It seems some silicon or frame sealant has made its way on to our sofa,
does anyone know how we can remove this with minmal effect on the
upholstery? Most of the silicon sealant removers seems to be for hard
non-porous surfaces..

Thanks
Steve

"SteveG" wrote in message
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It seems some silicon or frame sealant has made its way on to our sofa,
does anyone know how we can remove this with minmal effect on the
upholstery? Most of the silicon sealant removers seems to be for hard
non-porous surfaces..

Screwfix do a remover.
Part 17175
Ask if it's suitable for furniture fabric.

Other than that I have seen it frozen, much like chewing gum can be, and
then picked off very carefully using a scalpel.

In message .com,
SteveG writes

It seems some silicon or frame sealant has made its way on to our sofa,
does anyone know how we can remove this with minmal effect on the
upholstery? Most of the silicon sealant removers seems to be for hard
non-porous surfaces..

Thanks
Steve


Http://www.gesealants.com/sealants/d...ts/cured.shtml

A) Do NOT try and use a solvent, it will spread the silicone.

White spirit or turpentine will dissolve the silicone slowly but IMHO
would ruin your sofa.

B) Gently try and scrape it off

C) With chewing gum you can freeze it and then knock it off (use one of
these pipe freezing cans as used in plumbing). Might work on silicone
sealant as well.

If you have any silicone sealant, take a piece of cloth, put sealant on
it and put it into your deep freeze and see how brittle ( if at all) it
becomes. If it does become brittle or hard enough to scrape off, then
try the freezing can in a very well ventilated room!

Good luck

FWIW
RDD

RDD wrote:
In message .com,
SteveG writes

It seems some silicon or frame sealant has made its way on to our sofa,
does anyone know how we can remove this with minmal effect on the
upholstery? Most of the silicon sealant removers seems to be for hard
non-porous surfaces..

Http://www.gesealants.com/sealants/d...ts/cured.shtml

B) Gently try and scrape it off

If it's been smeared on, with force, then the problem is that it's now
behind and in one bit with all the fibers.


C) With chewing gum you can freeze it and then knock it off (use one of
these pipe freezing cans as used in plumbing). Might work on silicone
sealant as well.

Won't work at all, unfortunately.
Silicone is used for stuff that has to be flexible at low temperatures.

ON 2nd thoughts this may not be Silicone sealant. We've just had double
glazing installed and this splodge was not noticed until my wife
started cleaning the sofas after the installers had gone. She felt with
her fingers something not quite right at that spot and tried wiping it
- then it turned white as she tried. Now as far as I know, the sealant
they were using was white whether set or not - so she would have seen
it first anyway. I didn't see them use any clear sealant. I did notice
a spill of some sort of liquid on the window sill, just after they
left, and with a bit of imagination it could very well be respomsible
for the splodge stuff on the sofa which was about 3 feet away. NO idea
what it was - though it may have either been the glue they use (it
seemed a bit runny for that) or the stuff they used for cleaning the
pvc after they had installed it. Any ideas ?

Ta

"SteveG" wrote in message
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ON 2nd thoughts this may not be Silicone sealant. We've just had double
glazing installed and this splodge was not noticed until my wife
started cleaning the sofas after the installers had gone. She felt with
her fingers something not quite right at that spot and tried wiping it
- then it turned white as she tried. Now as far as I know, the sealant
they were using was white whether set or not - so she would have seen
it first anyway. I didn't see them use any clear sealant. I did notice
a spill of some sort of liquid on the window sill, just after they
left, and with a bit of imagination it could very well be respomsible
for the splodge stuff on the sofa which was about 3 feet away. NO idea
what it was - though it may have either been the glue they use (it
seemed a bit runny for that) or the stuff they used for cleaning the
pvc after they had installed it. Any ideas ?


Why not ring the DG firm and ask them to come and look at it, hopefully
before you pay the final balance for the work done!

HTH

John