pink strands.
I opened the cushions and found the strands of material ready for testing.
The pink which turned out to be red (on the inside) it was cotton - no problem with that and tested it for dye fastness - seems OK.
The cream is similar, if not the same in smell when burnt, but thicker in strands than the red mentioned previously. I could not break it.
In the years I have been cleaning, for the most part perhaps 90 - 95 % has been carpets but this year I am going out of my way, for my benefit, as well as the customers to try and understand the other side of our profession, Upholstery.
I have been on basic courses, Prochem and NCCA in the past and they are both good for different reasons.
If all I have learnt over the years is to be very cautious with certain types of furniture.
I follow the text book procedures when approaching upholstery but despite this I have never felt really confident.
Perhaps this is because I feel I am not quite getting the results That I could?
Below should be a picture showing the strands layout on the sofa in question.
Its a flat weave fabric consisting of cotton and I guess some of these - polyester / rayon / acrylic.
The sofa is soiled but with not with any particular staining.
Can the experts amongst you tell me the way you would clean this.
I have cleaned this type before but as i said above i would like to do better.
regards
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