I received a call from a lady who had a competitor hwe her basement glue-down carpet. It has major browning. It appears to be olefin or an olefin/nylon blend. The guy that cleaned it doesn't typically leave the rugs in a high ph state so I asked her how long it took to dry and she said 2 days. She called the guy back out to fix the carpet and she said he squirted liquid on it and used a "scrubber" machine. She said it looked good until it dried (another 2 days)and turned brown again. One of my regular customers suggested that she call me. I tested a few brown areas by spraying and brushing Hydrox mixed 1:3 and called to check back a couple of days later. The lady says it still looks good so I will use a Cimex with 1 to 3 Hydrox and fan dry to fix the browning. I'll take pictures if I can dig up the camera.

My question is this: I searched the forum for "browning" and read older posts about mixing Releasit with Citric Acid. Does this work better than Hydrox for browning?

I'd still like to find out about mixing Releasit with Citric Acid, but while I stopped home for lunch I want to report that the carpets are dry and the browning is gone. The customers gave me a tip and told me I'll be picking up their oriental rugs soon. Also, I misspoke or misstyped earlier; I mixed the Hydrox at 20 oz per gallon, not 1:3. I did forget the camera - sorry.

Encap-HydrOx. That's all you need. It has a pH of 3.5 in concentrate. And it also contains hydrogen peroxide. It'll knock the socks out of most browning situations.

And Kenny, it's not a good idea to add citric acid to Encap-Clean DS2. DS2 is an alkaline product, and its polymer was intended to reside in an alkaline basis. On the other hand, Encap-HydrOx is built with a unique acid and hydrogen peroxide stable polymer.






Rick Gelinas

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