What to do about stains when encapping

[Warren Wallace]

When you are encapping a job what do you do when you have stains prespray or what ?Im am
new to this type of cleaning method would apreciate any help thanks Warren

 

[hogjowl]

Re: question for you encap users ?

I seldom come across any spills that my encap. prespray will not clean out. So, since I prespray everything anyway, it normally takes no extra steps. If I shower fed my prespray, it wouldn't make any difference.

When I run into chewing gum, ink, or red stains, I have an encap. formula for that too.

Call Vacaway.com and get their products.

 

[Jimmy L]

Re: question for you encap users ?

Encap is not a method.

It falls under one of 5 methods called , SHAMPOO.
Something old (SHAMPOO) is renamed ENCAPSULATION to better market the chem.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Re: question for you encap users ?

When Shampooing (Encapsulation, is that better James?)
We follow Rick Gelinas' remedy and it has always worked so far.

We normally use Releasit but have also used Hot Knife when prespraying was needed.

Here is what Rick suggests, hope this was ok to reprint???
If not sorry!

How To Stop Recurring Spill Stains:

If you will follow these steps TO THE LETTER, your spots should NOT return. We have cleaned millions upon millions of square feet (miles) of carpet and have treated an unimaginable number of spill stains with this technique --- and it works.

TAKE YOUR TIME. And follow these steps carefully...

1. When approaching a spill stain, isolate the stain and thoroughly scrub the carpet surrounding the stain with the encapsulation detergent, leaving the stain untouched. DON'T SCRUB THE SPOT - LEAVE IT DRY.

2. Next, aggressively scrub dry passes over the spot. Criss-cross the scrubber back and forth over the stain and continue to scrub continuously for a full minute or two.

We don't want to get the area wet with any additional detergent. This way, the spot is being aggressively cleaned with minimal moisture.

This is not a totally dry scrub; moisture is captured from the surrounding area and is drawn across the spot as the scrubber criss-crosses back and forth over the stain. However, the moisture is being kept to an absolute minimum.

By scrubbing for a full minute or two, the spill stain is receiving an extremely thorough scrubbing.

3. Prepare a spray bottle of a good crystallizing encapsulation detergent and mix the spray bottle 50/50 with water and detergent. This is an exceptionally effective spill stain remedy.

After scrubbing the spot thoroughly as described above, spray the spot with a few squirts of the encapsulation stain mixture.

4. The final step is to make one final quick dry pass over the treated spot with the scrubber to work the concentrated encapsulator down into the fiber. Now the spot won't return!


This trick for eliminating recurring spill stains transformed our carpet cleaning business. It enabled us to sell "Spot Free" cleaning to our commercial clients. Our customers LOVE it, since nobody has ever been able to remove them as effectively before. The only time we have a problem is when one of our technicians cuts corners and spends less time than they he should have. If they don't spend at least a full minute or two DRY scrubbing each individual spot first - the process is not gonna work.

These steps WILL work for you, providing that they are followed very carefully. In your case, I'd suggest going back and really take plenty of time on each spot, I'm 100% certain that you can eliminate them, because everybody is successful with this procedure for removing recurring spill stains.
Rick Gelinas