Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: suffolkclean on October 05, 2010, 05:06:12 pm
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We have a steampro 2000 powermax which has been sent off for repairs thinks its the pump, we need a back up machine what would you recommend .
Also after an envirodry machine new at the best price possible ;) who do you recommend
Thanks
Barbara
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Barbara no mention on budget so difficult to recommend back up machine.
You could buy a spare pump & motor for a lot less just a thought also find someone to maintain machine local so you dont have to send it off
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Hi Steve yes sorry maybe didn't explain it properly, we do use a local company they are about half hour drive from us & offer a collection service, they've taken it away & will have a look at it for us see what needs done. We don't want to be left without a machine so need a back up for times like this.
B
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Get a Scorpion and use the Prochem as your backup. The Prochem wont see much use.
Have you contacted Envirodri re the crb. In Kent.
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Is this the scorpion your talking about joe?
Scorpion 3 Super-Charged "XPS"
Price: £2,550.00
Triple 3-Stage Vacuum & 500psi, Quad-cell Piston Pump
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Thats the one, its a US machine and sells well there. Been on the UK market 6 maybe 7 years and is well tried and tested.
I the US the machine is called a Recoil - here is a youtube video, the machine is mounted in the back of a "truck" but of course you can work from the door.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEA-HMkndAg
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Thanks Joe my husband loves the look of this machine, he's definetely going to look into it. Do you have one? Do you know how it heats the water up is it inline?
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Agree with Joe, great machine, got a used one about 3 weeks ago replacing my Ninja, wish I'd done it years ago.
To answer your question about the heater, it doesn't have one. :(
That was one thing putting me off it at first, although you can use an inline heater with it. But to be honest I havn't missed the heat at all so far and would rather have the extra vacuum power for longer runs and quicker drying times, and if need be I still have my Perfect heat extractor as back up.
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if you already have a steampro why not consider going truckmounted. I have been in the industry 20 odd years and have a steampro and ninja as backup machines the scorpian does not heat the water and to do the job properly you need hot water. I am in the lucky situation of having a truckmount good potables, low moisture, dryfoam and recently the texatherm systems. The most most used system on a daily basis is the truckmount. If I want to turn the temperature down on the truckmount ok. If I need more heat on the portable then it is a different case.
A lot of people will reply that they dont need a truckmount and can do anything with this or that, or cold water but that is rubbish.
One of the cleaning companies that I get a lot of work off has a scorpian and the reason is that it is pants compared to a truckmount. If you want to clean hot at high pressure and volume then you add a lot of money to the cost of the scorpian.
If you like the idea of truckmount go truckmount and bring a new dimension into your business. I have a job this week that I may have to take one of the portable out for the first time in 3 months.
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com
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There's some very good machines at www.cleansmart.co.uk also
Shaun
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Thanks Joe my husband loves the look of this machine, he's definetely going to look into it. Do you have one? Do you know how it heats the water up is it inline?
Yes I do have one Barbara, and it works very well. It does not have a onboard heater but you can get an in-line heater. If you run an onboard heater too high temperature you can damage the pump. An in-line can be placed nearer the wand so heat is not lost going down the solution line.
On smaller jobs I dont use my heater, just rely on moderately hot tap water in the tank.
Hot prespray is always useful.
Scorpion has many good features. Semi translucent tanks so you can see how much clean water you have left, and how much dirty water is in (for when it needs empyting). These levels can be seen at a distance - no need to get to machine and lift lids just to see. Also in the clean water tank the suction tube and return relief pressure tube are long enough to dangle outside the tank into a bucket. This means you can prespray with your chosen fluid, then put hoses back into tank to rinse with clean water. Again, on smaller jobs I just use the busket system with water in for rinsing - saves draining excess clean water when it comes to lifting machine into van.
Good quality Lamb Ametek vac motors (3) and a good quality 500psi pump (which I believe will go nearer to 600, but who needs that on carpet cleaning, I go to 400 max.
Peter is correct what he says about truck mounts, but the lowest priced tm, the Prowler, is twice the price of the Scorpion, and the machines Peter is talking about I suggest wiil be getting on to 4 times the cost - and you need a bigger van.
Yes I have a Prowler, and it does have performance better then the Scorpion, but I can get a very good clean from the Scorpion although it may take a little longer,
The issue of heat, high heat, has been debated on hers until there is no more to debate.
Just want to add though, if you use detergents hot watr cleaning is very desirable.
If you use eco friendly fluids its not that important to rinse with hot, hot prespray is the order of the day but you can, and many do (but not I0 rinse wit cold water and get excellent results.
Am I right in saying your business is much around domestic house cleaning and you are slowly expanding into carpet cleaning more?
Unless you going to go flat out for the carpet cleaning I would suggest a tm is way above your needs. But get a high performance good quality portable - life becomes easier.
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Joe as Soloutions sales manger ##
Can you do 100ffet of lightwieight 2 inch hose 25ft solution hose
Butane Heater for £2700? plus top of range scorpion with auto fill and pump out
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Many thanks for all your posts, Joe we started 3 1/2 years ago doing carpet cleaning which is when we bought our steampro, we also offer other cleaning services, we did do regular domestic cleaning for 18 months when we first started but chose to stop this due to high levels of organisation etc & isn't a very profitable service to offer. I have contacted the company you recommended Joe & they knew of you straight away ;D! John is comming back to me as Nick is on holiday.
Ian I will get my husband to look at your price etc when he gets back - Thanks
B
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Hi Ian
I've done a google search to get tel. no & can't find it can u let me know his number please.
Many Thanks
B
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Ian
Can I be sales manager for the Prowler as well. Double me money. ;D
Because if someone asks me how do I find the Prowler to work with, and I do get personal mail asking me, I answer them just as honestly as I do the Scorpion questions.
It used to amuse me when cynics on here knocked the Scorpion for not having a heater, even tho they knew inline heaters were available and have advantages.
Now Matt has his triple vac on the market with no on board heater - all seems to be quiet, nothing said.
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Barbara
I have not got a Scorpion for sale i was pulling Joe leg
But Joe made me look at the Utube
I have always liked ED Valintine the boss of Cross America
He took on Major Jim ;D ;D ten years ago
I like his Butane Heater idea so I thought if Joe who is a hard Northern Negotiator could swing the deal to my spec
Joe you really should be on Commission for both Companies
Joe problem with heat arquement is if you have not got it you would wonder if you are missing it.
I certainly would after watching Cross America Butane Heater My look at that Steam That pretty hot just look at it cut away that dirt
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Ian the steam looks good because of 2 reasons
1. it is hot
2. the jets are too small and it creates vapour
Shaun
PS Joe gets a hard deal with the Solutions thing but also he should have learned by now, am I having a pop at Joe? No not meaning to but as Eric Morcambe used to say "same notes but in a different order"
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I really like the new El Diablo by Masterblend that I picked up. But if you need to save money why not an Amtex? Ben is a great guy and has very reasonable prices.
Rob Allen
www.ridealongseries.com
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Ian
I know of cleaners who can prespray hot then rinse with cold and get good results.
I am not one of them.
I like hot prespray and hot rinse.
When I use the Scorpion I put warm water in the tank (say up to 60degree). Sometimes onsmall jobs that "tank" is a bucket and I dangle the pump suction hose into the bucket and work from that, topping up if necessary.
Bigger jobs, use the clean water tank.
Having warm water in tank helps the inline heater get really hot water as said on other posts.
Shaun
The have been too many comments from cleaners who have no experiance of what they are commenting about. This is not really helpful to any reader wanting advice. If I have tried something or better still have owned something, then I will comment fully on it to the best of my abilty.
A lot has been said on here about the Scorpion in the past which has been very unfair.
If it seems its the "same notes but in a different order", is there anything wrong with that. You may have heard it before but there are newcomers on the forum virtually every day - so it is new notes to them.
I will always stick up for what is right, fair, and just, and from the personal emails and phone calls I get it appears a lot of carpet cleaners appreciate that.
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I do find it difficult when every customer, washes clothes and realises that you do not get as good results with cooler washing that you can on a hot wash. Do you seriously think that you can convince your customers or yourselves that you can wash dirty clothes at a lower temperature and get good results at lower temperatures. The washing detergent market is worth billions of pounds there are some massive worldwide brands spending fortunes on research and development of new products, with this behind them they cannot reverse the chemistry they cannot rewrite science. If you use low temprature shampoos then you do seletive wash cycles and put aside the dirty wash to do at higher temperatures.
If your carpet cleaning experience is people titivating their furnishings periodically, when they really do not need a deep clean then you are very lucky. My experince over the last 20 years is, night clubs, pubs, hotels, conference centres, trains, ships, offices, houses, restaurants, nursing homes, where the carpets are dirty and do require a really good clean.
Ok if I come across a clean j0ob every now and again I could always get the vax out or let a cleaning company do the job themselve with their scorpian. If you want something with with the power of a truckmount that you can leave in a van then buy a truckmount. I know, I have not always had a truckmount. Would I go back? I do not think so
Give me my truckmount for 95. jobs out of 100
Peter
http://www.truckmountcarpetcleaner.co.uk/
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Hi Guys
I have to agree with Peter on this, you really cannot buck the science.
A truckmount is best and a portable with heat, whether directly or through an exchanger is the next best.
Cheers
Doug
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Think some of you guys have seriously gone off thread topic.
The thread is about "Need a back up machine what do you recommend".
OK, I initially said something like - get a Scorpion 3 vac, and use your Prochem as a backup.
That to me was a much better option then getting a backup machine (presumably of less power) to the Prochem they already have.
A truckmount is hardly a backup machine. Even my Scorpion is a back up to my Prowler.
Now the thread seems to have developed into the old battle of "heat against no heat"
But a truckmount is not the be all and end all.
There are many, and I mean many portable owners - some on the forums, more not on the forums, who make a good living from a portable. OK they may not do all that Peter has done ie night clubs, pubs, hotels, conference centres, trains, ships, offices, houses, restaurants, nursing homes - but maybe they can make a very good living just doing domestics and smaller (or not so small) commercial jobs, many such cleaners have a rotary as well and engage in commercial with that - doing a good job to customer satisfaction.
So blowing the truckmount horn at full pelt is not telling the full story.
The two truckmounts I have owned may not be the all singing, dancing most powerful units available, but having used them I do know that they make carpet cleaning easier. But like I said, IMO they are not the be all and end all.
You CAN have a good life with a portable.
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hi joe
i`m barbaras husband craig and would like to say thanks to you and everyone else for your valued input.
would love a truckmount but unfortunately just out of our league , and as it is not the only cleaning service we offer , we have other things to take into consideration. I amsure we will invest in one at some point but not just yet.
really like the scorpion , thinking about it over the weekend and may order on monday if we can get a good inline heater.
maybe something like a mytee inline heater , still looking into it.
anyone recommend a good inline heater???
thanks once again for the good sound advice
craig
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Craig
The inline heater I use has no manufaturers name on it but I am led to believe it is a Mytee.
I got it with the Scorpion,which was 2nd hand almost 3 years ago now. I understand my machine and heater may be about 6 years old
The heater has twin chambers and is twin switched, which means you can go at half heat or full heat.
It does work better if you feed it with warm to hot water first, then it heats this up higher.
Make enquiries at the Solution Cornwall office, see what inline heaters they are dealing in now.
You wont be disappointed with the Scorpion nor the after sales service at Solutions, one of the best.
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hi Craig!
I bought my Scorpion a couple of months ago from solutions! and i second what Joe says! Fantastic Machine! And the Chems are really good as well! all mine are now converted from prochem to solutions!
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Craig
Nick will tell me off
But you are in Suffolk you need to find out about servicing arrangements and Courier Arrangements as this can be an expensive cost on a repair.
But if this can be satisfied and fast turnaround
If you bought The Triple Vac Advance from Alltec you could drive to Alltec and back in a morning providing they can do an on the spot repari.
Also there is Cleansmart in Nottigham which would take you a day but believe they arrange local repair You get the triple Vic Airflex
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I'd agree with Joe if carpet cleaning is developing go for a triple vac and use the steampro as a back up. I'm sure Hugh Crane in Acle would service or repair the steampro they are Prochem dealers, and it's cheaper and closer than shipping. I have the Airflex turbo and I should check who could do local repairs with Matt at Cleansmart but I suspect it could be them.
I'm heading to Nottingham on Tuesday to try the Magma in line heater, what I particularly like is the heater bolts on to the back of the Airflex making it easier to transport and it can be left for short hose runs or taken off for working at length. I'll have more details once i've tried it out. I've had the Airflex for almost a year and have been impressed with it's build quality and performance and ease of access to vac and pump just by lifting the case. The vacs are mounted on a panel that is released and folds out giving easy access for servicing. I check inside once a week to make sure all is ok and it's an easy 5 minute job. My Alltec twin pro involved turning the machine upside down, unbolting the base and then there was not much room to work. The Airflex is a lot easier.
I run mine from 25L containers using the drop in solution hose like the Scorpion. I will mount a tank in the van this winter but the containers work fine as I can take hot water with me which saves time. You would get the best out of any triple vac using 2" hose at 50'. Depending on the job I use a reducer cuff direct to wand or a whip hose for hand tools or tight areas and the machine stays outside or in the van, this system can easily be used with the Scorp or Airflex.
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If you do want a back up machine for the steampro Alltec do the Aqua 40 or Cleansmart do the Airflex Mini's both in twin versions and about a £1000 less than their tripple vac big brothers. Just a thought.
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Distance from the supplier need not be the most important criteria when purchasing a machine.
Machines should be reliable these days but some seem to be more reliable then others.
Basically inside you are getting vac motors and a pump.
The vac motors in the Scorpion are Lamb Ametek which most machine suppliers deal wut, getting at them is straight forward. The pump is pretty standard too, and again accesible. So whats the big deal.
Cant speak for other manufacturers machines cause I not had them to get them serviced.
Like wise with the Prowler. Standard Kohler 15hp engine which lots of garden mower suppliers deal in (probably not your B&Q). Pump and blower pretty much standard in their own field too.
My Scorpion supplier is 325 miles away
My Prowler supplier is 170 miles away.
Am I too concerned. - not really - two very helpful suppliers who are at the end of a telephone for advice. Plenty of help nearer to as well. You find your way.
The hurdles to stop you making the best choice are only there if you make them or listen too much to others who may have their own agenda..
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Hi Guys
Distance is very important in my view as you can get irt sorted by getting up early and driving to the supplier which is what I have done with Alltec in the past.
I have both my TM and portable from them and the service is good.
Personally I would always prefer a machine with an inbuilt heater, it's just a lot less hassle and heat is absolutly fundamental to achieving top cleaning results.
It obviously depends on whether you like or are any good at servicing machines yourself, I am neither good nor do I like doing them so I go for the best localish supplier.
Cheers
Doug
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Ive been using inline heaters for over 5 years ive had the prochem one and the ashbys steammate both of them are pretty useless you get short bursts of heat at best.Ive had 3 portys hydramaster raptor,powerflight perfect heat top machines with great heat also got a prochem powermax with the heat and run its like a toy compared to the other two.
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Hi
Got the powermax back late Friday evening , the pump was replaced and it was used on a commercial on Saturday and I thought it performed well. That was a week we were without a carpet cleaning machine not good!
Anyway I would just like to say thanks all for your thoughts , yes we have thought about the distance to the supplier in cornwall regarding the scorpion , it is a concern but I suppose there are always pros and cons no matter what machine you buy. Before we decide to go ahead or not with the purchase of the scorpion , obviously its something we will talk about with john at solutions although he has said that any problems and they will send a fast courier to either pick up the machine or send a part for a local supplier to repair the machine if needed.
Although we started this thread looking for a back up to the powermax its clear there are many better machines out there where you don’t have to go as far as a truck mount. This is what barbara and I think will take us on a further level.
We also want to start trying other chemicals , as up till now we have exclusively used prochem , and while I personally think they are very good chemicals , they can be pricey and it would be interesting to use differing chemicals to achieve as good or better a result and hopefully at a better cost.
Getting back to heaters , with a portable I like the idea of an inline heater close to the wand , I am not too keen on the idea of an on board heater. I have seen on some of the american sites heaters that can be placed in the tank , think this sounds dangerous , to the user as well as potentially damaging to the machine although I am sure they must work or they wouldn’t be on the market , just not my cup of tea.
Once again the truck mount , if you can get the volume of ( suitable) work to keep it busy must be the ultimate aim for an expanding business , as well as offering other types of carpet cleaning other than hwe.
Thanks once again for everyone who has contributed their thoughts on this thread , its good to hear from the many carpet cleaners out there and businesses offering sound advice and food for thought .
Many thanks and best wishes
craig
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I've been thinking about the In-line Heater situation
It appears to get top heat you need one wet past followed by four dry passes
I might be wrong but I do not do four dry passes unless I have had to do several wet passes
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John called me back today re Inline heater, he wants to double check info with the manufacturers but the cost for the heater will be £600 ! (this is becoming an expensive back up machine Joe)!! ::) ;D ;D
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Looks like were now very close to ordering the scorpion Joe, the machine manufacturer is going to source the in-line heater & despatch it with the machine, hoses etc so thats great news. Just waiting on the final figure then we'll hopefully order on Monday for delivery in November. ;D
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Dont forget to mention my name to Solutions.
As there unpaid and unofficial part time sales manager I always look for a good commission. ;D
How am I doing Ian.
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Don't worry Joe I already have but I will remind them on Monday when I place the order I will re-mention you! ;) ;D
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Hi Craig
Been following thread with much interest as deciding to upgrade too and keep powermax as back up. Did you look at any other machines and what clinched the deal for you re. scorpion?
Be helpful to know mate
Grant
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Hi Grant, with Joes recommendation Craig looked into various posts on here,the internet & you tube videos & was very impressed. We have now realised there are other portables out there that are better than our main machine. We have to move with technology & always aim for the best result possible, we feel this machine will give us this without going for a truckmount. If its no good Joe is in BIG trouble !! We can keep you posted with the results on his 1st clean.
Barbara
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Barbara
Thanks for the feedback, I'm also not yet ready nor interested in a TM system, but really keen to improve on the productivity and final result of our h/w extraction carpet cleaning which I think a high powered portable will achieve. It's the option of working with the machine on the van with higher spray and extraction power that interests me. I've been pleased with our Powermax and now looking for that extra edge which I'm sure a machine like yours will provide.
Let us know how it goes, I'm pretty close to a decision on my own upgrade but trying to do it in combination with an improvement on the pre vac, spray, agitation options - for this purpose looking at a flexi 5 and envirodri this week.
Thanks
Grant
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I would be interested into what heating Solution , Solutions came up with ?
Are you van mounting etc
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Ian
What heating do you think Solutions will come up with????
The Scorpion does not have an in tank heater - which is similar to many machines available.
So presumably its going to be an inline heater.
Prochem do an inline heater, so does Cleansmart, mine ( a Mytee) was sourced by Nick at Solutions when Spencer Davies purchased the machine new and I have been using it ever since.
And has been discussed many times,with in line you can take the heat source nearer to where it is needed (at the wand). Of course if some water with heat is added to the water tank initially it gives the inline heater a boost to do its job.
No problem
Grant
You are doing right to look at ways to get an improvement in your cleaning proceedure, especially the preperation stages.
Vaccing, prespray and agitation are very much areas to look into.
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Hi Guys
We all know that in line heaters will struggle to transfer enough heat in the short space of time they are in contact with the water, which is a realtively poor conductor.( Bath hot one end , cool the other)
There are two obvious ways of improving this, hotter water in the tank or what about 2 heat exchangers in series. I know this may cause problems with too much electric demand but you could run an extension from the kitchen sockets.
what do you think?
Cheers
Doug
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I thought Solutions were bringing out a new version of the Scorpion would it not be better to wait and see that first and hopefully the new version will have a preasure gauge on it.
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Thats an interesting thought Doug,I wonder if any one tried it.
You know Darren, you get used to not having a pressure gauge.,
The gauge reading is just a figure, experiance looking at the work end of the wand tells you whether you have enough pressure or too much pressure. And when you go from a wand to a upholstery tool, you get to know how much to turn the numpty to reduce the pressure to what you want. Its simple really. Everything has a work around.
What you do need is a machine thats reliable, that you can shut off at the end of a day and know its going to go into action the next. Thats what makes me sleep easy at night - not whether it has a pressure gauge or not.
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Joe surely it would be better to have one than not it must be the only high powered porty that hasnt got one for nearly £3000 you would think they would stick a £30 preasure gauge on it.
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Joe have you heard anything about the new Scorpion.
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Whilst my Airflex does not have an on board heater I do think machines with one have an advantage. Not because it will heat a tank of water, which all things considered would take an hour, but because it take the chill off say to 25/30 degrees which would help an inline, thats vac time really. The alternative is just to run into solution tank with an open hose until it heats a bit
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Simon
I thought you said you were going to Nottingham to try Cleansmarts in line heater.
I would still like to see Ed Valentine in-line heater they use in the states
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Darren
Thats exactly what you can do. For about £35 make an inline pressure gauge.
But I just done a job this morning with the Scorp and all went very well without a gauge,
Last year I did the same job with the Prowler with a gauge.
Client was just as pleased this year as last year.
Apparantly there is a Scorpion on the market with some improvements but I dont know what they are.
Simon
I find most jobs I go to the client has hot water available - is that not the case with you.You dont want it too hot or you can damage the pump, but say 60degree C will help the inline no end.
Job this morning was prespray hot, filled 25litre container with about 20 litre of reasonably hot water, and away I went with NO inline heater. Job was good.
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Most of the time Joe hot water's available and I use containers the same as you. I even take hot water with me if there's doubt like e.o.t etc. I am always cautious with heat through the pump and sometimes would like more at the wand but this arrangement suits most of the time. The inline is really for those occasions or if I put a tank in the van, still undecided as would like to get a prowler and more or less be ready to put it in, but it will just have to wait. You're selling yours 6 months too early.:(
Ian, best laid plans and all that but I will get to try it soon.
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Don't believe our luck after placing our order Monday solutions have came back to us the mytee heater is no longer available, so were going to upgrade to a mytee PLUS which we can't use in the Uk :'( They are looking into which other inline heater can be used with this machine.
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I would imagine any inline heater would be ok, but some are not very reliable according to reports on here. I gather Nick is still on holiday.
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Ian
I know of cleaners who can prespray hot then rinse with cold and get good results.
I am not one of them.
I like hot prespray and hot rinse.
When I use the Scorpion I put warm water in the tank (say up to 60degree). Sometimes onsmall jobs that "tank" is a bucket and I dangle the pump suction hose into the bucket and work from that, topping up if necessary.
Bigger jobs, use the clean water tank.
Having warm water in tank helps the inline heater get really hot water as said on other posts.
Shaun
The have been too many comments from cleaners who have no experiance of what they are commenting about. This is not really helpful to any reader wanting advice. If I have tried something or better still have owned something, then I will comment fully on it to the best of my abilty.
A lot has been said on here about the Scorpion in the past which has been very unfair.
If it seems its the "same notes but in a different order", is there anything wrong with that. You may have heard it before but there are newcomers on the forum virtually every day - so it is new notes to them.
I will always stick up for what is right, fair, and just, and from the personal emails and phone calls I get it appears a lot of carpet cleaners appreciate that.
Joe,
The type of carpets i usually come across would be looped pile, very bright, felt back polypropelene acryllic stuff. I am a fitter by trade and am forever having to refit and restretch. And replace old nap locks etc. EOT cleans - comes with the territory, gotta play ball, the markets on the ground. Any way when cleaning, I would obviously vac and check then a very hot pre spray with my degreaser and cleaner. Heres the question. I use a DCM counter rotator next, but sometimes I will chase the prespray with a steam cleaner before using the counter rotator. The aim is to get the prespray hotter with the idea of being more affective on the compacted grit. Then counter rotate, then extract. Do I really need the steam. Is it really making a difference? My customers are thrilled and amazed. I use a stair tool to clean every thing.
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Only you in the situation you dealing with at that point in time really know if a method is effective or not.
Why not, on you next job of that sort, do part of the carpet with the proceedure you stated, and then do another part by changing it ie drop the steaming.
If n noticeable difference then why take you time and energy.
Are you saying you clean a carpet with a stair tool?
Generally speaking, I find looped pile a pain to clean, have to be careful not to damage fibre, and may not get a brilliant result anyway.
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Only you in the situation you dealing with at that point in time really know if a method is effective or not.
Why not, on you next job of that sort, do part of the carpet with the proceedure you stated, and then do another part by changing it ie drop the steaming.
If n noticeable difference then why take you time and energy.
Are you saying you clean a carpet with a stair tool?
Generally speaking, I find looped pile a pain to clean, have to be careful not to damage fibre, and may not get a brilliant result anyway.
Yeah, I have to use the stair tool, my main wand trigger is jammed. When the trigger is depressed, the mechanism is not coming back to meet the trigger. Its wedged so if I hook it up to the machine it sprays continuously, the bit is jammed in, do you get me?
I only do small s/l any way, the stair tool is brill for that. If I get large rooms I use the Rotovac. I then just use the main want to straighten the pile.
Still can't get the Advance air lock problem sorted. I called my supplier, who walked me through - shoving the airlock connector into the main hose and blocking it up with a rag to try to pull the air out, switching it on an leaving it for a period. No joy. Help :) !
Regards,
Neil.
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Not knowing Alltec machines I am afraid I cant help.
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Hi all,
I just want to thank you all for your advices. I am still reading all threads. Lots of useful information.Thanks againe!!!
Raff