Sea Grass

[Tom MacLachlan]

Customer left a bottle of water on the table overnight. It must have fallen over and dripped onto a sea grass carpet. It has left a ring mark when dried. Is there a way to remove this?

 

[John Bolton]

Tom,

This is not a stain in the normal sense of the word but a migration and re-disposition of dye.

Not a cleaning issue and any attempt to resolve the issue by cleaning is likely to worsen matters.

 

[Tom MacLachlan]

Thanks John
I will avoid it.

 

[Trevor Ives]

Anyone daft enough to put sea grass on their floor should live on the beach where it belongs.

 

[Ian Harman]

I think that that sums it up brilliantly Trevor !!

 

[Trevor Ives]

To our shame, one of the bigger distributors is based in Kidderminster- The home of proper carpet ( well it was until it all moved to Portugal and spain

 

[David McBroom]

Do you walk on this stuff,or smoke it Trevor?

 

[Trevor Ives]

Stopped smoking in 1985- just the ale now.

 

[Russ Chadd]

Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding cleaning this type on carpet please?


I believe its sea grass and its very muddy in places, i know my options maybe limited but i need a solution, anyone offer any tips?

Cheers lads

Russ

 

[Mike Dennick]

Hi Russ, hard to see what it is looks like sea grass , sisal
I would use Host sponges and traffic lane cleaner on it mate with my freestyle machine , if you have not got Nick has a low moisture powder / sponges, vac mist very lightly with M power apply sponges / powder work in with brush or crb machine give dwell of at least 30 mins you may have to repeat process or leave to dwell longer Russ

 

[Mike Dennick]

Forgot to say Keep the moisture down you dont want to wet this just mist

 

[Steve Porter]

From the left pic where your thumb is it looks like a sisal/ sea grass on a cheap backing (unless the white stuff is something else?). It's usually stuck directly to the floor & there aren't many ranges with a form of backing unless it has been stuck to something prior to laying in a bid to help moisture control?

Can you see the direction of the weave mate? In the left pic it's running from 5-11 O'clock (clock face & 12 is straight up). This should be your direction of travel with your vacuum cleaner but you will need to slow down yet keep your brush setting on about 3 so it's not too low.
A light M Power mist should be fine & you can always add more later but keep the mist very fine (should never feel wet after spraying). Add some sponges, VLM powder or other dry compound & either brush in with a groom (lots of effort) a Duo, Host or if you have soft brushes a Envirodri/ TM3,4,5 crb. All this in the same direction with the weave.

Then some time later (usually 30-60 mins later) vacuum it all off (same direction again, never across the weave but through it or with it).

If it's general mud/ muck it should clean pretty well, however spills are a lot harder to remove, just qualify this to the client & you may mention that they have bought a higher maintnance floor covering so it will need you to pop round at shorter intervals to help maintain it.

Any help?

 

[Russ Chadd]

Brilliant advise Steve and Mike all makes perfect sense to me!

 

[Neil Jones]

Let us know how you get on Russ

 

[Trevor Ives]

See you on the beach