[Xtremely Clean]

Can you get enough business using just a rotary for carpets?

Cheers

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

you can use what you want if youv'e got the business

[*Hector*]

All my business is using a rotary..

[Fran84]

I was gonna say ask Hector or Jason

[Xtremely Clean]

What's the highest rpm you can use on carpets hector?

[Xtremely Clean]

And how do you clean stairs hector?

[davep]

And suites

[davep]

And dirty carpets 

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

And how do you clean stairs hector?

Pre-Vac,   Pre-spray, Hand pad then terry towel or small spotting machine and the same for upholstery 

[Craigp]

And dirty carpets 

pmsl.


Good point though, results will be limited, possibly customers disappointed you have to deal with.

[Jamie Pearson]

Can you get enough business using just a rotary for carpets?

Cheers

1,000,000m2 + per annum enough?

[Xtremely Clean]

1,000,000m2 could do with that lol, where do ya get a hand pad from?

Cheers

[Jamie Pearson]

One of these?

http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/460/upholstery_hand_mitt

[Carpet Dawg]

an Oreck Orbiter would be better on stairs no? less fatigue too.

[Jamie Pearson]

We still use a portable for stairs. Oreck would be a good idea. Problem for us on commercials is H&S doesn't allow it.

[*Hector*]

What's the highest rpm you can use on carpets hector?

I wouldn't go faster than 175 rpm as a beginner to using a rotary.

More experienced will be able to use faster without damaging the carpets, but think dry fusion machines are the fastest I would use.

[Mike Halliday]

We bonneted an empty 5 bed vicarage on Tuesday including 2 flights of stars, took 3 of us 2hrs,

 I had one man vacuum the full house then spend the rest of the time just on the stairs. He presprayed then scrubbed with a stiff handbrush, then put some more prespray down, then toweled them off vigorously. The looked brilliant but on Wednesday the guy couldn't lift his arms above his head his shoulders ached so much

Their was a mixture of carpets from wool to nylon, none of then very dirty but all looked really good when we finished

[Jamie Pearson]

Why did you go down the LM route Mike rather than your truckmount?

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

And dirty carpets 

pmsl.


Good point though, results will be limited, possibly customers disappointed you have to deal with.

Never had a problem in the years I've used only DF and yes I've done some mingers

[*Hector*]

just done a minging eot and agent over the moon.....

Says it is a better job than their usual guy who uses a TM..... 

So Davey boy 

Dirty carpets are cleaned by hard work and conscientiousness 

[Xtremely Clean]

Cheers for your input guys :-)

[mark_roberts]

By the time you vacuum the TM is 2/3 finished.

Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The one thing tms do is give you virtually guaranteed cleaning times meaning that heavily soiled carpets can be cleaned as fast as lightly soiled ones.

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

Why did you go down the LM route Mike rather than your truckmount?

This job combined the 2 things I hate most, a freshly decorated house ( including gloss on the stair bannister) & attic cleaning

We looked the job over and decided the best option was using bonnets, I'd rather carry a rotary to the top than have to deal with protecting all the paintwork with dust sheets

[fenman]

We have run 2 vans full time for 12 years and 99% of our work we bonnet so it is very feasible to only bonnet.
Obviously you will get the very occasional minger that may require extracting but when you are experienced in low moisture there are so many chemicals nowadays that can solve most problems.
I am being 100% truthful when I say that if I was given a brand new truckmount I would sell it.
David

[Luc]

Call me old fashioned or maybe a bit naive but I always feel the need to rinse extract when cleaning carpets. I use a rotary to prescrub and I often think thats all I need to do and many customers comment how good it looks even before I use the tm.
I always feel the need to still rinse tho almost as if i feel im doing the job half hearted. I have encapped a few jobs and the results were good.
To someone like hector, I hope you dont mind me asking but is all the work you do rotary cleaning?
Do you use encap products and how would you clean upholstery?
Im not asking to be sarcastic. Im just really intrigued and would love to learn more and feel I could use it more in my business.  I always use hwe on everything as this was the way my dad taught me.
Luc

[Len Gribble]

Void work 100% got a newbie coming out with me tomorrow to show him how it works with a red pad and all, may have to post vac (hope not) got a tool for every occasion even a TM