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FreshAire 
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 Topic: StainsPosted: 16/July/2008 at 9:18pm |
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honeychinatea....
why on earth are you promoting a carpet cleaning company on a carpet CLEANER's forum... are you lost or something?  |
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honeychintea
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Posted: 16/July/2008 at 6:45pm |
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Oh I hate those red stains. I know you got your own business, but try Elephant Carpet cleaning grew one day. I am not sure what they use, but they got stains out. I had White Carpet and had a party with WINES!! They have excellent service and did a very awesome job on my carpet. They have a website, maybe it say something about it. http://www.elephantcarpetcleaning.com
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nightrider
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 6:37pm |
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Just came accross a site on the web that might help most of us......if it works REDHOTCARPETCLEANING.COM MAYBE THEIR MAGIC REALLY WORKS JACK NIGHTRIDER |
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nightrider
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 6:31pm |
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I don't make a commission from Goof-Off, it's just that I came accross that stuff by fluke while I was looking for some varsol to clean some oil paint off my basement carpet. I have used Goof-Off on my white sofas to get ink out ( without a ring or smudge ) took out nail polish, red marker, fruit juice and the list goes on. I think the 3.99 canadian was worth the aggrevation of not getting the stain out at all. See if it works, and try what the others are telling you as well. Different trrokes for different folks. Let us know.....what did the trick. KEEP US ALL POSTED. Jack N_I_G_H_T_R_I_D_E_R |
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Mr.Mike
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 6:25pm |
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LeeS.
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 5:11pm |
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Goof off is a solvent that is very unlikely to budge a red stain unless the stain is makeup or realted to make up. Tell me what the stain is and you can get better advice. |
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Americancarpet
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 5:06pm |
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I really appreciate all the help guys. That Goo-Off stuff.....what's the likelyhood it will stain the carpet? I know to test in a small area but does that work on most red stains? What about windex? Someone told me windex works well. Of course, their not in the business so I ain't trying it till I hear from you guys.
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LeeS.
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 4:32pm |
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Red stains as in Kool-Aid are acid dyes and can be removed with an appropriate red stain remover and acceleration by heat/steam/DCI light. Red Stains such as make up, lipstick and nail polish need a dry solvent. If you pour a dry solvent on a carpet it will delaminate so it is better to apply with a cloth and extract (may take a dozen swipes) but it will work. Other red stains are different types of dyes i.e stains, disperse dyes, space dyes, union dyes. These can be removed quite often with a 2 part stain remover such as Vanish, Helpmate or Stain Magic. These products work best when used before the cleaning, when the carpet is still dry. If some stain remains at the end of the job, spray the spot again with the 2 part and cover with cellophane. You just may become the cleaner who can take out mustard! |
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 4:09pm |
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Now Mr. Mike That's right.....See Jack Quack take a lession from Mr. Mike.... Red stains are the the mark of death on carpets...most times you can't get them out...lip stick may be...popsicle not likely...nail polish maybe if the customer hasn't tried already...orange or pink crush is another one When I first started I use to buy all the spotters...have that nice little kit...but that can turn a half hour call into a three hour tour... If you do take out hard spots, you really need to charge for that, but most times the customer doesn't want to pay cuz they feel thats your job
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Mr.Mike
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 1:48pm |
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Straight from the get-go I would always ask my client if he or she had any stains that they were worried about. Upon inspection (depending on the type of stain) I would tell the customer that I cannot provide a guarantee that the particular stain will come out. You'll come across alot of stains that neither you nor your customer can identify. There's some trial and error with these types of stains. Two killers for me were always kool-aid and nail polish. Depends on how long the stain has been left or ignored. Most spots come out. There's a couple spots that do not. It's an unfortunate fact of the biz. |
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nightrider
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 1:44pm |
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Hold there Mr. Steamer, although good advice, we have to get to the root of the spots first, American Carpet save your money and forget about IICRC courses, the best thing that happened to you is when the class filled up quickly, take that savings and invest in some products. Now for the spots, did you wipe your eye glasses good, have you been drinking the night before, do others see the same spots as you do, do you find that the spots move around, did you take your temperature.........have you come into contact with weird looking mosquitoes 'cause you might have malaria if all the above checks out then go to Wal-mart and in the hardware near the paint ask a salesperson for GOOF-Off.......smells like heck....but it works with little or no rubbing.......blot instead then spray and extract. JACK N-I-G-H-T-R-I-D-E-R |
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 12:23pm |
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all these people all this talk and no one could help this guy take out red spots.... The best way to deal with your red spots, is just to tell the customer that they ain't comming out...lol There are a few things on the market that work...but say if they have red spots everywhere you'll be spottting all day....lol Red dye number 4 is a killer |
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Americancarpet
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Posted: 14/March/2004 at 11:09am |
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I started my carpet cleaning business about a year ago and I use a Ninja along with the rotovac. It does very well in most cases andn generally removes most stains that are pretreated. However, I have been runningn into red stains that I just can't get out. I've tried several different removal methods/chemicals but still no luck. Can anyone advise me as to what to do or something I might try? I have been tryingn to get into IICRC classes to learn a little more but they fill up pretty quickly around here. Any tips?
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MR. STEAMER wrote:
Exactly!
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