Bridgepoint

Bridgepoint is a chemistry range built around a system rather than a shelf of individual products. Prespray, rinse and spotter are formulated to work together, and the results are more consistent when they are used that way.

CCW carries the range across presprays, traffic lane cleaners, acid and low-pH rinses, spotters, protectors and deodorisers.

It includes the Flex range — Traffic Lane Cleaner, ICE low-pH powder rinse, FIRE, and Flex Powder with Citrus Solv; Avenge stain remover and heavy duty fabric prespray; Bio Break with Citrus Solv and Bio-Release enzyme urine treatment; the All Solv solvents including the vandalism aerosol; PIG for paint, ink and grease; Red Zone Ready and Coffee Stain Remover; Urine Stain Remover and Urine Neutralizer (formerly TCU); Hydrocide XTreme; Maxim S.O.S. protector; and the Hydro-Force Viper range.

How to choose

Prespray and rinse should be a pair. An alkaline prespray needs an acid or low-pH rinse to bring the fibre back and avoid residue. Mixing systems is where re-soiling complaints come from.

Check the fibre before the stain. Wool and wool-blend work needs pH-appropriate chemistry regardless of what the stain is. The strongest product is rarely the right one on a natural fibre.

Urine is two problems. The stain and the odour source are treated differently — an enzyme product addresses the deposit, a neutraliser addresses what is left. Bio-Release and Urine Neutralizer are not substitutes for each other.

Solvent spotters need a dwell plan. All Solv and PIG work on contact time, not agitation. Rushing them is the usual reason a solvent spotter appears not to work.

Protector goes on clean, dry fibre. Applied over residue it locks the residue in. Plan it as a separate step with the drying time it needs.

Related: Spotting Chemicals, Carpet Presprays, Carpet Acid Rinses and Protector (Scotchgard).