I have a newish light coloured carpet which suffered a couple of accidents
recently. Although I cleaned it at the time it seems to have left me with
something like a water mark around the edge of the spill. I think this could
be residue from the carpet cleaner that I used (Vanish and 1001).

A friend is loaning me a Vax Wet and Dry Cleaner and I thought I would try
to rinse the carpet with it. He doesn't have the instructions. What do you
think about a plain water rinse?

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John

John wrote:
I have a newish light coloured carpet which suffered a couple of
accidents recently.

What were the accidents John? Do you know what the carpet is made of?
Wool/acrylic etc?

Although I cleaned it at the time it seems to
have left me with something like a water mark around the edge of the
spill. I think this could be residue from the carpet cleaner that I
used (Vanish and 1001).

Probably.

A friend is loaning me a Vax Wet and Dry Cleaner and I thought I
would try to rinse the carpet with it. He doesn't have the
instructions. What do you think about a plain water rinse?

Best bet is a plain water rinse, especialy if the accidents were pet urine,
which can 'flare' when hit with an alkali shampoo.

Can you provide a bit more info?


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"david lang" wrote in message
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John wrote:
I have a newish light coloured carpet which suffered a couple of
accidents recently.

What were the accidents John? Do you know what the carpet is made of?
Wool/acrylic etc?

Although I cleaned it at the time it seems to
have left me with something like a water mark around the edge of the
spill. I think this could be residue from the carpet cleaner that I
used (Vanish and 1001).

Probably.

A friend is loaning me a Vax Wet and Dry Cleaner and I thought I
would try to rinse the carpet with it. He doesn't have the
instructions. What do you think about a plain water rinse?

Best bet is a plain water rinse, especialy if the accidents were pet
urine, which can 'flare' when hit with an alkali shampoo.

Can you provide a bit more info?


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

A spilt drink and a vomiting child. I believe the carpet is a mix of
manmade/ wool.

John wrote:
A spilt drink and a vomiting child. I believe the carpet is a mix of
manmade/ wool.

Drink of? Cola, wine, orange, coffee?

If its an 80/20 wool/nylon it could stain badly due to the highly absorbant
nature of wool. Try the plain water rinse first.

Dave

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:39:47 GMT, "david lang"
wrote:

John wrote:
A spilt drink and a vomiting child. I believe the carpet is a mix of
manmade/ wool.

Drink of? Cola, wine, orange, coffee?

If its an 80/20 wool/nylon it could stain badly due to the highly absorbant
nature of wool. Try the plain water rinse first.

Dave



I didn't look through all the detail, but did you include things which
involve specialised knowledge like this in your handyman portfolio?


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..andy

Andy Hall wrote:

I didn't look through all the detail, but did you include things which
involve specialised knowledge like this in your handyman portfolio?

Not yet. I will probably add a Cleaning page to my site offering carpet
cleaning, patio cleaning etc. It depends on how cheaply I can 'liberate' a
machine when I return the demonstration kit from the day job!

Dave

John wrote:
I have a newish light coloured carpet which suffered a couple of accidents
recently. Although I cleaned it at the time it seems to have left me with
something like a water mark around the edge of the spill. I think this could
be residue from the carpet cleaner that I used (Vanish and 1001).

A friend is loaning me a Vax Wet and Dry Cleaner and I thought I would try
to rinse the carpet with it. He doesn't have the instructions. What do you
think about a plain water rinse?

I think you would need to clean the whole carpet.

NT

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:39:47 GMT, "david lang"
wrote:

John wrote:
A spilt drink and a vomiting child. I believe the carpet is a mix of
manmade/ wool.

Drink of? Cola, wine, orange, coffee?

If its an 80/20 wool/nylon it could stain badly due to the highly
absorbant
nature of wool. Try the plain water rinse first.

Dave



I didn't look through all the detail, but did you include things which
involve specialised knowledge like this in your handyman portfolio?


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.andy


The plain water treatment worked a treat. Thanks