Furniture

[Perry]

It was here that I searched for a better vlm way of cleaning furniture,and the way Mike used a cyclo,punch & a towel to clean office chairs has worked for me,tried it on reg.furnitre,works like a charm.

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[Mike M]

Works great on most upholstery.

Just be aware of those that can't take the moisture or agitation.

[OldCarpetVet]

Upholstery is my main source of work. I too use the Cyclo, white, cotton towels and Crystal Dry on every piece I do. Now, for those fabrics that are percieved to be "Dry Clean Only", do what I do....Have a bucket filled with your favorite cleaning solution, drop the white, cotton towels into the bucket, wring them out and go to town. Outside of just vacuuming, or doing nothing at all, this method is the safest "wet" method for cleaning ultra fine fabric upholstery.  Granted, not as affective, but sometimes it's the only choice you have.

REMEMBER: Your customer is not only paying you to Clean their upholstery, but also paying you to NOT RUIN IT!  Just remember that.

[Mo]

I was forced to use low moisture on a synthetic lazy boy last week, my 3 gallon spotter quit working. I thought It might have been a lose wire. Flipped the switch and the vac didn't turn on. What the hell first my MS sprayer pump goes out no this.

The chair had quite a few blood spots I sprayed code green on it and brushed it  in with a horsehair brush but is didn't budge the blood spots. I sprayed the spots with HP and they just fizzled and disappeared, I had to spray a couple of them some more until they stopped fizzing toweled dry came out great

[ChemBright]

I am down to just using my 2 gallon spotting machine for upholstery since my Vapor machine went out and I blew up my upholstery tool with my porty (dont ask). A VLM upholstery cleaning method (besides when I used my vapor machine) sounds interesting. I have never had the need or desire to look more into it but now since I am limited and don't want to fork out a few hundred for a new upholstery tool I may just have to keep a closer eye on this thread and see if I can learn something new.

[OldCarpetVet]

I am down to just using my 2 gallon spotting machine for upholstery since my Vapor machine went out and I blew up my upholstery tool with my porty (dont ask). A VLM upholstery cleaning method (besides when I used my vapor machine) sounds interesting. I have never had the need or desire to look more into it but now since I am limited and don't want to fork out a few hundred for a new upholstery tool I may just have to keep a closer eye on this thread and see if I can learn something new.

I've got news for ya.....You'd be AMAZED how much dirt and crud you can get off a sofa with just your encap solution and 100% white cotton towels. I do a ton of upholstery cleaning...TONS!  Lots of soot.  And when I'm done,  I have very happy customers. No complaints....No remaining solis. Try it.

You really don't need to spend a lot of money on equipment for upholstery. You have to remember that fabric is very, very thin (low) compared to carpet. All that needs to be applied is a very fine mist and wipe vigorusly with your cotton towels, but with little presure.... That's important.  You will notice some fabrics will still feel kinda dry after you applied your cleaning solution. Jaquards, for example, are famous for that. Just go easy with the amount you spray at first. You can always increase the amount you apply later. Plus, using cotton towels pretty much prevents you from ruining any fabric. Just make sure you have A Lot of towels. Me....I have literally, thousands of them.  But I use them so much, so.......................

Just try it. Let me know how ya did. I'm always interested.

[Cleantech]

 

have you tried the terry pad covers for over top of your brushes on your cyclo?

i most often scrub with the gray ultra soft then once agitated go over it quickly with the cottons

works wonders

[OldCarpetVet]

have you tried the terry pad covers for over top of your brushes on your cyclo?

i most often scrub with the gray ultra soft then once agitated go over it quickly with the cottons

works wonders

Yep! I have them too. They're great.  However when dealing with soot removal like I come across every day, they won't cut it until most of the soot is removed. They get too dirty, too fast with and not enough coverage. But for regular, ole soil removel, they're fantastic. 

BTW....my Cyclo is about  12-15 years old (still looks new). I noticed on an auto detailing website, the new Cyclos have some sort of a counter-balancer. Does yours have that? Mine don't.