OK Chemists, is this possible?

[Mikey P]

Acid Dye Blocker in a pre spray that will attach and stay put during the rinsing process?

Would you need high heat to expand the fibers to get the "blockes" to set?

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[Dmreed4311]

Sounds great if it is true.

 

[Captain Morgan]

How can you impart protector to dye sites when said dye sites are filled with dirt and stains? I know the news snipit says it does this simultaneously but I guess I'm skeptical as to how well it can do both things at the same time.

 

[Brian R]

I did a test on it....Not real world but it seemed to work.

The remnant was not dirty ....so I have to depend on the chemist for that part....but it did resist red coolaid.


Oh, and it DOES boost the prespray's performance. Nice.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Possible . . .

but only with a higher cost structure than possible in our industry.

Lowering pH will lower cleaning ability,

so you would have to add expensive additives to replace,

and then boost cleaning effectiveness.

Larry

 

[Hoody]

So it leaves a residue of some sort acid or not, is it sticky, and will it attract soil ?

 

[Brian R]

It's like a clear dye...The way I understand it.

It gets into the empty or damaged dye thingamajigs.

Here, read all about it.

Kleenshield

 

[rhyde]

I agree with Larry lowering the pH reduces cleaning performance it probably works fine for not very soiled carpet

 

[Hoody]

Does it also only work with Vacaway products or does it play well with others ?

 

[FLYERMAN]

STeam Action's protector has been saying the same thing for years.

 

[Royal Man]

Why can't it be a post spray instead of a prespray. Seems silyl to spray it down and then remove the bulk of it.

 

[leesenter]

Dupont Canada had such a carpet cleaner a few years ago so I believe its possible.

 

[ruff]

It also says that it makes wool dye stain resistant.

My understanding is that with synthetic fabric (at least nylon) they add an electrical charge to the fiber and an opposite charge to the dye blockers. The negative/positive attractionphysically holds the dye blockers in place. That is why high alkalinity by reducing the electrical charge, causes loss of dye resistance (loss of blockers.)

How does that work with wool?

Assuming the wool's dye sites work differently.
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Also wool accepts dyes everywhere as opposed to artificially created dye sites on synthetic. So will there be enough dye blockers to physically do the job?

 

[Brian R]

Hoody....I'm not sure...I just buy the vacaway products. !gotcha!

Yoakum, the whole point is to take out a step (from my point of view) but I would imagine you would get a more "complete" coverage of the product doing it this way....Plus it gives a boost to the prespray.

Rhyde, I would rather not clean with High PH anyway...Been there....I believe the Kleenshield will work up to a 10 or 10.5 ph.....so that's not bad at all.

Disclaimer: Remember...You're not hearing this from the horses mouth. I've just used it and like it. These are just my opinions and observations.

 

[Shawn Forsythe]

Mike,

It would probably help, but only in concert with a detergent, and a post-spray that also contained the same acid dye blockers. Only then could one be assured of enough of the active element to achieve a meaningful difference. That was the notion behind the now defunct Dupont MasterSeries program.

 

[Loren Egland]

As I recall, the DuPont Masterseries application had to include the dye blocker in either the prespray or the truck mount cleaner (or both) plus the post application the same way as the Teflon is to be applied. Steam Way and others had their chems comply.

For some reason, cleaners didn't really take hold of the opportunity DuPont had made available to them, which evidently led to the demise of the Masterseries program.

 

[Brian R]

Chem hack had an additive to the cleaning solution as well....which was pretty much the prespray.

Gummy...but worked.

AND helped clean....somewhat.

 

[Shawn Forsythe]

Steam Way and others had their chems comply.

Yes, there were 7 companies that comprised the sole supply base for the original Masterseries program. Steam Genie (with whom I was associated), was one of them, along with Steam Way. We were supplied with the Dupont acid dye blocker additive that was used in our Masterseries Emulsifier and Prespray products.