Alright, for you blokes over there, odor problem.

Encapped an office last night.

Called them this morning, they were rapt at the difference, EXCEPT.........(dontcha' just hate that word??), upon entering the office, you are immediately confronted by the Director of First Impressions, (Receptionist).

All of the office is perfect, EXCEPT under this receptionists desk.

Last night, there were a pair of high heel shoes there, not there today.

The smell was like stale sweat.

My opinion was that whoever had been sitting at this desk, for quite some time, was in the habit of removing their shoes, and sweat from their feet was impregnated into the carpet, a polyprop;

I figured the encap must have penetrated the carpet, moistening the sweat, allowing it to off-gas, nastily.

I have since rinsed, treated, rinsed and extracted with a spotting machine, it is up on the 15th floor, so the t/m was out of the question.

Waiting for the verdict tomorrow.

What would you have done??

Any other suggestions as to what you think may have caused this odor??

Cheers,

Shorty.

Shorty,

I would add a few drops of Tea Tree to your cleaning mixture. Twenty drops or so per gallon of detergent mixture will knock out just about any scent. It's highly effective. There's some Tea Tree in our formulas already. But adding a little more for problem situations is a great way to correct an odor problem. Tea tree will tackle most scents very successfully. Wouldn't you expect something that comes from Australian to work successfully?



Rick Gelinas
encapman

Most things I've seen down under, get "knocked out". LOL

I had Tea Tree oil in the tank, but this was rank, just like old joggers after a ten mile run, or "toe jam".

Cheers,

Shorty.

I'm with Rick on this one. I have been using more tee tree oil on odour problems over the last two months with great sucess.

I would have started just as you did to flush out the oils that caused the odor. I am not as big a fan of tea tree oil as Rick. I just don't care for the odor of the TT oil. I would apply Hydrocide after the flushing. Hydrocide works well on odors from organic source. That includes decomposing body oils.

Scott Warrington

Scott Warrington
Tech support Bridgepoint & Interlink Supply

The Bridgepoint product that you mentioned Scott sounds like a good product. But it's also kind of pricey at $35 a quart. By comparison, Tea Tree is also an effective treatment which costs very little to use at a dilution of 20 drops or so per gallon. Plus it's all natural. I like using natural and simple alternatives wherever I can. But as they say, there's more than one way to skin a cat.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

Rick, this is an employment office, up on the 15th floor.

I don't think they skin cats there??

But I may be wrong.

Cheers,

Shorty.

LOL
That was good Shorty




Rick Gelinas
encapman