wool

[keenanbob]

I attempted to clean a wool carpet. Large brown stains of unknown origin , still looks bad , any ideas on what to do?

 

[John Olson]

Stain Magic for Wool.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I attempted to clean a wool carpet. Large brown stains of unknown origin , still looks bad , any ideas on what to do?

Pictures? What process did you use?

Natural fibers can, if over wet or left too long to dry, will dry with a yellow water stain type look.

Cellulosic Browning is the term.

It can be corrected with products like Yellow RX or Browning treatment. Apply the product, rinse make extra dry passes, pad dry if needed.

Make sure they leave the AC on or leave fans to expedite drying.

If you don't own HWE or are too afraid of re-wetting you can spray apply some products and just pad dry.

Good luck!

 

[ruff]

Wool is natural but Cellulosic browning comes from plant material, like jute. Wool itself will not brown from water etc.
However, many wool carpets have a jute backing.

Wool may also be adversely affected by very high ph and some knock out products designed for synthetics.

Not enough info from poster.

 

[Desk Jockey]

its also very absorbant and if not recognized as a potential problem it could just be a victim of no air movement and slow drying.

 

[keenanbob]

It was cleaned and extracted well in a garage with two air movers for drying . Stain magic for wool sounds like it may be the answer.

 

[Mikey P]

Bob can you take some photos and send them to me to post here?

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[encapman]

What John Olson said.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Were these preexisting stains that didn't respond well? Many stains on wool are permanent to some degree. Good up-front communication with your customer can help bring their expectations down to earth. Just don't cause any damage on your fix-it attempts.

 

[keenanbob]

These were preexisting stain . Some times communication with customers can be difficult particularly when they have newly arrived from Beijing.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

There are two things that worry me:

This appears to be a rug, not a carpet, since you are cleaning it in a garage. If this is an oriental rug, or any multicolored area rug for that matter, I would be concerned about the effect your stain remover might have on any dyed areas of the rug.

What concerns me MORE is the potential for communication problems with your customer. Can you be sure that your customer understands that you can't guarantee that there there won't be color damage from the use of your stain remover?

 

[Desk Jockey]

Wow how timely.


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[ruff]

Sounds to me like it could be a rug with cotton thread foundation and the cotton threads may be releasing the browning.

What works sometime is cleaning and letting it dry top side down. The browning still happens but it migrates to the back.

 

[Harry Myers]

Well if it were me I'll start safe first. Fab Set. I don't think cotton warps would brown that bad as jute. Most likely I would think it is jute backed or a cotton rug. Maybe it could be a hand tufted rug with yellowing from the latex. Without pictures we will never know. Next time take pictures.

 

[Shorty]

This also sounds like a rug to me.

If so, did you check the back for staining?

What is the entire construction including backing?

Does it have a label, if so, what does it state?

Did you check for urine with a UV light?

How large are these brown areas?

Could it be coffee stains?

Could it also be pile reversal?

Really need more information & photos if possible.

 

[Larry Cobb]

I have cleaned a lot of woven wool carpet in the past.

We found very quickly that a powder reducing agent was required to remove stains and brighten colors.

This is the product we would use on the brown staining (including coffee) . . .

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=1081

 

[Johnny]

I have cleaned a lot of woven wool carpet in the past.

We found very quickly that a powder reducing agent was required to remove stains and brighten colors.

This is the product we would use on the brown staining (including coffee) . . .

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=1081

Larry,

Is that the stuff you recommend for brightening cotton fringe on wool rugs?

Ps. Your Stain Solve exceeded expectations in removing old, large furniture stains from white cotton fringe. Pretty amazing stuff. It also brightened the fringe in those areas. I need to brighten the rest of the fringe to match. Will the FiberBrite powdered reducer do that?

Much obliged.

 

[CTI Courtney]

Without knowing what the stains are from we don't want to get too aggressive. I'd suggest re-cleaning with Pro's Choice Natural Fiber Cleaner and let it dry. If it improves but doesn't go away completely you might look at Pro's Choice Browning Treatment.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Larry,

Is that the stuff you recommend for brightening cotton fringe on wool rugs?

Ps. Your Stain Solve exceeded expectations in removing old, large furniture stains from white cotton fringe. Pretty amazing stuff. It also brightened the fringe in those areas. I need to brighten the rest of the fringe to match. Will the FiberBrite powdered reducer do that?

Much obliged.

I would use a stronger Reducing Agent for whitening the fringe.

That would be ReduceAll in the dynachem line.

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index...5f81d289d813529709d796313a2&keyword=reduceall