turmeric stain.

[Becker]

So yesterday I was wrapping up with a long time client, and up walking the sidewalk is the guy I send all my carpet sales and installs, repairs. etc too.

I swear this guy look just like Rick Dale, similar personality. Great guy.

Seems we was next door trying to help out a friend with a stain.

He sez, hell. Don is next door. I'll go get him.

I walk in the door, see the stain and say, Turmeric?

The home owner looks at me and sez, how do you know. LOL

Anyways, it was a supplement pill, that broke open. Powder. rather than vac it up get grabbed some carpet spotter.

Smeared and spread it.

My buddy is just going to do a bond insert.

We all know turmeric is what makes mustard yellow and a difficult stain, simply added to get the kids attention.

Any ways...

No pic, but the brightest yellow was about the size of a golf ball, but the over all stain was about the size of a basket ball.


What would you have done?

 

[FredC]

What would you have done?

http://www.proschoice.com/html/mustard.html

or insert

 

[Becker]

Mohawk suggest mild detergent???????????
REALLY?

 

[J Scott W]

A heavy dose of StainZONE to keep it damp for a while. Turn a UV flashlight upside down over the worst golf ball sized stain. That should knock it down in 10 minutes.

 

[KevinL]

hand him the knife.

 

[Becker]

Patch was the best option IMO.

Cheapest. He had donor carpet.

However I will try Scott's suggestion on mild stains.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Becker;

DuPont did quite a bit of testing on these type of stains.

They found them difficult to remove.

Their best solution was an oxidizer,
used in conjunction with a high-power UV light.

Here is a stain-removal photo I took of our Dynachem Powder Brightener with our portable UV light:

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/uvstain.html

Light:

http://www4.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69&products_id=1384

Larry

 

[Royal Man]

I ran into a mustard stain in a rental last year that was 2foot x 6 foot. I couldn't believe how big it was. The room was only 10x 8 . I told them to replace it after a cleaning didn't budge it. They didn't tell me it was mustard until after I tried to remove it. So I tried a few spots with stain magic and a steamer with no results. Someone must of jumped onto a mustard bottle with the cap off.

 

[Mikey P]

I got a buddy who I refer to at least twice a month.


For $80-$100 he will fix seems, stretch a room, do a bonded insert, patch a pissed saturated corner and so on.


I have to charge $150 just to show up and try.



All of you should have a go to guy like this. These small nickle and dime jobs are just time wasters.

 

[truckmount girl]

I give turmeric to the dogs for arthritis, that means 14 pills, twice a day. Every so often they break one open, or worse yet, someone has a poop accident in the house (yes, turmeric gives mustard looking poop). On the vinyl floor, even after cleaning, it will leave a yellow tint for a few days. I am so thankful I bought olefin berber for the carpet, because all I need to do is spray the turmeric stain with pre-spray and suck it up with rinse (Judsons O2) and poof, it's gone!

Take care,
Lisa