Poly Sissell Roll marks

[Guest]

I have a client who has a polypropelene sissel rug with roll marks ( crushing ) on the face. basically an indention all the way across the carpet face .

Anyone with a solution on removing them ?? The homeowner doesnt want steam cleaning , but to my knowledge that may be the only chance of removing .

Thanks in advance .

James

 

[sweendogg]

When carpet comes in that has roll or crush marks, we will often will use a clothing steamer to lift the pile. We use a low pressure volume steamer, we keep on on our cleaning truck for special spotting. I believe Walmart carries them for around thirty to forty bucks.. here are some links.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4360372

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=9219297

Either of these will do the job and they come in handy for stain removal, crush removal, or fabric wrinkles. :wink:

 

[harryhides]

James, I have done hundreds of Roll Crush jobs for the Mills.
These are the facts about repairing the damage by using a high volume steamer:

Wool & Nylon - No problem.
Polyester - much tougher but it can be done but takes about 4-5 times longer.
Olefin/Polypropylene - Forget it.
Have only twice restored roll crush on an Olefin by using a pile lifter.

I've never heard of Sissel and if the face fibers are made of sisal then I can't help you - don't know what would work.

 

[sweendogg]

I'm betting that the sissal is only reffering to the way the polyester or whatever fiber he is truly working with is woven. Our Sisal Wool collection is a very short loop and in fact the sisal is reffering to this very low level loop construction. They are manufactured in a similar manner to the natural sisal carpets and rugs.

P.S. Yeah Polypropelene aka Olefin does not respond to the steam like Tony said above.

 

[Guest]

exactly . I didnt think anything could be done , but I kicked it out at you guys any .

About a month ago I had a guy call about indentions on olefin carpet . A couple a pallets of tile had been set on the carpet . Needless to say , they are still there .

 

[Jack May]

I posted eariler today on this and now it's gone :roll:

Did I get edited or is it in space?

Anyway, I said what Tony and David have both said... and they probably did it more eloquently than I

John

PS a new rug (if it's still available) for 35% more dropped off may be the only sure fire way of 'correcting' the problem