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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 11:08:26 am

Title: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 11:08:26 am
making up your own spotters to sell ?

I intend to fill my own bottles and label them with my own company lables and sell to customers and in my shop, is it possible to fill with a solution like microsplitter or similar and sell or do i need to provide the original label or packaging or say what the solution contains etc ? or put the original product name on it ?

Just want to make sure i get it right before launching in to mass production  ;D


regards
Steve

Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: robert meldrum on December 08, 2010, 11:30:50 am
You can call it what you like, but would be wise to copy the chemical data from the original supplier and have MSDS sheets available

You might be better to approach a supplier and just have your own label added ............a lot less work and no concerns about getting it wrong. There are plenty offering such a service and prices can be very attractive.

You can call the product anything you like ( avoiding brand names of course )
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Jamie Pearson on December 08, 2010, 01:17:30 pm
Amtech can do this for you.

I am sure there will be others too.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 01:34:47 pm
sounds good what sort of price are we talking about here ?

Is that bottle, solution and labeled up as well all in ?

steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Richard Joyce on December 08, 2010, 02:22:03 pm
I got mine from world of clean they design the label and sent the bottles with the solution in it. I had to stick the labels on and put the trigger spray on as well they sent a box of bottles and a box of trigger sprays it only takes 1 minute to do one and they look great I payed £1.20 each I think and there is no risk your end.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: garyfindlay on December 08, 2010, 03:40:58 pm
The most professional looking spotters in my opinion are from Alltec, but the solution is not too good, so I`ve replaced it with my own.

http://www.alltec.co.uk/page/1o67z/Eco-Carpet-Care/Eco-Spotter.html
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 04:49:38 pm
think i'd be hard pushed to do it any cheaper  :o


steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: clinton on December 08, 2010, 05:06:35 pm
Steve the alltec does look the more professional looking and its cheap enough to give away and they will maybe keep it under the sink cupboard etc..
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: colin thomas on December 08, 2010, 06:05:19 pm
get a price from restormate, i use theirs and my customers love them!

colin
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 06:26:14 pm

do most of you guys just give them away as freebies to every customer, or do you sell them as well ?


steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on December 08, 2010, 06:33:59 pm
The most professional looking spotters in my opinion are from Alltec, but the solution is not too good, so I`ve replaced it with my own.

http://www.alltec.co.uk/page/1o67z/Eco-Carpet-Care/Eco-Spotter.html

These are hopeless, I give away the Solutions spotters and I get feedback to say they work. Had someone just this morning thanking me, as they had used it to good effect.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 06:40:31 pm
I think its quite important that they do actually work well, if you are going to give away loads and they

are rubbish it will reflect badly on your whole business, think i would rather pay a bit extra and have

something that does the business,


steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: derek west on December 08, 2010, 07:07:04 pm
i do my own, costs around 80p complete. i give them away. and i refill them when custy asks, (within reason)
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 08, 2010, 07:12:25 pm
Derek,

where do you get your bottles and lables from ?

regards
steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: derek west on December 08, 2010, 07:36:49 pm
steve
you have mail.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: ryan mca on December 08, 2010, 09:19:14 pm
Steve
If you decide to buy from a supplier best to buy full strengh
as some are only 1/3 or 1/2 strengh

Derek
Could you plz send me details of your suppliers to
sales@eclipsedeepclean.co.uk

cheers Ryan
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: james roffey on December 08, 2010, 09:49:26 pm
I got mine from world of clean they design the label and sent the bottles with the solution in it. I had to stick the labels on and put the trigger spray on as well they sent a box of bottles and a box of trigger sprays it only takes 1 minute to do one and they look great I payed £1.20 each I think and there is no risk your end.

I did the same,its amazing stuff too :)
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: garyfindlay on December 08, 2010, 10:28:08 pm
your looking for a spotter that doesn`t need to be rinsed thus not leaving a residue.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Carpet Dawg on December 08, 2010, 10:35:17 pm
^^ cheapest microspliter you can get your hands on.

Dont like the look of those altec bottles. I prefer the looks of thee ones restoremate do, moree attractive bottle if you ask me.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Tony_Browning on December 09, 2010, 12:30:18 pm
Hi,
I use www.dormex.co.uk.
They will professionally screen print your bottles.
Initial cost slightly higher, as the template needs to be made.
Rgds, Tony.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 10, 2010, 02:07:35 pm
Thanks for all the replies,

Think I will go down the diy route first and see what i can come up with  :)

Cheers
Steve
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Linds Russell on December 10, 2010, 02:27:20 pm
Cleansmart ones are fairly inexpensive and they don't charge for setting up your logo.

I got 60 professional strength 500ml bottles of micro splitter made up for around £130 including vat and delivery. They look great and sell well.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 10, 2010, 02:50:52 pm
Thats not bad, but thats still over £2.00 a bottle, im trying to work on around £1.00 a bottle so I can get out as many out as poss,  if I cant do it near that then poss consider cleansmart etc

steve


Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: JandS on December 10, 2010, 02:54:19 pm
Derek

Can you mail me with your supplier please.

carpetcleaningservices@jandsccs.co.uk

John
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Joe H on December 10, 2010, 05:06:47 pm
Solutions spotters are about £1.60 each +del +vat, but they do work and very well.
I had one on the job with me to give at the end to the client.
I needed a spotter so grab this "free" one and used it, so much so I had to go and get another one for the custy.
Title: Re: What are the legalities of .............
Post by: Ian Gourlay on December 12, 2010, 06:15:40 pm
I prefer the original   Orange Alltec one for a Sale Product

The Eco one does not work in my opinion so does not help