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“Vintage Destroyed Washed”….Furniture?

The latest style in jeans is to purchase them softened, worn, faded, and actually torn.   These “Vintage Destroyed Washed Jeans” are so popular that it can be difficult to find jeans that are not in such condition, especially in stores that cater to the youth market.

However, you can be certain that this style would not be considered to be attractive or desirable in furniture fabrics!

I recently had a discussion with a cleaner who was asked to clean denim furniture that had been exposed to sunlight, water, and mold damage.  While his primary concerns were how to clean the fabric in such a way as to remove the water stains and mold, I steered the conversation to the most important part of the issue:

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“Wool Safe” is not “Operator Safe!”

Machine made wool carpet that is installed on the floor cannot be immersion cleaned and dried like an area rug, and it’s face yarns and backing yarns should never be cleaned like a synthetic fiber carpet that has synthetic fiber backing.

What technicians tend to overlook is that “Wool Safe” products are not necessarily “Jute/Cotton Safe”!  These two cellulose fibers may be present in the backing yarns of the carpet, and if exposed to even mild detergents and water for too long of a  period of time could brown out.

If this browning wicks into wool face yarns, it can be incredibly difficult to remove.

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Simplify Your Upholstery Cleaning System – II

Once testing, inspection, and qualification have told you “What It Is”, “How it is Made”, “What Happened To It”, and “Why Does Your Customer Want it Cleaned”, now you need to determine the products you will need to use.

The wide variety of products available and/or casually labeled for upholstery cleaning can create confusion that not only makes your cleaning product choice difficult, but could also result in bad decisions that may result in poor results at best, or cause damage claims as a worst case scenario!

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Simplify Your Upholstery Cleaning System – [Part #1]

One of the primary reasons carpet cleaners shy away from upholstery cleaning (despite the fact that they usually call themselves “__________ Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners” is that upholstery cleaning has many more variables than carpet cleaning, and therefore making it a bit more difficult to create a simple, easy to follow cleaning system for  upholstery than it is for cleaning carpet.

And, while that is true, there are some things you can do…

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Wine Stain Removal Follow up (or “Part II”)

I just got an email back last night from the cleaner who asked about removing a wine stain from a cotton cushion last week.  I shared my recommendations in last weeks Clean Tip, and felt it important to share the outcome here.

This is what he sent:

“Thank you for the help. I am sending you some before and after photos.

(The point of this review is to share not just what steps worked, but the attitude that allows a cleaner to get such results by following these steps in the way that he did: Jim Pemberton)

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FAQs, Fine Fabric Care, Spotting, Upholstery Cleaning | Jim Pemberton | April 6, 2012 2:55 pm

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