Carpet Cleaning
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Carpet & Upholstery cleaning - Colour dye and Transfer.
After years of cleaning carpets and upholstery cleaning, I have seen many cases of dye and colour transfer, a recent example was a two seater sofa in Hove, the piece was finished in cream but over the months a strange blue colour had appeared on the arms and cushions.
After asking my customer about the sofa and it’s history, I found out that the furniture had been left in the property for six months whilst the house had been rented out, the tenants were guys in their twenties. The colour was in actual fact from blue jeans, the dye can transfer from clothing to furniture over a period of time, more so if a person has just arrived home on a rainy day (moist jeans will release much more colour the dry ones).
After a thorough vacuum and pre-cleaning treatment, the upholstery was successfully cleaned, all evidence of blue jeans completely removed! much to the relief of our customer.
This problem is also common when wooden furniture that has been through a dying process is placed on moist carpet, an essential part of our business is placing foil or polystyrene blocks under furniture feet after cleaning, it is important to wait until carpeted areas that have been cleaned are completely dry before placing furniture back in their original position. Unlike furniture dye, rust marks from metal feet are relatively easy to remove from carpet and fabric fibres.
Knowing about these pitfalls enable us to achieve better, safer cleaning results, protecting our customers investments throughout their home.
