Shoe polish on furniture skirt

[Jim Nazarian]

What to use on delicate fabric? I have Vacaways Spot-N-Boost & Cobbs Stain solv, any other suggestions?

 

[Art Kelley]

I would use a soft toothbrush and a strong solution of neutral prespray. Rinse and blot with towels.

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

fels

 

[Desk Jockey]

Blot with a solvent spotter, apply a POG & gently agitate. Allow dwell time to break it up then HWE and blot dry.

 

[Art Kelley]

My first reaction would not be to use nuclear options. These kind of marks usually wash off easily as they are lightly rubbed by a shoe heel. Less is more.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I find just the opposite Art. It seems like since the are rubbed up against the frame that they are more difficult to remove than just a casual grease spot.

The biggest concern I have in removal is not to pull color or abrade it to when its noticeable that something happened.

 

[Luis Gomez]

Check the back of the fabric to make sure that you can use a solvent based spotter, because you can delaminate the fabric if there is latex in it. Regardless of cleaning solution I would put a small water claw in the back of the fabric and spray the spots from the front of the fabric. I have found this to work almost every time as it pushes the dirt or shoe polish thru and the fabric stays as dry as possible. You can also use a drapery cleaning tool or your upholstery tool.

 

[J Scott W]

As Luis states, solution on the front with vacuum on the back to pull soil through to the back side of the fabric.

I would start with All Solv Extreme and alternate with Avenge Pro. All Solv Extreme cuts the grease-like part of the shoe polish and Avenge Pro gets the color.

 

[Mikey P]

Us none craftsmen just turn the wand upside down and hit those with Truck Mix @9 on the gph

 

[Desk Jockey]

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Check the back of the fabric to make sure that you can use a solvent based spotter, because you can delaminate the fabric if there is latex in it. Regardless of cleaning solution I would put a small water claw in the back of the fabric and spray the spots from the front of the fabric. I have found this to work almost every time as it pushes the dirt or shoe polish thru and the fabric stays as dry as possible. You can also use a drapery cleaning tool or your upholstery tool.

I'm not sure drawing the shoe polish through the fabric is a good idea. If it's just on the surface why pull it through all that unstained fabric? Shoe polish is loaded with pigments and you may just make a bad situation worse or you may get lucky and it will work. Good luck.

 

[ruff]

and one little detail that may have been forgotten.
uncurl skirt.

 

[hogjowl]

There's got to be a reason Scott is no longer cleaning.

 

[Jim Nazarian]

Thanks for the suggestions, didn't have time to work on the skirt this week but will be back next week & will report the results.

 

[Jim Nazarian]

Us none craftsmen just turn the wand upside down and hit those with Truck Mix @9 on the gph

Thats not going to fly with this customer, didn't have time to work on the upholstery today because polishing the MBR Bath had to be completed before they returned from vacation (shower, counter tops, tub surround & floor)

Next week we start with the kitchen marble counter tops, then the butlers bar, service room, game room bar & 3 more bathrooms...

Here is the kitchen

 

[Mikey P]

I didn't know you offered that level of polishing Jim..

 

[Jim Nazarian]

I enjoy polishing stone, pays better & less running around sucking out urine from carpets.

 

[Luis Gomez]

I'm not sure drawing the shoe polish through the fabric is a good idea. If it's just on the surface why pull it through all that unstained fabric? Shoe polish is loaded with pigments and you may just make a bad situation worse or you may get lucky and it will work. Good luck.

It is most likely already thru all the layers of the fabric, as the shoe polish or dye would have been rubbed into the fabric when the shoe rubs against it and the 1"x4" front rail board of the sofa. 25 yrs ago when I worked for FiberSeal we figured out that using an electric paint gun with OMS and a two inch vacuum hose would fix this problem most of the time.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Jim;

I think the Stain Solv with a little agitation will work . . .

After agitation for a few minutes, spray a little prespray on the and extract . . .

 

[Ron K]

I wouldn't agitate until most is removed. You could end up schmearing it around and making it worse.
I'd lightly mist or apply distilled water or a neutral spotter first so as not to give the "pigment' a place to move to .
Also put something under to make the skirt Parallel to the floor so the stain if it did run would not be affected by gravity and wash down color.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

How I might tackle this:

First use a dry cleaning sponge to gently remove any dry removable soils. Q tip with appropriate solvent. Dab. Vacuum with drapery tool. Gently rub terrycloth towel. Gently. Repeat. Possibly do q tip thing with a very very small amount of neutral detergent solution. Careful to avoid wetting out fabric. Dry quickly.

 

[Jim Nazarian]

My back & knees are aching already just thinking how long its going to take to work on 2 large sofas, 2 arm chairs & an ottoman, house manager would blow a fuse if we flipped the peaces on their backs to work on the 15 spots standing up

 

[Art Kelley]

My back & knees are aching already just thinking how long its going to take to work on 2 large sofas, 2 arm chairs & an ottoman, house manager would blow a fuse if we flipped the peaces on their backs to work on the 15 spots standing up

One of the benefits of a tool such as the ShearDry or the UpholsteryPro is that you can clean in the forward motion as well as pulling back. Thus you can clean a sofa skirt pushing down with the tool while standing.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

My back & knees are aching already just thinking how long its going to take to work on 2 large sofas, 2 arm chairs & an ottoman, house manager would blow a fuse if we flipped the peaces on their backs to work on the 15 spots standing up

Buy a nice new $10 tarp and unwrap the new package in front of him. Flip the dumb things on it.

 

[steve_64]

at the house with the red wine stain i noticed some shoe polish marks on two chairs.

i just wet a towel with my wand and genny wiped it off.

i have had some that were more difficult though.

 

[Jim Nazarian]

I have a Drymaster 2 & will push down on the back side of sofas but will be more careful in the front or with delicate fabrics, pushing down can cause the skirt to tear.

 

[hogjowl]

Go by Lowes and get a "Tub A Towells".

 

[Jim Nazarian]

Update,

Prepared for battle with Vacaways Spot-N-Boost & Cobbs Stain solve, Fels Naptha, Q- Tips & toothbrush etc...

Spot-N-Boost was the first thing I tried & to my suprise it worked like a charm, toothbrush scrub after a few minutes of dwell & then extract & it was gone!