I got called into a large Jewish center to clean a 30 year old wall hanging in place. It was wool and hand made. Could NOT get to wet as the backing was very dry. I vaced it really good and it looked ok. I then applied some spin vac and brushed in with a horse hair brush - let dry and vaced again. What a HUGE difference! You could see how much brighter it was from all the way down the hall. They loved it. $250.00 and took about 20 minutes of actual cleaning.

Bob,

That's the first time that I've heard of SV being used for that. Kudos!

BTW - $250 for 20 minutes of work comes to a rate of $750 per hour. It's too bad you can't generate that kind of income every hour.

It's your aptitude as a cleaning professional that they were purchasing and apparently were delighted with.


This reminds me of the story about Pablo Picasso...

In the charming French resort town of Nice, an American woman named Joan was shopping in the open-air market one morning when she saw a man who resembled the renowned artist Pablo Picasso. As Joan neared the elderly yet energetic fellow, she grew more certain that he was indeed the great painter and one of her idols.

With trepidation Joan approached the man and asked him, "Excuse me, but aren't you Pablo Picasso?"

"That's right," he answered softly.

Excitement began to exude from every pore of Joan's being. She told him, "I don't mean to disturb you, sir, but I am one of your biggest fans. Is there any way you would be willing to take just a few minutes and do a simple sketch of me? I'd be happy to pay you."

Picasso stepped back a foot or two, studied the woman's features, and then, after appropriate deliberation, answered with a smile, "Yes, I will."

Joan nearly swooned. Picasso picked up his sketchpad from the foot of a fruit stand and the two walked to a nearby sidewalk café where they claimed a quiet table off to the side. Picasso opened his pad, reached into his jacket pocket for a small piece of charcoal, and went to work. Fifteen minutes later he turned the pad around and showed Joan his finished work. It was spectacular, an authentic Picasso, and of her!
Joan took the portrait, embraced it, and thanked the master profusely. Then she opened her purse to find her checkbook and asked, "How much will that be?"

$5,000," Picasso answered in a matter-of-fact way.

Joan's jaw dropped. "$5,000? But, sir, the picture took you only 15 minutes to draw."

"No, madam," he answered quite seriously. "You don't understand. The painting took me 80 years and 15 minutes to draw."



Rick Gelinas

If spin vac was gentle enough for that wall hanging wouldn't it work well on upholstery? Especially those problem children like cotton? Has anyone done it? If so how didn it work for you?
I assume all you have to is pre vac really well, spray, scrub, dry and vac. Collect the cash and smile?

I have tried this on some ligtly soiled upholstery and it did work.

I've used Crystal Dry from Whittaker many, many times on Upholstery. Works great, and fast. We do a Buffet restaurant monthly, and while I do the Carpet, My GirlFriend uses Crystal Dry in a pump up, and a stiff nylon brush to clean all the booths.
Takes her about an hour and a half to do 28 booths.

Tom

Sounds a lot easier and faster than HWE or other methods. I believe Spin Vac is just about neutral in the Ph. I may give a try sometime and see how it works.