[Thackley Cleaning Services]

I cleaned a white woolen carpet last week and because it was really dirty I vacced it properly and then used prochem powerburst, really scrubbed it in.  Left 10 mins and then extracted it.

i managed to get out all of the curry stains, red wine etc and the carpet looked really clean and bright.  I went back there a week later and the top of the carpet looked dirty again - although the customer didnt say anything.

Is this wick back ?  If it is how can i avoid this happening in the future and is it something that happens a lot on white carpets ?

thanks in advance

[james roffey]

What did you rinse it with, as Powerburst is high alkaline, did you acid rinse with perhaps fabric and fibre rinse.
I use the prochem prespray gold and rinse with fibresafe gold usualy get very good results.
also used M power and cold water rinse to good affect on wool. 

[Thackley Cleaning Services]

sorry - i rinsed with prochem fibre & fabric

[james roffey]

I recently did a small white wool rug i have at home with powerburst simply because its what i had in the prespray bottle i was not impressed with the results at all, wondered if its because it is not designed for wool, but you say you got  a good result and rinsed it well did you vacuum thoroughly, i always thought that quick resoiling was due to leaving residue in the carpet.
I did a friends house and his carpet was white i went back to return some rugs i had taken away to clean and the carpet from the kitchen to the hall was soiled again and he mentioned resoiling etc i just said that he is walking the dirt back onto the clean carpet and it will be more noticeable than when it was filthy.

[derek west]

if you hammered it you need to dry it before you leave.

[Thackley Cleaning Services]

I have to say that whenever ive used powerburst ive always had really good results.  I dont use it on wool normally but this carpet was white and was absolutely minging.  But the hot powerburst really started breaking down the dirt pretty much straight away.

It looked like a bed of milk when i left but when i came back a week later the surface looked dirty again.  I dont think the customer could have resoiled it evenly across the carpet in a week and i thought it might be wick back.

Is this something you normally see with white carpets or did i do something wrong ?

thanks

[clinton]

Maybe go over it with a pad and see how it looks after.

[Colin Day]

You "NEED" an F6 WRD, I've got one for sale with your name on it!!!!!

[Joe H]

Colin 

[david mitcham]

White wool carpets need to be produced from the whitest pure wool at raw yarn stage to produce a quality product.
Some carpet manufactures will cut corners by using cheaper yarns which tend to be more grey in colour and these can soon loose their white appearance no matter how good the clean.
Hence why you can spend £10 per yd or £50 per yard you tend to get what you pay for.

Hope that may help

[John Kelly]

You said the carpet was "really dirty", "absolutely minging".. Therefore it was dirty again shortly after cleaning. Thats how it got in that state in the first place. They are obviously dirty people so don't knock yourself out.

[markpowell]

I cleaned a white woolen carpet last week and because it was really dirty I vacced it properly and then used prochem powerburst, really scrubbed it in.  Left 10 mins and then extracted it.

i managed to get out all of the curry stains, red wine etc and the carpet looked really clean and bright.  I went back there a week later and the top of the carpet looked dirty again - although the customer didnt say anything.

Is this wick back ?  If it is how can i avoid this happening in the future and is it something that happens a lot on white carpets ?

thanks in advance

Please... Please .....Please can you tell me how you got curry stains out of a wool carpet
Mark

[derek west]

and the red wine? with powerburst? in a wool carpet? or was it white wine

[craigp]

Mark Powell, exactly what I thought.

Removing curry from wool is impossible. if anyone knows different please tell me.


Returning soil could have been browning maybe?

[Thackley Cleaning Services]

I have a dry cleaning business so we carry a range of pure chemicals which work on curry and red wine and most other really difficult stains.

[markpowell]

Your not removing curry stains from a wool carpet, its as simple as that pal
Mark

[Joe H]

Shaun has a dry cleaning business and Idealrob, wonder why they not told us of this chem that works wonders.

[Steve. Taylor]

Bleaching the stains 1 thing removing it

[Ken Wainwright]

Curries vary enormously. Some are dry, some are liquid, some have tumeric, some don't. Some curry stains can therefore be removed quite easily and safely from wool.  All stains can be removed, but not necessarily safely.

Safe and happy cleaning
The Ken

[craigp]

What would you use Ken?

best I have done is lighten them slightly with an oxidising agent.

Is there anything else?