Does Fire Residue Always Ruin Decorative Metal, China, and Glass Household Goods?

1/27/2022 (Permalink)

SERVPRO is here to evaluate, clean & restore your treasured possessions.

Open a Clear Channel of Communication with SERVPRO About How Much You Value Heavily Soiled Personal Property After Fire Damage in San Antonio--We Have Solutions

Little escapes the residues created by a residential kitchen fire. The soot produced by superheated food and burning oils is "protein-based," a particularly malodorous coating that might appear nearly transparent but tightly adheres to and tarnishes and discolors surfaces, including solid decorative objects or household goods. Failing to remove the soot permits the residues' corrosive action to amplify, destroying possessions with both personal and monetary worth. 

Where Can I Find a Restoration Company that Listens to Me?

When fire damages your San Antonio home, you already feel incredibly out of control. "Normal" disappears in an instant. Although you are grateful for the response, the firefighters take charge. They follow the best practices of their vocation, which often cause unintentional damage in their quest to save your home's structure. When they are finished extinguishing the fire, your task is finding a pathway back to the "normal" lost when the blaze began. Let us partner with you on that search. 

Can Severely Soiled Items Be Restored?

When the SERVPRO team arrives, one of our guiding principles is to listen to you. We want to know your priorities, including your concerns about what made your house's structure a home. Protein-based residues can be removed from treasured possessions using specialized products and equipment. While the articles' underlying composition is intact, not melted by heat or broken underfoot during first responder response, we show promising results by:

• Using immersion techniques with solvents, then agitation with brushes to remove loosened residues
• Employing ultrasonic cleaning, which creates superheated jets of microbubbles in solution to "blast" the residues away

Advanced training of SERVPRO of Braun Station's production facility technicians ensures articles packed out for evaluation, cleaning, and restoration receive services based on industry best practices. Call us at (210) 267-2159 to explore your options.