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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Roy Edwards on August 11, 2009, 12:33:43 pm

Title: Charley pads.
Post by: Roy Edwards on August 11, 2009, 12:33:43 pm

Asked Nick at solutions for 17" Charley pads but they don't stock them anymore.
Anyone know of another supplier or best place to get 10 cotton bonnets.

Thx Roy

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Joe H on August 11, 2009, 02:04:03 pm

Charley Pads went to Alltec and up went the price considerably.  ::)
Have you not tried the microfibre pads Solutions Cornwall have.

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Roy Edwards on August 11, 2009, 09:09:22 pm

Thanks for your help guys, I will try the  microfibre pads.

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Mike Osbourne on August 11, 2009, 09:53:33 pm

My first, and last conversation with Nick was about Charly Pads.

It was around the time his supplier said NO.

He said they weren't that brilliant anyway, but he had these new micro fibre pads.......

I might be a Carpet Cleaner, but give me some credit.  ::)

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Neil Williams on August 11, 2009, 10:09:24 pm

I've never rated Charlie Pads anyway, and I proved my point at a previous CCDO but I'm not typing all that out again.
The fact you have a hard face going against a carpet face says they aren't going to be absorbant enough to carry out the job of removing dirt. Yes they do a great job of evening out the dirt to give an even appearence or even dislodging the dirt so it drops to the bottom of the pile, but absorbant they are not.
I've done large jobs with one machine on Charlie pads and one on texatherm pads, pre sprays exactly the same, and it's obvious which is lifting the dirt out.
The proof is in the bucket >:(

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: stu_thomson on August 11, 2009, 10:10:25 pm

Ill sell you two charly pads which are just worked in for £120 inc postage

stu

apollocleaners@aol.com

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Mike Osbourne on August 11, 2009, 11:00:27 pm

Neil

Don't say that on your favourite forum.  :-X ;D

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on August 11, 2009, 11:10:40 pm

The price went up when the pound to euro nose dived but thay was the excuse wonder if will ever go back?

I've heard good things about Solutions new pads.

Shaun

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Neil Williams on August 11, 2009, 11:12:13 pm

Quote from: Mike Osbourne on August 11, 2009, 11:00:27 pm

Don't say that on your favourite forum. 

Trouble is Mike I have spent my life saying what I think, so I'm not always everyones friend, but I can live with it.
If I think someone is spinning me a line then I'll say so, such was the storey about 2 years ago when I saw on a topic about pre spraying a carpet, going out side for 10 minutes, came back in to extract but noticed all the marks had gone.......total bull-s.hit
I'm still waiting for this to happen 2 years on ;D
And just in case you're wondering, Solution products are the first I use, but if that doesn't work I move up the scale to prochem/chemspec and somethings I won't mention on a public forum, but at the end of the day I want results and the customer wants results.....I give results

Title: Re: Charley pads.
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on August 11, 2009, 11:24:15 pm

Spot on I think that if a supplier over sells to us and the product under delivers then obviously it is like when we do the same when we are cleaning for our customers, leaves a bad taste.

Shaun