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What's the best way to avoid wick-backs with ARA

January 5 2003 at 12:26 PM		Steve Lawrence 
When using the Cimex and Spin Vac how would you incorporate the ARA on a beverage spill?

Thanks,
steve

 
 
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Rick Gelinas

Re: What's the best way to avoid wick-backs with ARA

January 5 2003, 12:46 PM 

  1. When we come to a spill stain we isolate the stain - we clean the area surrounding the stain and leave the stain untouched.
  2. Next we aggressively scrub DRY PASSES on the spot. We criss-cross the Cimex back and forth over the stain. We scrub the stain continuously for a full minute or two. We don't want to get the area wet with additional detergent. We're cleaning the spot with minimal moisture. We'll make several dry passes in this manner.
  3. After cleaning the spot thoroughly as described above, we then spray the spot with a several mists of CTI's ARA "Anti-Re-soiling Agent".
  4. Final step: We make a quick dry pass over the treated spot with the Cimex to work the ARA through the fiber.

Spin Vac or Mist & Brush will work pretty well to eliminate recurring spill stains all by itself. But I still use ARA on the bad spills. The reason I continue to use ARA is because it's worked flawlessly for me ever since it came out. "If it ain't broke." This method works!!!



Rick Gelinas

 
 
Steve Lawrence

Re: Re: What's the best way to avoid wick-backs with ARA

January 6 2003, 9:25 AM 

Thanks Rick,
I'll try that. What is the purpose of the one minute dry scrub?

steve

 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: Re: Re: What's the best way to avoid wick-backs with ARA

January 6 2003, 10:13 AM 

The purpose of the one minute dry scrub is twofold, and it's the key to this methods effectiveness...

  1. It's not a totally dry scrub. You're capturing moisture within the pad from the surrounding area as you criss-cross back and forth across the stain. However you're keeping the moisture to an absolute minimum.
  2. By scrubbing for at least a minute you're scrubbing the spill stain EXTREMELY thoroughly.

Folks who have had problems with ARA's effectiveness haven't used it like I've outlined here. The process described here will work.



Rick Gelinas

 
 
Steve Lawrence

Re: Re: Re: Re: What's the best way to avoid wick-backs with ARA

January 9 2003, 10:05 AM 

Thanks Rick!!!!!

steve

 
 
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