Sunbrealla from hell

[Papa John]

Damn i wish i had taken photos.

Anyway the 1st cushion just wasnt cleaning quickly enough and good enough for my greed OCD personality. So I took the cushions back to my "laboratory" to test a variety ways of cleaning them. Each way had its own pros n cons.

1) spray with high pH prespray, scrub and let it dwell overnight, then rinse extract clean the normal way. -- very time and energy-consuming.

2. Spray with high pH scrub put covers in washing machine and wash several times.. - getting them off and on the cushions with a pain in the ass, as the foam was very stiff and would not compress enough when I put them in a vacuum bag system. But the cleaning results were outstanding.

3. Keep the covers on the cushions. Pre spray with high pH, scrub, wash with a 1800 pressure washer. Put in vacuum bag system to Aid in water removal.- this was the easiest and less time-consuming system. That's results slightly less than option number 2 but still very good.

Lesson learned- this was not typical upholstery cleaning and I will charge one and a half to two times above our normal rate for the service.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Pretty durable acrylic fiber. Your chemistry was off, but kudos for the comparisons.

 

[Papa John]

Pretty durable acrylic fiber. Your chemistry was off, but kudos for the comparisons.

what do you suggest to remove the tree and plant giz?

 

[Cleanworks]

what do you suggest to remove the tree and plant giz?

a little bit of volatile solvent in a trigger sprayer goes a long way. Won't hurt the fabric.

 

[Papa John]

a little bit of volatile solvent in a trigger sprayer goes a long way. Won't hurt the fabric.

I think thats baned in CA. And my customers would freak if they thought i used a VOC.
I used pros choice ultra TLC spiked with prozyme.

 

[Cleanworks]

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I think thats baned in CA. And my customers would freak if they thought i used a VOC.
I used pros choice ultra TLC spiked with prozyme.

Take some margarine and work it in. Then clean.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Alcohol

 

[Cleanworks]

Alcohol

Thats what i do. If it doesnt come clean, i sit down and have a beer.

 

[Papa John]

Alcohol

Damn! I wish i had tried that. Alcohol has helpped me remove some tuff spits like ink and slime.
Ive always said If i could only have 2 chems in my bag, it would be alcohol and peroxide.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Alcohol-based hand-sanitizer can be useful as well.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Which solvents are not available in CA?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I carry acetone, mek, oms, lacquer thinner, wd40, 111 trike...and gas for Sisel.

 

[JS41035]

I bought a Sisel rug once. Paid full price. The customer didn’t really wanna sell it but I just loved how it looked after I cleaned it.

 

[Papa John]

I carry acetone, mek, oms, lacquer thinner, wd40, 111 trike...and gas for Sisel.

i think all but 111 are available. but my biz model and my customers prohibit me from using VOCs

 

[Cleanworks]

i think all but 111 are available. but my biz model and my customers prohibit me from using VOCs

Use a gel solvent. Less fumes and it works just as well.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Many solvents can be gelled with the right detergent.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

i think all but 111 are available. but my biz model and my customers prohibit me from using VOCs

My biz model prohibits me allowing customers dictating how I get it clean, as long as I damage nothing and leave nothing toxic behind...

:-)

 

[Papa John]

My biz model prohibits me allowing customers dictating how I get it clean, as long as I damage nothing and leave nothing toxic behind...

:-)

Too risky with these snowflakes im dealing with.

 

[steve_64]

I sprayer odorcide on these a couple days ago to deal with the mold issues first. Going to clean them now and see how they look when they dry. The 3 big ones are sunbrella I was told.