I use Larry's Solvent based Ultraseal for most applications. This past Thursday I cleaned for a lady who wanted the Ultraseal applied. No problem...did the job...got paid...left with a check and another happy customer.

Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock the customer calls. "I spilled a full glass of bloody mary on my carpet. I just let it dry in a puddle because I didn't want to mess it up. Can you come by and clean it for me tomorrow?"

I said sure and in my head was thinking "this could be fun".

When I arrived at eight o'clock this morning, sure enough there was a large dried puddle of bloody mary right next to the chair. I started to work breaking up as much as I could so that I could vaccum it out and found that the ENTIRE puddle pulled loose from the carpet IN ONE PIECE!!!! No color left in the carpet. I did go ahead and rinse the spot just for my own satisfaction, but I could not believe how well the Ultraseal had protected the customers carpet after hours of bright red tomato juice sitting in a puddle. I added another cheerleader to my list of customers....and Larry can add one to his list too!

I am glad to read this, I just bought a gallon to try it.

IMPRESSIVE!

Where do you buy it?

Is it for furniture too?

How does it stack up against Teflon?

Is it safe/non-toxic?

1. Buy it HERE

2. Yes for furniture also.

3. Better than Teflon by far, as it is a solvent.

4. Is there any such an animal as a safe/non-toxic protectant ? I don't know of any...

If you only want the best (like me) then Buy it, it's the best out there, period.

¢¢

Thanks for answering the questions for me Ken...All the correct answers. I've been out working and selling UltraSeal.

Best stuff we've tested, by far.

Iam waiting for Larry to send me a sample of it. I have not ask for it but maybe he will see this and he will send me some! LOL
I have heard good things about this product.


steve lillard

Great Info - Thanks.

Nice price, too!

Another question - I have heard that applying solvent-based protectors to something wet-cleaned (in this case, carpet) is not as effective as water-based protectors. Something about the wet fibers repel the solvents, causing inadequate coverage.

Your thoughts on that??

I'm not 100% sure on this but I think the moisture in the carpet actually helps to dispurse the chemical more evenly, and of course it should always be groomed in to be most effective. I have always applied it immediately after cleaning. I believe applying any protector to dry fibers requires a much heavier application in order to achieve adequate coverage.

Mr. Thurman is correct.

Also another benefit to applying a solvent protector to a freshly cleaned carpet, is it will cut the dry time down, usually by ~50%. It speeds up the evaporation process.

So if you're normally getting say 4 hour dry times, you can expect somewhere around 2 hours with it applied...at least this is in my own experiences, anyway.

KL

Just a little clarification:

Solvent-based protectors displace water on most fiber types. So they can be applied to damp carpet with even coverage.

Compared to water-based protectors

Larry Cobb

P.S. Thanks for the info, Ricky. PCRA has a Business Negotiation meeting in July you might want to attend.

Modified By Larry Cobb on 6/19/2006 at 7:59 PM

Ricky does Larry have you on the payroll?


Golden Boy

Lol....I can't believe we made it to the 11th reply before we got the big question.
But no.
I've never even met Larry. Never been to his store (I'm only about 70 miles from him). Tim is who I deal with. And no he didn't give any kickbacks either.

I had the same luck last week. Applied it on some white wool. Homeowner drops a glass desk on his toe, severs it, and bleeds throught out the house. Wife is PO'ed about her carpet and calls me at 11PM to clean it. I told her to take hubby to the ER and I will be over at 8 AM. It just fushed out with the wand with no prespray, no nothing. Didn't even warm up the TM.


It sells itself.

How does it smell? Sounds like good stuff.

If I were Larry I'd increase the price by 20% tomorrow on this miracle protector.

LOL

Funny thing is...it would still sell.

Greenie

It is solvent, and that can be a factor in some cases. However I use the analogy of "oil-based paint". It is sometimes a good tradeoff between the inherent odor and flammability to get a premium result.

It stinks just like any other solvent....but it doesn't hang around long. I've used others and I don't think its quite as bad as a lot em them out there.

He does have an Ultraseal Lo Odor version...same great protection, but with less odor...it's what I use as I did have an elderly lady that was quite vocal about the odor.

Since switching to the 'Lo' version, no complaints.

KL

IMHO Larry like to test all chems and products before he sells them. He believes in what he sells.
Now, I would fire the tech who applied the protector. He did not give proper spill clean up. If a cheaper product was applied a permanet stain could have occured/