Sierra Clean Care
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I was in the shop today cleaning area rugs. My go to cleaner is either Releasit DS2, LST cleaner, or for the really dirty ones, standard prespray.
We did a series of rugs, both synthetic and wool, and on the last rug, got a VERY odd reaction to the cleaner being used (DS2 fed through a Cimex).
The fringe had a wine stain, and other than that, very little soiling. (Cotton fringe)
I mixed up my go to wine stain remover (2 capfuls of color safe bleach to a quart of water).
Immediately, the fringe went from white to very browned out looking….
Like the reaction happened in less than 30 seconds.
I kinda panicked, and for uniformity, sprayed the remaining fringe length.
My question is this; if a rug has been treated with a insecticide (for moths) as an example, would it be possible to have this reaction?
Is it possible to reverse this reaction?
And no, this rug has never been cleaned prior to this….
I’ve never seen this before in 13 years of doing rugs…
We did a series of rugs, both synthetic and wool, and on the last rug, got a VERY odd reaction to the cleaner being used (DS2 fed through a Cimex).
The fringe had a wine stain, and other than that, very little soiling. (Cotton fringe)
I mixed up my go to wine stain remover (2 capfuls of color safe bleach to a quart of water).
Immediately, the fringe went from white to very browned out looking….
Like the reaction happened in less than 30 seconds.
I kinda panicked, and for uniformity, sprayed the remaining fringe length.
My question is this; if a rug has been treated with a insecticide (for moths) as an example, would it be possible to have this reaction?
Is it possible to reverse this reaction?
And no, this rug has never been cleaned prior to this….
I’ve never seen this before in 13 years of doing rugs…
