Olefin Carpet Preconditioner / Prespray / Traffic Lane Spotter

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Olefin Preconditioner / Prespray / Traffic Lane Spotter for Cleaning Dirty Olefin Carpets

Olefin fibers are frequently difficult to clean because of their tenacious affinity for oils. In fact, olefin (sometimes called polypropylene) is so oily itself that it's the only carpet fiber that floats in water. Bane-Clene Olefin Pre-Conditioner is a super-concentrated formulation of uniquely balanced surfactants built to emulsify and break down heavily compacted oil and grease. Use it as a traffic lane spotter or prespray for oily soils, especially on olefin carpet.

Features and Benefits

• Super-concentrated surfactant blend that emulsifies and breaks down heavily compacted oil and grease.
• Especially effective in traffic lanes and other hard to clean areas, particularly on olefin and berber carpet.
• Contains no phosphates, nitrates, Butyl Cellosolve or cationics.
• Works commercially and residentially.
• Also cleans heavily soiled nylon carpet.
• Highly concentrated, use as little as 1:30 with water.

Directions

• Keep out of reach of children.
• Read label directions and cautions before using.
• Always test on a hidden or inconspicuous area first.
• Pre-vacuum.
• Test all fabrics for colorfastness.
• Heavy oily soils: Mix 10 parts water to 1 part product in a stainless steel sprayer. If using an injection sprayer preset at 1:10, add to the jug undiluted. Allow at least 15 minutes before cleaning.
• For extremely soiled loop-pile, agitate with a deck brush or a low-speed buffer and soft carpet brush.
• Light to moderate soil: Use at 1:30 with water and apply the diluted mixture to the carpet.
• For the digesting action to work effectively, extended contact time and agitation may be needed in severe cases.
• Extraction clean with PCA Formula 5 (or PCA Formula 4 for heavily soiled commercial carpet).
• Apply carpet protector to reduce the attraction of oil to olefin fibers.

Related Information and Articles

• Berber Style Carpet
• Chemistry of Carpet Cleaning Chemicals
• Olefin Fiber
• Presprays / Traffic Lane Spotters

Video: What are Carpet Cleaning Presprays, Pretreatments or Traffic Lane Spotters?

A traffic lane spotter or prespray like Olefin Preconditioner is a pretreatment applied to specific carpet areas ahead of extraction. This video is an excerpt from a "Chemistry of Cleaning" training class conducted by Donald Terry, Bane-Clene's chemist, at the Bane-Clene Training Center.