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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on January 07, 2020, 07:08:54 am

Title: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 07, 2020, 07:08:54 am

As usual with these USA chems the dilution is in  ounces per gl anyone one know the UK  dilution?

And a more general question.... has anyone tried using reverse osmosis water to mix up the solution when using Encap questions? The water in East Yorkshire is very hard which inhibits the foaming action of some chemicals, would using pure water have a beneficial  effect?

I already use pure water for cleaning and when mixing my prespray but it cold straight out of a 25lt container , which would be best mix the Encap with warm water (which goes cold   as soon as it hits the carpet) or mix it with cold pure water

Photo posted to add a bit of colour to my  post  ;D

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1578380961_B90530EF-ED25-45F3-8E3F-148D66D4728C.jpeg)

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: gwrightson on January 07, 2020, 07:35:17 pm

Hi Mike
Revive Rocket is designed to be used with cold water, infact hot water should not be used

I have found creating a foam a bit of a problem , I have in the past added a small amount high foaming agent, this does help

and have not found any issies with it .

Geoff

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: John Kelly on January 08, 2020, 11:16:52 am

1 oz = 30ml. Pure Water should work ok.

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: JandS on January 08, 2020, 01:12:27 pm

How does this stuff compare to Dynamall....or would you use both as circumstances dictate?

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: John Kelly on January 08, 2020, 03:42:47 pm

It works virtually the same. We find some customers prefer one or the other.

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 08, 2020, 09:58:25 pm

I use it I don’t like the smell of dynamall it’s just a preference

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: JandS on January 09, 2020, 10:21:57 am

What works best with it brush or scrub pad?

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: John Kelly on January 09, 2020, 03:36:25 pm

Zebra pad on tile or low profile commercials, Brush on ribbed cord. Medium duty pad on domestics.

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 11, 2020, 07:33:50 am

Did this job yesterday & Thursday,  the carpets took the Thursday 1400m/sq took 2 of us with 2 machines  6hrs. This was in multiple offices , corridors & lecture rooms, the offices were occupied by staff and we had a lot of chairs and crap to move in each area. we used about 6lts of rocket concentrate

We used it on 80 chairs which took 3 of us  4hrs to clean and used about 3lts of Rocket

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: dustee on January 11, 2020, 09:14:10 pm

What was the process John & you got any pics

Title: Re: Revive Rocket dilution etc..
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 12, 2020, 07:31:28 am

The process on the floors was....

One guy used a gravity fed  rotary with a zebra pad. I pre-sprayed the carpet with a pump up sprayer then bonneted with some dry fusion bonnets (just normal bonnets)

On the chairs we mixed a strong dilution of Rocket then pre-treated the stains, then mixed up a standard solution in a bucket and used a sponge to create a foam and worked that into the fabric, then vacuumed it off and towelled it off