When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of upholstery

[Mikey P]

I mean REALLY Dry Cleaned.

Vacuum, wipe down with OMS or similar and vacuum off?



and what supplier still sells stuff that works?


once or once a year I find the need to do it

 

[Brian R]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

At least 10 years ago. Sucked....figuratively speaking speaking of course.

 

[sweendogg]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

Kleenrite and masterblend both have precharged oms dry cleaning agents still.

 

[KevinD]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

Check with Jim Pemberton and see if Prochem still makes one.

Other than that there is Bane-Clene
http://www.baneclene.com/catalog/solv_a_clene.html

 

[Jim Nelson]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

I'ts ben 26 years.

 

[Ken Snow]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

We do a few times a month at least based on oms consumed but we clean 10's of thousands of pieces a year.

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[Lee Stockwell]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

When I first took Murray Kremer's Kleenrite class in 1981 it was a bit more common, I even had their double boiler set up for solvent use. By the late 80's it was starting to be less useful. The solvents available became less effective, and "dry-wet-dry" allowed limited water-based juices to be used more often. Wally Weber really perfected dwd.

To answer your question, I use solvent only um.....never. Last time almost 20 years ago. That was the very rare X code piece that I first vacuum vacuum vacuum (dry clean) and perhaps mist with solvent followed by wiping down with white towel.

Now EVERYTHING can be done with judicious use of water-based products.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

A lot of OMS gets used to "stretch" oms-based protectors, in a fashion similar to h2o use to enhance "aquagard".

 

[steve g]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

wow that is a great question!!!!! I have forgot I quit doing it. its been at least 10 years since I have done. honestly I forgot all about doing it back in the day. the reason for that I guess is it never really worked in the first place.

 

[Magic One]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

25 years

 

[Loren Egland]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

Last time I dry cleaned I used an upholstery dry cleaning machine and exhausted the vacuum fumes outside. "That had to be a quarter century ago. Doesn't clean all that well anyway. Not worth the bother for me. No longer have the equipment either. Of course a spray bottle would work, I guess.

 

[The Great Oz]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of upholstery?

A couple of days ago.

Now EVERYTHING can be done with judicious use of water-based products.

There are a few things we see on a routine basis that would be ruined if you tried cleaning them with water, no matter how judiciously. Those fabrics are typically expensive enough to replace that you're also taking a big financial risk attempting a limited result-limited water cleaning. There's no common sense attached to being an anti-solvent hero when the fabric gets complex.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

They are quite uncommon in Kentucky.

I clean silk, rayon, and various natural fibers successfully without OMS. Of course you test each piece, even if you've cleaned it before. Vacuum and compressed air are all I use on what I call "dangerous" pieces.

Even solvents can ruin some fabrics or color systems.

 

[Doug Cox]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

I dry clean all the time and find it quite effective on the fabrics I clean. I use Picrin. Dries super fast and saves me time when I use it.

 

[rwcarpet]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

Never.

 

[glenboy]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

1989 the saying was hac n vac dont come back

 

[steve frasier]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

I rented a dry cleaning spotter type machine a couple of times but now I will pass or sub it out

 

[sam miller]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

I think heavy duty soil lifter is a oms based cleaner from chemspec!

http://chemspecworld.com/fileshare/prod ... lifter.pdf

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

That's a nice mixture of hair shampoo, butyl floor stripper, OMS, and d'limolene. Should clean great!

 

[Giorgio]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

if i ever need dry cleaning solvent i would order it from kleenrite's new online store here.

http://www.buykleen.com/Fabric-Dry-Cleaning/


to answer your question it's been 25+ since i last dry cleaned upholstery....

ohhh,,, my aching back!

just kidding! My back is strong like ox. 8)

 

[cleann4kids]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

I just did one last week,

I could have wet cleaned for $95

The lady wanted dry clean so I charger
her $395

 

[Jim Martin]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

same as Steve...I sub it out...

 

[Desk Jockey]

Re: When was the last time you dry cleaned a piece of uphols

Quite a bit but mostly on fire losses when soot residue is very light and the materials not not soiled to begin with. We will also do some of the drapes that way if they area also lightly soiled. Vacuum and hand dry clean.

Very little of the other upholstery is dry cleaned, maybe one or two pieces a year that are not related to a fire loss.

It does leave the material brighter and smelling clean but appearance improvement is best if it just light soil. Spills and heavier soiling can push the limits of your results when dry cleaning.