Upholstery cleaning problems

Upholstery cleaning and some problems I have been asked to correct.

Sometimes I am asked if it is possible to make good poor attempts at cleaning upholstery by someone else. Damage is damage, but where in the following examples it was just bad cleaning, yes it is possible.

The client was told that as this was a velvet type fabric it could not be cleaned properly? Here you can see damage caused by spotting.

This was a synthetic velvet pile and so could be wet cleaned without the problems of pile distortion.

The next example is one of using the same detergents that would of been used for cleaning carpets. The ph in the chemical was to harsh for the fabric, combined with lack of technique and the failure to rinse the residue out properly. If detergents are left in the fabric they will become stiff and matted to the touch.

 

On the picture below is the same problem, but the original spots have not been removed either.

Spots and stains gone and fabric being restored.