Help! What would you do here?

[WillS]

I had a call today from a designer that is in town from New York doing a show at one of the casinos. They had these Coture purse bags in a warehouse that flooded and they have dirt on them and a bit of a mildew smell. Well they want 1000 of them cleaned in 2 days. I'm going to pick a few up tomorrow to test and see if they can be cleaned w hand wand upholstery tools, fiber rinse and odor removers. Anything different you would recommend to use on these? See attached images. I'm charging $2.00 a bag, would you do more?

 

[WillS]

Btw: he said he has called everywhere and people don't know how to do it hence why he's trying a carpet cleaning service. These bags CAN get moisture on them without damaging. They are made of denim.

 

[FFA]

Whats the value of them?

 

[WillS]

Attempted to find that out to and the guy never sent me a price for the bag. I chose $2 per bag as I think with 4 guys working on this and myself we can get threw them quickly. I will test first tomorrow when we pick them up at 6am to see how that crap removes or not first. I'm guessing at least $100 a bag, this show they are presenting them at is at a high end casino. Expecting to get them done within 5 hours.

I'm more worried about what might need to be used to clean whatever that is.

 

[Mikey P]

$15 a bag and include FPA.


cough!

 

[FFA]

Id ask for more m, thats just me though. It all depends in how long it would take to clean them.

 

[FFA]

You charge more to clean a chair thats not as valuable.

 

[WillS]

If they are more difficult to clean then I'm expecting, I will call their corporate and raise that pricing.

Does that look like possible mold on the bag or dirt? Customer doesn't know either. If it's mold we won't be doing it.

 

[WillS]

I just got an email back. The bags are for the show as gift bags so are less expensive then I thought. They are $34 per bag.

 

[FFA]

$3 a bag. Not sure about those spots. The brown looks like dirt.

 

[PrimaDonna]

I'd go for unless then $5 per bag. "No one" else can do them. They are in a time crunch. Rush order of new ones will coat way more then $34 pet bag.

And it's New York. Price accordingly.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Looks like dirt. A dry upholstery tool would make quick work of it but $2.00 could be really low. Lets say you can do 30 in an hour. Thats only $60.00.

$4-$5.00 each???

 

[FFA]

Better hope you can do more then 30 an hour lol. You would be 33 hours into this job if you have to do 1000.

 

[WillS]

Ok, hopefully just dirt. That would make this an easier task. I would have 4 or 5 guys working on these. I plan on having them done in 4 or 5 hours. I'll profit either way. $5 would be nice, $3 sounds to be a bit more reasonable otherwise maybe they just wouldn't pass out the bags. It is probably a one time deal since this was an F up on part of the convention coordinator.

 

[WillS]

I should mention, about 300 of these will only need an enzyme or deodorizer to get rid of the smell - no dirt on 300 (approx).

 

[WillS]

Would you use an enzyme or deodorizer on these to rid the mildew type smell?

 

[Desk Jockey]

Any good cheap stuff. They probably smell from being packed in a crate shipped from overseas.

 

[steve_64]

Sporicidin in a bucket and dip each bag rinse and fan dry em.

 

[Newman]

Wash machine?

 

[mirf]

What about the inside of the bag. If there is dirt inside could slow you way down

 

[Papa John]

IMO The value of the bags in there current condition before you touch them IS ZERO!!--- Get the custy to sign waiver as such.

 

[WillS]

Some do have mold on them. I've stocked up on supplies to clean all and reached an agreement to charge $5 per bag. It's not going to be as easy as first thought. On top of that they need 500 by tomorrow.

 

[Travis Sonderegger]

Get them all, go to the laundromat and throw them all in. Have them done in like 2 hours with no work. $5/bag. Thats $5000 and maybe $50 at the laundromat.

 

[WillS]

I'm actually testing a few in laundry now.

 

[WillS]

Results... And not smelling like fish water anymore.

 

[WillS]

 

[Old Coastie]

Looks like you figured it out. Nice!

 

[Papa John]

What's the custy think of the results??
Maybe spray with Last Step (acid rinse) before washing to lock in more of the color?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Oh no! Now they look ugly.

Never mind, they were ugly before ..a Butler bag looks better.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Are those results from the washing machine? Could be a nice easy fix!