Alright, I have two area rugs to clean and they are both the same size 5x6's and are New Zealand Wool. One of the rugs has a nice size orange Tang spill on it. Anyone know how I would go about taking the stain out of this rug? Cleaning these are going to suck but that isn't the issue. The issue is the orange Tang. I'll post a pic tonight of the stain on the area rug too. Need Advice and quickly!
Red Relief for wool The only product I would try on it is Pro's Choice Red Relief for wool. I would actually call them on this before you do anything and talk to them. (800) 368-1247) These sound like they may be rather expensive rugs so you will want to test whatever you use in an inconspicuous place before you use it. I'm not sure what is in tang that gives it the orange color, but my bet is on a food dye. You need to use a lot of caution on this job or you might be buying that rug. You might even consider getting them to sign a waiver in case you actually make things worse or the stain doesn't come out. The dyes in wool rugs are easier to remove than in a synthetic rug. http://www.proschoice.com/html/red_relief_wool.html You said you need advice quickly. My best advice on this is not to rush it or you could be very sorry.
Thank you for the advice. I'll call Pro's Choice first thing on Monday and ask them what they would recommend. Unfortunetly I do not have the Red Relief for Wool either but I would be able to get some by Wednesday. Thank you, Thank You,
I just picked these two rugs up. They are 5x7 white shag 50% Wool, 27% Cotton and 23% Jute. This doesn't sound like a great combination to be working with. The rugs are $199.00 at World Market. Ideas now?
Wool and cotton are very absorbent fibers. Since the stain did not come out with normal cleaning attempts, I think they were never protected. This will be a difficult stain to remove or completely remove. Talk with your customer. Are they willing to pay for the ATTEMPT to correct this? If color is removed or some other damage occurs, will they accept that p[ossibility? If you decide to proceed, the idea of Red Relief for Wool is good. Another option for a reducer is RedZONE. Dilute RedZONE by pre-wetting the carpet with a little water. Give the products time to work rather than speeding them up with heat. Be ready to rinse and neutralize if you see any objectionable change happening. It can be neutralized with an acid such as Fab Set or CTI's CSS or flushed out with water.
If Scotts idea doesn't work, call Pro's Choice. Craig Jasper did a great demo on natural fiber. It took some time but worked.
What I did was take a hydramaster upholstery tool and lightly vacuumed by hand all shag on the rugs which were 5X7's. Then I filled my HydraForce .50 gallon sprayer with Adjust 2 and sprayed the shag rug. I then took my brush and swept the Adjust2 into rug then 2 extraction passes and 1 dry pass. Then I dried fast with fans and we have clean rugs. Last night I went to check on the spot of tang and the woman had actually used something prior to me because I could smell it. Oxyclean or something like. Well, as I felt the backing it was still damp as I went to bed last night so I put a axial air mover on it and this morning I came out and the tang was gone and there is a very light color differential where the spot was compared to rest of rug. Very happy and I am sure they will be too.
When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up so I could get all the tang I wanted.:bigsmiley:
Just like that movie with the astronauts and the asteroid blazing towards Earth and they go to the club....and
Well, Under natural light the orange tan was still very noticeable. What I am trying now is Red Relief and I tried it one one fiber first and it turned like a yellowish green and over 30 min it faded in color dramatically. I am now attempting this on the majority of the stain and hopeing for the best. Keep your fingers crossed.
Well, the Red Relief did its job with removing the orange Tang. After I sprayed the Red Relief on the large stain the stain turned from orange to a greenish yellow and pretty much stayed that way all day even while it dried in the nice hot 90 degree sunny day. Only after I extracted with warm water did the greenish yellow disappear and now I have a very white 8 inch spot compared to a dirtyish rest of rug. The difference in color is not attributed to me though. I spoke with owner this morning and she used OxyWoolite on it so what I am thinking is that that took away some of the color in the oatmeal colored rug. Drying now and will deliver to customer tonight.
Scott got the jib on this; I would go word for word on his advice. This can cost you a rug or a cup or 2 of chems.
