Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 04, 2010 10:19 am CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 10Sep 22, 2014 9:52 am As royalblue has alluded to, we really need to wait and see what happens with this carpet over a period of time. It may very well be true that some sales reps haven't heard about any of the problems with it - but as a carpet cleaner, we see this stuff all the time, and there are some cleaning challenges with triexta. I guess one thing the consumer needs to understand is the difference between stain resistance, and soil resistance. Triexta is very good at resisting dye stains. These include urine colouring, cordial, coffee, tea and softdrink colourings etc. But don't think for a minute that this carpet won't get dirty. It absorbs oil quite readily. Oils come from the bottom of feet (body oils), pet skin and fur, the bottom of shoes, food spills, air pollution etc. Place a drop of oil on your kitchen benchtop for a day, and have a look at how much dust it will accumulate - after only one day! Once dust/dirt/soil has "stuck" or bound to the carpet fibre by oils, it won't readily vacuum up. And don't let the sales people fool you into thinking water will clean it. Water "may" remove the dust - but water and oil don't mix, so the oils will continue to collect dust and dirt like a magnet until they are removed. The only way to do this is with detergents. I've written an article about the cleaning of SmartStrand IQ after encountering a number of carpet cleaners on various forums etc who were really struggling to either a) clean this carpet at all OR b) had multiple re-visits to customers homes due to re-occurring stains (usually within days or a week of cleaning). I helped out one of the recommended HN carpet cleaners as well, as he had gotten to the end of his tether trying to clean triexta and dealing with re-occurring stains. The article can be found on my blog at http://www.mightyclean.com.au and goes into some technical depth. Au revoir. Phil M. 1 11012 1 15766 they can, it's a fairly standard solution when the slab isn't recessed. the falls need to be in the main floor, if it hasn't been done then you need to ask them to redo… 4 6595 |