[Jim_77]

Was asked today to quote for cleaning this stuff, just over 300ft on the landing and 2 side rooms, plus a big stair case.  The alarm bells rang as soon as I saw it!

It's jute weft/cotton warp unless I'm very much mistaken, and I'm sure that the face yarn is polypropylene.  The last pic out of the 4 is a very close up shot of the backing.

It's glued direct onto the very rickety old floorboards in the house, no gripper no underlay :

I'd just be interested really to know if anyone else recognises this stuff.  I'm pretty sure it's a shrinker, and don't really think the thimble full of glue sticking it down would be anywhere near enough to hold it in place   It's just how much of a shrinker it's likely to be, I might offer to do it under a disclaimer.

It's part of a bigger job so I'd like to do something.  Obviously I've advised sawdust cleaning might be the only solution, but I'm not very keen on it.

[Jim_77]

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[Colin Day]

I thought you used VLM as well Jim..... I'd offer that or run a mile myself

It actually looks like that Crucial "Crapet" stuff!!!

[craigp]

I think I cleaned this type quite alot and its been fine, cleans well unless its heavily soiled in which case sometimes can be past a point of no return.

If only lightly soiled I would lightly pre-spray and single past rinse, noses are hard as they look dirty but its partly wear. you know that anyway.

But yes I would take on. Your right it looks very much like the shrinkers hard to tell apart.

defo sus! preceed with caution.

[derek west]

i'd wet clean it, cautiously though, doesn't look like a shrinker.

[craigp]

On second look Jim I am almost certain I have cleaned this and its fine, I can recall the ribbed feeling as wanding, get this type alot in my neck of the woods.

[Hilton]

We would not extract clean it, I believe it would shrink and distort.

Its poorly fitted in terms of it not being on any underlay at all on floor boards, I would have at the very least expected to see some hessian paper under it to halt air movement, you can clearly see its lost colour which you will not be able to improve upon and on the rises because of the rising warm air, dirt and dust have impregnated it causing the darkening and staining which again will not come out with VLM.

We would only clean this using VLM subject to survey, which would indicate the above to the client and only with their approval.

[markpowell]

I would pass on cleaning this carpet, no grippers.... just old glue!!!!!!!
I bet it would shrink on pre-spray never mind extraction.
MArk

[nevil]

That's a shrinker I reckon. I wouldn't take it on, certainly not for wet cleaning anyway.

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

Hi Jim
I have done this same type before and it will shrink big time on pre-spray alone.Luckily the owner told me this would happen as she had the carpet cleaned before ,even so even with low moisutre it shrank but went back to its pre -shrunk condition.

                                                         mark

[Colin Day]

Phew!!!! I was thinking for a while I was being over cautious

[Mike_Roper]

100% shrinker.
Mike

[Jim_77]

cheers chaps.  I'm going to call the guy tomorrow after I've worked out how much it'll cost him.  Luckily there's a stack load of upholstery to do so I won't lose out on much if I have an abortive attempt at the carpet.

[Graeme@Access]

Hi,

We were begged to clean one of these so i charged appropriately and liability wavered in writing.

78 nails later it ripped a door-strip off with prespray.  Quite an awesome sight and the "i told you so" value was priceless.

Graeme
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