Sunscreen

[Welshmalc]

customer with white sofa , turning yellow/ orange due to excessive sunscreen .No lables but looked like polyester ,customer thinks it's linen. Question. Is there a particular method for cleaning this.

 

[SamIam]

@Jim Pemberton

 

[SamIam]

Firestorm it baby!

Joking!

 

[Nate The Great]

Got a picture? Is it only in spots or is it "touch areas"?

 

[Welshmalc]

They sit on the sofa in there bikin . So a lot of the area is covered 30 % plus !

 

[Cleanworks]

They sit on the sofa in there bikin . So a lot of the area is covered 30 % plus !

Now we really need a picture.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

You need to find out what it is made of. Linen is a potential problem, polyester is safe to clean, but as an affinity for oily materials (like sunscreen), so you might need some different products.

Do you know how to do a burn test?

 

[Welshmalc]

Yes

 

[Welshmalc]

Because the sofa just says made in China,I think it's more likely polyester.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Good. Just determine if it melts or crumbles. Because of how fabrics for upholstery are constructed, the details of color of flame, odor, etc are unreliable. You just need to know if its synthetic or if its made from a cellulose fiber.

Let me know, and I'll give you a formula and procedure suited to which one it is.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Because the sofa just says made in China,I think it's more likely polyester.

I wouldn't go that far. There is a lot of Asian fabrics made from cotton and rayon. Linen, I'm not so sure. But the consumer thinking its linen is not relevant. There are some fabrics where the "linen look" is printed on the fabric, and that print crocks off. Make sure you test for that too.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Sunscreen usually has some natural dye in the formulation.

We would use a powder reducing agent like our ReduceAll.

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=5311

All of these FDA colors were removed with a powder reducing agent.

 

[Welshmalc]

Customer phoned to tell me she's found a polyester made label receipt so the linen problems gone, then admitted she has tried cleaning it herself without success!. P

 

[Jim Pemberton]

The label could be what it's stuffed with....be very careful trusting that

 

[Welshmalc]

Thanks Jim..all good advice .

 

[Nate The Great]

At this point, fook it "pray and spray"... Can't be worse than what it is..

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Liability release then do your best.