The most effective way to clean curtains is to carry out the work on-site in the room, this avoids taking the room out of service.

We use a purpose built Ultimate PB111 Dry Cleaning Unit which consists of a solution Tank, a 40 psi pump, an inline heat exchanger, a vacuum motor and a recovery tank. The solution tank is filled with a white spirit based cleaning solution which contains emulsifiers, deodorisers and optical brighteners, there are fed via a pump through the heat exchanger which brings the solution up to operating temperature, but ensures that the solution in the tank stays at room temperature. The heater solution is then transported to the cleaning head.

This is a hand held device which, by way of a control valve, allows the cleaning solution to be sprayed on to the material to be cleaned at a sufficient pressure to make sure the solutions penetrates the fabric. Soil in the fabric is held in suspension in the solution which is then sucked out of the fabric through an aperture in the cleaning head and back into the holding tank in the cleaning machine.

The recovered solution can, when the holding tank is full, be emptied into a container to be transported off the site and be disposed of.

An exhaust hose is fitted to the cleaning machine so that any fumes can be vented outside and thus reducing the amount of vapour in the air.

Particular individual stains may require an additional appropriate spot cleaner to be applied to them prior to the cleaning in order to facilitate their removal.

Normal drying times for this type of cleaning are between 30 minutes and one hour depending on the fabric weight of the curtains being cleaned.

Providing it is possible to open a window in the room any odour or vapour from the cleaning process will have dispersed by the time the fabric has dried.

In a typical day we could clean 15 rooms of curtains or 10 rooms if we were to clean all items of furniture, carpets and curtains.

Please email or fax your enquiry and we will reply with a detailed quotation.