Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2012, 07:58:56 pm »
;D I have a Turbo, never used the wheels on the top handle for loading in/out of the van, but they are brilliant for hanging stuff on, buckets, hoses, etc...

Haha i'll certainly remember that one :D

Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2012, 08:06:59 pm »
Joe, sometimes it pays to bear in mind that traffic lane grey is caused more by wear than soil, and all the cleaning in the world will only improve it a certain percentage. I always make a point of telling customers this, and when they do come up like new its a bonus. Under promising and over delivering makes for much happier customers than over promising and under delivering.

Probably not what you want to hear given the other thread, but my most used prespray is SPM.

I'll try SPM out. Another member on here was singing its praise to me earlier. Apparently prochem do a similar product to SPM so I might be inclined towards that one.

Im aware of this about traffic areas. I always tend to undersell and overdeliver when possible. I recieved a thankyou card through the post yesterday from an elderly client, who was apparently thrilled with her carpet.  i wasnt overly happy with the job, but apparently her expectations where quite satisfied :)


AshWhite

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2012, 08:30:55 pm »
The Prochem chemical you're talking about I'm guessing is Powerburst - a great chemical which a lot of carpet cleaners use on a daily basis. Give John Kelly from Restormate a ring and get some ordered to give it a bash. I'd also order some Oxibrite to add to the mix when needed.
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Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2012, 08:35:20 pm »
The Prochem chemical you're talking about I'm guessing is Powerburst - a great chemical which a lot of carpet cleaners use on a daily basis. Give John Kelly from Restormate a ring and get some ordered to give it a bash. I'd also order some Oxibrite to add to the mix when needed.

It wasnt powerburst, but this was mentioned also.

I have some powerburst and oxibrite in my van. Can powerburst be safely used on wool?

With oxibrite - i either did not recieve or lost the scoop for it. Can i measure it by eye or tablespoon?

I have tried adding a small handfull of oxibrite to 750ml of tap warm water and applying it to a couple of wool carpets. Neither had results which i could see after half an hour of dwell. Am i doing something wrong?




AshWhite

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2012, 08:39:33 pm »
I think it's quite important that the water for oxibrite is hot when it's mixed.

The official line re: Powerburst/Wool is that the pH is too high for wool - but most people find (subject to pre-testing and an acid rinse) there is no problem.
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Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2012, 08:41:42 pm »
Straight from the kettle hot? So a hot tap (given time to run full heat first) would not cut it?

Would one tablespoon oxibrite per litre of water be ok or is this too much?

AshWhite

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2012, 08:43:36 pm »
The temperature out of a tap varies, so difficult to say.

I always ask a customer to boil a full kettle when I start unloading, then by the time you've vacc'd and generally faffed about it's cooled down enough to use.
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Jamie Pearson

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2012, 08:51:12 pm »
Prochem Pureclean and Oxibrite combined would be closer to SPM formulation.
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Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2012, 09:03:44 pm »
How would i go about hot water extracting with airflex storm?

Surely it would take a lot of kettles to fill up my two 20 litre tanks which i lug about!
Especially since i often have to refill them at least once per job.

Please excuse the noob question. I have no experience in hot water extraction whatsoever. Its all a mystery to me!

Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #29 on: September 17, 2012, 09:04:20 pm »
Thanks by the way.

And thanks everyone for your replies.

Ferenc G.

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #30 on: September 17, 2012, 09:18:30 pm »
How would i go about hot water extracting with airflex storm?

Surely it would take a lot of kettles to fill up my two 20 litre tanks which i lug about!
Especially since i often have to refill them at least once per job.

Please excuse the noob question. I have no experience in hot water extraction whatsoever. Its all a mystery to me!

Usually tap-hot water is all you need, get a bucket and fill the machine with hot water from the tap. If you can't fill up from a tap an in-line heater is the only option with the Storm.

cannon

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #31 on: September 17, 2012, 09:20:56 pm »
How would i go about hot water extracting with airflex storm?

Surely it would take a lot of kettles to fill up my two 20 litre tanks which i lug about!
Especially since i often have to refill them at least once per job.

Please excuse the noob question. I have no experience in hot water extraction whatsoever. Its all a mystery to me!

Have you not tried the magma heater with the storm? I had a go with one at the week end and was really impressed you couldn't touch the couplings it was that hot.

Joe W Brown

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #32 on: September 17, 2012, 09:30:05 pm »
I might have to invest in a magma heater by the sounds if things.

Simon@arenaclean

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #33 on: September 18, 2012, 01:35:17 am »
I use tap hot water when available or have some 25 litre containers that I can fill and take with me, just drop the solution pump hose into it. The magma will heat from cold, and perform better with warm/hot water, I don't own an in-line heater but have tried the magma and was impressed but tap hot seems to do me fine. For bad traffic lanes on synthetics try a Heavy Duty Splitter like HDX, Prochem Ultrapac or powerburst all with an acidic rinse subject to testing. As has been mentioned dwell is important but try not to let it dry out. You can also save on the job time by mixing pre-spray in the sprayer before you leave home.

Doug Holloway

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #34 on: September 18, 2012, 07:53:28 am »
Hi Guys

Hot water cleans better and faster and requires the use of a lot less chemicals.

Cheers

Doug

Billy Russell

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #35 on: September 18, 2012, 07:57:08 am »
Hi Guys

Hot water cleans better and faster and requires the use of a lot less chemicals.

Cheers

Doug

Have you got proof of that?  ;)  ;D

Doug Holloway

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derek west

Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #37 on: September 18, 2012, 08:48:23 am »
yeah but didn't scientists declare the world flat not so long ago? Big oops on that one ;D

Billy Russell

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Doug Holloway

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Re: "3 carpets any size £65 and free stainguard"
« Reply #39 on: September 18, 2012, 01:08:57 pm »
Hi Guys

As I have said many times it is the big washing powder/liquid manufacturers who drive the resarch in the cleaning industry.

When they have washing machines which can only use cold water then I will too ;)

Cheers

Doug