Anyone had the pleasure?

[Mikey P]

Of using the above device?


I've been using one for spotting work on my rugs.


Sure beats down on my hands and knees with a dang wall paper steamer.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

We had one in our dry cleaning plant. You don't realize how much you miss it until its gone.

 

[Desk Jockey]

My father was in the Laundry & Dry cleaning business for 25-years, eventually working his way to manager before becoming a carpet cleaner.

I use hang out with him and was taught to spot clothing using Streets Picrin, 2-1 and Pre-oil break. Having steam, water and compressed air allowed you to remove a lot of spots pretty effortless.

 

[Hoody]

That's back when Chavez worked for a living.


:mrgreen:

 

[hogjowl]

And how hard can tequila and taco grease be to remove?

 

[Hoody]

LMAO!

Why types of stains have you been able to successfully remove with that tool Mikey ?

 

[Desk Jockey]

Damm! :mrgreen:

I wonder if it would it would work to get rid of you two stains!

 

[rhyde]

you should be able to remove most spots in the wash

 

[Mikey P]

I've only used it on existing fringe stains, bleeds and stuff that did not come out in the wash.

Some red ink yesterday. The fringe was too white after I was done so I evened it out with some decaf.

 

[Greenie]

picrin sounds like strepene?

similar function?

smell like rotten eggs?

 

[harryhides]

picrin sounds like strepene?

similar function?

smell like rotten eggs?

No, it's a solvent more like Tri-Chlor which was banned a few years ago.

A lot of our industriy's technical gurus came out of the dry-cleaning world like, Lee Pemberton and Jeff Bishop whose father and uncles ran several dry-cleaning ops. Stain removal and spotting techniques have changed little from the 1920's. I flipped through an old spotting guide from that era once and it was all so familiar.

 

[Desk Jockey]

It was a Streets product, a chlorinated solvent, 111-Trichloroethane.

Awesome primary spotter, removed grease, inks, oil spills with no rings, no rinsing. It flushed out other oil spotters. Dried rapidly!

Bad for you on the list of carcinogens, I'm sure it's the cause of my brain damage.....I was normal before working with it for years.

 

[Jimmy L]

Will it get out those ever so mysterious brown and yellow stains from my underwear?


:shock:

 

[Desk Jockey]

I thought you didn't wear underwear?

No, just buy brown pants and you'll be fine! :mrgreen:

 

[The Great Oz]

We had one in our dry cleaning plant. You don't realize how much you miss it until its gone.

Amen.

A very fast and low-risk way to remove dyebleed and other stains. I now use a US Products vacuum plate and a portable steamer, and wet steam just isn't the same.

In case anyone wants to buy a spotting board, know that you need a steam boiler, compressed air and a healthy vacuum to run it. Also, the ones available used are usually pretty rusty inside and would need significant clean-up.