[wynne jones]

It's only because it's relative to carpets. When you think what some people do for a living we have it pretty easy.

When you don't need to do them though, you can just put your prices up to make it a pleasure.

[Craigp]

Derek, yes I sometimes get MMF in deltoids.

Fabric restorer. Agitation, CFR. 5"

(Momentary muscular failure) for those not familiar with training terms 

[derek west]

Derek, yes I sometimes get MMF in deltoids.

Fabric restorer. Agitation, CFR. 5"

(Momentary muscular failure) for those not familiar with training terms 

never got on with fabric restorer. tested it once along side 4 other chems on an acrylic mix suite and it came last. might be worth experimenting craig. just a thought me young/old (delete as appropriate) , if you can let the chems do the work for you with just a minimum of agitation then it makes the job easier and all thats left then is to get comfy with the rinse. i find cleaning suites no harder or easier than cleaning carpets and still earn the same hourly rate.

[Craigp]

Ermm younger I think, 35 ? what upholstery chemical have you found best? Il give it a try..

[mark_roberts]

Its the upholstery manufacturers esp DFS who make cleaning suites difficult.

Mark

[Craigp]

Hello Mark, good to see you back.

[Colin Day]

What a bloody boring job it would be just cleaning suites , must be brain dead to want to do just that all day every day !!

If you find any part of your job boring, perhaps it's time to move on and find other work.

I like doing suites but only because I find it quite therapeutic and an nice and easy job to do....

[robert meldrum]

Dtto ...

[derek west]

Ermm younger I think, 35 ? what upholstery chemical have you found best? Il give it a try..

any good micro splitter on most suites should do the trick, i use split x from cleansmart but most good suppliers will have a decent enough micro splitter, (don't believe the hype there all good ) i mix mine quite heavy though, don't eff about with 1 to 120 or whatever it is. about 1 to 8 for me. spray on, give it a tickle, acid rinse extract, usually do all the base cushions first (which gives you some dwell time)then get them stacked up with a blower on em then do the back cushions and the dirty bits on carcus, then finish with just rinsing anything that aint dirty. if cushions or arms don't quite cut the mustard i hit with either citra boost or citra concentrate,(the latter being good on dye transfer) very rare that i need anymore than microsplitter though. hope thios helps, maybe give it a go sometime.

[AshWhite]

any good micro splitter on most suites should do the trick, i use split x from cleansmart but most good suppliers will have a decent enough micro splitter, (don't believe the hype there all good ) i mix mine quite heavy though, don't eff about with 1 to 120 or whatever it is. about 1 to 8 for me. spray on, give it a tickle, acid rinse extract, usually do all the base cushions first (which gives you some dwell time)then get them stacked up with a blower on em then do the back cushions and the dirty bits on carcus, then finish with just rinsing anything that aint dirty. if cushions or arms don't quite cut the mustard i hit with either citra boost or citra concentrate,(the latter being good on dye transfer) very rare that i need anymore than microsplitter though. hope thios helps, maybe give it a go sometime.

  it's all gonna kick off now!

[Ricky M]

any good micro splitter on most suites should do the trick, i use split x from cleansmart but most good suppliers will have a decent enough micro splitter, (don't believe the hype there all good ) i mix mine quite heavy though, don't eff about with 1 to 120 or whatever it is. about 1 to 8 for me. spray on, give it a tickle, acid rinse extract, usually do all the base cushions first (which gives you some dwell time)then get them stacked up with a blower on em then do the back cushions and the dirty bits on carcus, then finish with just rinsing anything that aint dirty. if cushions or arms don't quite cut the mustard i hit with either citra boost or citra concentrate,(the latter being good on dye transfer) very rare that i need anymore than microsplitter though. hope thios helps, maybe give it a go sometime.

  it's all gonna kick off now!

why Ash , on chems they are the manufactures recommended dilution rates, at a guess when they test this stuff its on shiny new carpets etc and used on spills and stains that are fresh and they want us to feel the stuff will last for ever 

[AshWhite]

I was taking the mickey, although someone will be along shortly to point out that this dilution rate will probably cause Venus to collide with Jupiter, sending space debris into Earth, meaning the end of life as we know it.

[Ricky M]

I was taking the mickey, although someone will be along shortly to point out that this dilution rate will probably cause Venus to collide with Jupiter, sending space debris into Earth, meaning the end of life as we know it.

 

[wynne jones]

It's all Derek's fault 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9129749/Huge-solar-flare-to-hit-Earth.html

[AshWhite]

It's all Derek's fault 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9129749/Huge-solar-flare-to-hit-Earth.html

Coincedence? I think not..

[Jim_77]

I think the microsplitter Derek's on about states 1:10 as its strongest dilution for restorative cleaning, so not far out really (but you must be made of money using that much of it ).  It's only the colloidal cleaners that have the higher dilution rates like 1:120

[mark_roberts]

Thanks Craig.  Didnt really go anywhere just not focused on cleaning these past few months.

Mark

[Allan Simmons]

Andrew,the average soiled 12 cushion suite ( Dralon) takes me
Anything up to one and a half days starting or arriving at the customers
House at no later than 9am.Leaving the customers house at 5.30pm.
On 2 occasions I `ve cleaned an elderly gentlemans 12 cushion Dralon
Suite,both were pipe smokers,one suite was 8 years old,the other was
12 years old.Started Monday morning,finished at Wednesday noon.
Used 200 terry cloths on em`both.Takes ages to launder, the nicotine etc.
The only time I could clean 2 suites in a day would be if they were both
4 cushion cottage suites lightly soiled.
It`s getting the customer to part with £450 plus,even for a superb finish
Without getting the grandkids on ya back.
Suite cleaning it`s horse work.


Lewis  Doubtfire

This is meant to get a rise out of us, right? 

Wynne, there used to be an old guy, Shaun may remember him, "Jack from Tickhill", this is exactly what he used to do, he used to take the castors off, oil then and put them back, take the base fabric off, clean under there and replace it.  He was stacked out with high end work all over the Yorkshire area.  He's retired now.  He was a real gentleman and even wore a butler type outfit, I jest not.

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

Allan,now ya would`nt be refering to myself would ya ?
Now I`m not disputing what your writing but I do `draw
The line`at oiling the castors. :


P. S.

There`s many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
All this at 5.30pm on a Sunday morning.



Lewis  Doubtfire

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Did jack trade as The old English cleaning company?

Shaun