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To the general more experienced team,
One type stain that I have never been able to get out is wood stain/furniture stain left by planters or wood furniture. If any of you have had success please let me know your steps.
Thanks in advance.
My experience has been that the wood stain remover that we have works about 40% of the time. (Allot of variables). However I know of no one else that even has a wood stain remover.
Potted plant stains… For me one of the best thing to start with is rust remover. Start at a small part of it and experiment. For me rust remover has worked great.
Note: Soils (dirt) are are not the same every where.
I agree with Gordo on the soil being different in certain areas. Like here in South Texas, being close to the coast, we find our “dirt” to be sandy almost like the beach considering we are an hour from the beach. On the potted soil stains, I usually am successful with protein remover. But you are talking about wood stains, sorry, got off track here. I have had no success with them. I see different types of wood stains and various degrees. Some are brown, obviuosly, and some are cherry wood color. I tried red dye remover on the cherry wood stain, or I should say a cherry finish, to no avail. Sorry bro.
Best luck I’ve had with wood stain is using the wood stain remover when the spot is completely dry. Spray it on, cover it with plastic wrap and you’re done. Tell the customer to remove the plastic wrap the next day and blot the spot with some water or our spotter. This process doesn’t work very well when the spot is in a room you have to clean. I’ve had maybe 10-20% success rate overall. Wood stain does not play nice and I usual let the customer know the spot is probably there for good. Agree with Gordon and Mike that many variables exist.
Agree w/ above when stain comes from furiture, however; when wood stain is spilled from a can, I have a 100% success rate. No plastic is needed in this case. Simply apply, let dwell a few minutes and flush. Customers nearly crap when they see it disappear.
Brian,
What do you mean by wood stain “spilled from a can?” I don’t believe I’ve seen that.Thanks,
Mike
First, let’s make this point clear. The only complete idiots in the carpet cleaning business, are the ones that didn’t go with Heaven’s Best!
Second, Wood stain accidently spilled out of the cantainer on to the carpet came out 100% says Sir Gov. Sutton.
Third, Carefully read the proceedures manual on each product with concerns.
Forth, almost all products work a little different in each area. Soils with clay, chemicals like clorene, floride, pesticides, or anything else in the water. Type, age, use, and care of carpet, (miss spilled words) all are contributing factors. (not the miss spelled words)
Not everything that is prefect in La Grande, Oregon is perfect anywhere else and vice-a-versa. Some practice and/or further questions are some times required.Fifth, Vote for Cody Howard for president of the United States! Not really, but believe Cody cares about each one of you, your family, and your success. The caring doesn’t stop with Cody. We have the Best! We are the Best! In this franchise we are not here to see through one another but to see one another through. It is the same with how we treat our customers.
Sixth, review first through fifth, re-evaluate and go from there!
Brian,
I get it now. You meant the brown liquid used to apply on wood furniture – wood stain in a can. I guess I was just drawing a blank a couple of nights ago. Boy is my face red!Mike
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