Red Removal

[CJ-FL]

when you all perform “specialty spotting”, mainly Red Removal, is it part of your standard pricing of an additional cost?

Second and slightly unrelated quedtion: for heat transfers, is anyone using anything other than a standard iron? (i.e. a steam iron) if so what are the benefits? Would you recommend it, etc..?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Not all red stains are the same.

I will include perhaps one or two with a regular customer or large job.

Beyond that... negotiate.

No iron, especially with employees.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Separate charge. Not all cleaning clients need the service. If they do, they should pay a reasonable difference for the service.

Wallpaper steamers are safer with indirect heat. We used to have Black & Decker but I think we can't get them anymore. We have some from NAMCO.

 

[steve_64]

A seaming iron and towel work good too.

Always extra.

 

[Desk Jockey]

 

[SamIam]

Not all red stains are the same.

I will include perhaps one or two with a regular customer or large job.

Beyond that... negotiate.

No iron, especially with employees.

I agree with Lee one are two fine. a half days worth they’re paying.

 

[Hack Attack]

$60 extra gets you 2 removed with me or $120 if its gone kids party crazy

I'll throw in the odd freeby if just small dribbles or I like them

 

[Mikey P]

See, if you had started Stanley Black, you'd never see red again

 

[Hack Attack]

I agree with Lee one are two fine a half day

how many languages do you speak?

 

[DAT]

Depends on how big it is to charge extra if needed... Wall paper is better choice. Its what i use now. Latest one i done is was about 20 inch diameter spilled by gatorade and dried. Stupid me for not taking before and after pics..

 

[Hack Attack]

Last 1 I did was HUGE old lady had hidden 2 bottles of Fanta under her bed from the grandkids.. they found them

I ran out of product on that job

 

[Living The Dream]

I recommend this. Very easy to use and you'd be pretty hard pressed to "F" anything up.

 

[Cleanworks]

I only charge if I have to use heat transfer. I have great success removing Red stains from red wine, koolaid and other drinks with the 2 part peroxide/ammonia solutions. The is a product from esteam called eliminate. Mix it yourself or buy a small premix trigger sprayer. It takes up to 4 hours to work. I clean the stains properly using appropriate products for those types of stains and apply the eliminate as the final step. Spray and walk away. Call the next day to find out the results. First time I used it was on an old koolaid stain that someone tried to clean and smeared all around. Empty suite for sale. I told the realtor I have this new stuff, let me know how it works. She called me the next day and says, it's like magic, the stains are gone. Doesn't work every time but for me, most of the time. No extra charge, unless I have to come back.

 

[dealtimeman]

Steamer as I won’t damage the carpet whe the cell phone rings and they forgot it’s on.

 

[Dolly Llama]

we ran 2 man crew 100% in res and charged enough that a few dye stain removal attempts was no additional
additional charges DID apply if dozens of them alloverthedamnplace

additional applied in empties/rentals, as the pricing there were generally tighter "production" margins

Iron and wet towels is faster, but takes a 100% of skilled (not a trained circus monkey) man's time/devotion at the spots.
also quicker to determine whether or not we were wasting time or custys' money attempting ones that won't budge regardless of chems/methods .
cause it's a fact of life, not all dye stains can be removed...period

steamer is safer and prob'ly the best choice for 94.735% of wand jockeys

..L.T.A.

 

[Mikey P]

when you all perform “specialty spotting”, mainly Red Removal, is it part of your standard pricing of an additional cost?

Second and slightly unrelated quedtion: for heat transfers, is anyone using anything other than a standard iron? (i.e. a steam iron) if so what are the benefits? Would you recommend it, etc..?

CJ do you let you techs use 30 or 40 volume?

 

[Nomad74]

Another rat-hole I did with a lot of red removal. I charge for it and I use a steam Iron just to piss off Marty.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I use a NAMCO also, but I don’t put it on a wet rag. Do you think I should?

 

[Nomad74]

I use a NAMCO also, but I don’t put it on a wet rag. Do you think I should?

Yes, convection will draw contaminate out.

 

[SamIam]

how many languages do you speak?

I usually proof read some! Not always so ya it’s flawed

 

[SamIam]

Steamer as I won’t damage the carpet whe the cell phone rings and they forgot it’s on.

Just becareful if a streamer develops a drip, that point of boiling drip water will and can remove color from the carpet like a small bleach spot.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Just becareful if a streamer develops a drip, that point of boiling drip water will and can remove color from the carpet like a small bleach spot.

I'll start using a rag between the steamer and the carpet. I always used a rag with a steam iron before I got my Namco, so that makes sense to use it with a steamer as well

 

[SamIam]

I'll start using a rag between the steamer and the carpet. I always used a rag with a steam iron before I got my Namco, so that makes sense to use it with a steamer as well

That’s what I’ve done when I noticed pooling from the steamer bleaching a little!

 

[SamIam]

Another rat-hole I did with a lot of red removal. I charge for it and I use a steam Iron just to piss off Marty.

https://interlinksupply.com/index.php?item_num=AC210

This bad boy takes a minute to heat up but once it goes it really covers a lot of ground quick.

Use a terry towel at bass where it connect to head and put a bottle on the steamer head for weight.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Steamers...no Irons these days...

Wish they would make that Black & Decker SteamWorks again

The Namco is ok, but it doesn't work as well as the Black & Decker

And the ones with the hose just take longer also to work...

I don't use a rag either.

Chemistry does it's job.

If using and Iron...DO USE A RAG though....



Number of different stains in this carpet with Red Transfer (and Code Red was in development at the time)



Here I was using both the Black and Decker and Namco...so I got a chance to see what was working better for us

 

[BIG WOOD]

Another rat-hole I did with a lot of red removal. I charge for it and I use a steam Iron just to piss off Marty.

Didn't I fuss at you when you showed me this video to groom that junk out?

 

[Nomad74]

Didn't I fuss at you when you showed me this video to groom that junk out?

It got groomed out with the feet of low income renters.

 

[CJ-FL]

CJ do you let you techs use 30 or 40 volume?

No. The spotting kit our techs carry is relatively limited.

Stanley Steemer Spot Remover
Stanley Steemer Tannin Protein Remover
Stanley Steemer Citrus Solvent
Stanley Steemer powdered defoamer
Whisk rust remover

Our 4 Regional Managers are the only ones that do heat transfers upon request

 

[Mikey P]

No. The spotting kit our techs carry is relatively limited.

Stanley Steemer Spot Remover
Stanley Steemer Tannin Protein Remover
Stanley Steemer Citrus Solvent
Stanley Steemer powdered defoamer
Whisk rust remover

Our 4 Regional Managers are the only ones that do heat transfers upon request

So what do they use on red wine?

 

[CJ-FL]

So what do they use on red wine?

I’m not in Cali. My customers drink Busch Beer or possibly Natural Light and whatever alcohol they do have they sure as hell don’t spill it.

Honestly Steemer has a red wine remover but I think it’s better for the home owner to use immediately after spilling. We haven’t had much luck with it but in all honesty red wine is not a spill I often hear about