Looking for tips on spotting kit
I’ve had my carpet certification for a few months and usually have no issues. But honestly, the people at my company are kinda useless for advice and the class I took only taught me so much.
Mainly im just looking for spotting advice. Like, how do you know if a solvent is volatile or non volatile? I’ve never seen a bottle/jug that actually says that. Basically just have to spray it and see if it evaporates it seems, that’s annoying.
How do you get out really tacky stuff, like gum or kid’s slime? I’ve heard to use citrusolve but that barely seems to do anything.
What do you use as a tannin spotter, and enzyme digester? We’ve got this coffee stain remover stuff that I think is a tannin spotter? Seems to work ish. For enzymes I’ve been using UPS, idk if there’s anything better.
Right now my paltry kit includes matrix spot out, citrusolve, some white powder (mixed with water) stuff my boss calls knock out (seems like a stronger spot out that stinks like hell), UPS, that generic coffee stain remover, and this stuff called red magic that doesn’t seem to work on anything (supposed to get red stains out), honestly I think the bottle is a damn decade old.
I hate it here lol, I want to do a good job but I get no advice and again the class only taught me so much. I think the guy running the class hasn’t cleaned a carpet in 30 years. He spent half the class trying to convince us to take his carpet dying class.
My prespray is flex powder w/ citrusolve, my rinse is blazing blue, which do seem to work great. It’s the spotters that I’m honestly kinda clueless with. No