True steam cleaning

[Shorty]

Who here uses an actual steam cleaning machine, (NOT Hot Water Extraction), for cleaning fabric upholstery?

How does it affect white cottons, in regard to cellulosic browning?

Reason I ask is because elsewhere a person uses this equipment exclusively & puts down all detergents, especially encap products.

Interested to hear others comments, thank you.

 

[Jack Zipper Zerkie]

I read a long time ago that water boils @212 but real steam is 325 deg and my Hotsy guy says 325. Most of their units are for outside cleaning and requires stronger hose but I could be wrong. jz

 

[DAT]

Pretty sure ya shouldn't expose the natural fiber higher than 150°. Could cause distortion.

 

[sassyotto]

maybe they are talking about the steam vapor machines?

 

[Cleanworks]

He's talking about vapor steamers. like some of the Dupray steam vacs. Because there is very little moisture, distortion is not much of a problem. I would like to try one here. I've seen the videos but real life is always different.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Wasn’t Steve Tourbaon (sp?) a huge advocate of steam machines?

 

[Nomad74]

Where's Jim?

 

[Shorty]

He's talking about vapor steamers. like some of the Dupray steam vacs. Because there is very little moisture, distortion is not much of a problem. I would like to try one here. I've seen the videos but real life is always different.

Thanks Ron, that's the machine I was referring to.

Anyone had practical experience with them on natural fibres??

Thanks.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

You can use steam as a cleaning process, but I've not found it to be better/safer than conventional techniques.

If I have a grossly soiled synthetic, I'll use a steamer after I put an alkaline prespray on the fabric, and the results are pretty impressive. You have to watch for distortion on synthetic velvets.

You can also get some reasonable results on natural fibers, but I've seen some bleed or fade that wouldn 't begin to have a problem otherwise.

 

[Acp]

you have to get a real unit which is about 2-5k to actually see the benefit from them.

a bunch of people in this industry have seen the shit one at interlink which is pretty much same water temp as a TM so theres no benefit

you want 300+ degress, continuous fill, chem injection and some nice ones also have wet vac. I have no idea how to use them on natural fiber upholstery though but usually upholstery is with a microfiber towell over the end of the tool

 

[Shorty]

You can use steam as a cleaning process, but I've not found it to be better/safer than conventional techniques.

If I have a grossly soiled synthetic, I'll use a steamer after I put an alkaline prespray on the fabric, and the results are pretty impressive. You have to watch for distortion on synthetic velvets.

You can also get some reasonable results on natural fibers, but I've seen some bleed or fade that wouldn 't begin to have a problem otherwise.

I was concerned with Cellulosic Browning?

Any comment on that Jim?

Thanks.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

A lot of that depends on how old the material is and how wet you get it.

 

[hogjowl]

Aren’t you a little old to be worried about this?
Just keep your underwear clean and let us young folks do the cleaning.

 

[Mikey P]

 

[Shorty]

Aren’t you a little old to be worried about this?
Just keep your underwear clean and let us young folks do the cleaning.

I AM NOT OLD.

SIMPLY MORE EXPERIENCED & still enjoying what I do as a hobby.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Aren’t you a little old to be worried about this?
Just keep your underwear clean and let us young folks do the cleaning.

Kettle, meet black ^^^^^

 

[hogjowl]

That’s RACIST!