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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Simon Gerrard on August 23, 2011, 06:52:34 pm

Title: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Simon Gerrard on August 23, 2011, 06:52:34 pm
Has anyone tried SPM and Pure Clean and could you make a comparison?

Simon
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: peter maybury on August 23, 2011, 07:22:17 pm
what is spm what form does it come in and from where??????????????

Peter
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Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Billy Russell on August 23, 2011, 07:22:55 pm
Well, i've tried both, but it was a long time ago that i tried pure clean, didn't get very good results to be honest so never tried it again, i've been using SPM quite a bit recently with some good results, but i just can't stop using powerburst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Billy Russell on August 23, 2011, 07:23:43 pm
Solutions Powdered Microsplitter!!!!!!!!!!! The clus in the name!!!!!! ;D
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: derek west on August 23, 2011, 07:26:23 pm
i was given some SPM from a guy that can't calculate CFM properly,  ;D not used it yet, but i will do when the time is right.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Billy Russell on August 23, 2011, 07:32:21 pm
i was given some SPM from a guy that can't calculate CFM properly,  ;D not used it yet, but i will do when the time is right.


From what i've heard you'll need as much help as you can with your inferior machine!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

PEEWEE!!
;D
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: peter maybury on August 23, 2011, 07:33:30 pm
Billy
pure clean is great on the right job, but obviously a lot dearer that powerburst to use in volume. Very often my first choice on wool mixtures and on some of our regular contracts does perform better that powerburst. It is difficult to explain when and helpers are unable to decide when and what sometimes.

Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com (http://www.carpetcleanercardiff.com)
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on August 23, 2011, 07:42:19 pm
I used it today for the first time on classroom carpets that i have been doing yearly for some time now.
I thought they looked the cleanest they have done  since i started cleaning them,
so it is either the spm, or the fact i now use a Maxx 470 compared to a smaller tm and a triple vac recoil.

It does seem expensive, however i havnt worked out what it costs per 4lts in h/force and coverage.

On whole i like it and will be trialing it on other different carpets.

Andrew
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 23, 2011, 08:25:08 pm
isn't SPM a powdered M/S with an oxidiser added? so it will give better results in some case

if so then it would best to mix it hot to activate the oxidiser.... but discard when old

Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: D Ingram on August 23, 2011, 08:32:18 pm
Mike I have been using SPM for a little over 12 mths now on furniture and carpets, used hot or cold it makes no difference to the cleaning power.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 23, 2011, 08:45:54 pm
Dave  the instructions on WOC website say mix it hot. but that might be to help it dissolve,


 but on the list of things SMP does not include 'bleaches' are not listed  but on liquid M/s they do state that it doesn't include any bleaches so liquid states no bleaches.... but powered doesn't mention it

so my guess is SPM is similar to  pureclean & soluboost mixed

anyone got a data sheet for SPM?
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: D Ingram on August 23, 2011, 08:58:25 pm
Your barking up the right tree Mike, like all the MS's on the market they do need agitation to make them work better. As the the hot water your right it does help the mixing but left to go cold for a number of days make no difference to the cleaning power.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on August 23, 2011, 09:40:17 pm
Seemingly you have to add the powder to the water, otherwise it can turn to paste, mixed some hot today, and found you have to give it a really good stir.

Andrew
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: nevil on August 23, 2011, 09:46:22 pm
Haven't tried SPM yet but wasn't keen on Pure clean. Although it is on my list of things to give another try. Still have never found anything that even comes close to M power on Natural fibres. Tin hat firmly on head.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: james roffey on August 23, 2011, 09:53:12 pm
Haven't tried SPM yet but wasn't keen on Pure clean. Although it is on my list of things to give another try. Still have never found anything that even comes close to M power on Natural fibres. Tin hat firmly on head.

M Powers ok but i had a filthy wool berber today hit it with powerburst then acid rinse came up like new.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: james roffey on August 23, 2011, 09:59:37 pm
Pureclean is good for rinsing it has very low foaming properties, also its very good for spotting if you mix it with very hot water
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: clive ware on August 23, 2011, 11:44:08 pm
Never liked pure clean. Keep reading these posts on how good it is, buy a tub, use it for a couple of jobs and then stick in the garage in disgust! ;D
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on August 24, 2011, 07:08:46 am
I use Pure Clean on a daily basis, it's a quality product. I may order a tub of SPM to compare.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Ian Rochester on August 24, 2011, 07:59:51 pm
Isn't it strange how some people love a product yet others hate it.  Why does that happen, is it luck? 

I believe iIf a product gives you amazing results the first time you use it then you fall in love with it and forgive it when it doesn't perform properly on subsequent occasions.

However if it doesn't come up to scratch on that first clean.......it's rubbished, put in the back of the garage and forgotten about forever.........till someone mentions what wonderful results they have had with it and you get it out again.

For my it's bonneting!!!  I hear all these wonderful stories, so I get her out to give it another go...... and she poops on me again!! :'( 

It happened again this week after Lynn build me up to give it another go, must be me ???
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Neil Williams on August 24, 2011, 08:39:01 pm
However if it doesn't come up to scratch on that first clean.......it's rubbished, put in the back of the garage and forgotten about forever.........till someone mentions what wonderful results they have had with it and you get it out again.

I had exactly that with MPower. Read all the wonder stories of turning right manky carpets into almost new and thought "That's for me then I'll be able to dump all those other products and save weight in the van." Cow poo, I tried it cold, tried it hot, tried plenty of dwell, agitation, the lot and lost patience with it.
Strangely Pure Clean is now my first product to call on, which others can't figure out.

The one thing you can be sure of is that No One Product is the answer to everything even if the manufacturer says otherwise.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Buckland on August 24, 2011, 08:54:02 pm
Steve/Neil

I'm with you - by some strange accident the men at del monte prochem seem to have come up with a quality product - pureclean can give outstanding results on wool carpets - I did a tired and sad old wool carpet in a conservatory that I have assaulted with powerburst before but last time I did it I used pureclean and the lady of de house she say YES - no seriously she actually said that looks as good as it has looked since it was new...

I tried it before and gave up but have recently tried it again and I would not be without it now - its rare to say that for me because I know I can usually clean almost any trashed (wool) carpet with brute force and ignorance - i.e. nuke it with powerburst and super-hot-steaming-rinse with F&F Rinse

Who uses pureclean hot - and does anyone get results on synthetics with ms type products?
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on August 24, 2011, 09:03:28 pm
Yes always use it as a hot prespray, mixes instantly with just a couple of stirs.

Agitate with envirodri and rinse - great results on wool and synthetics.

Like Neil, I've tried several times with MPower, sometimes I get a result, mostly I don't - Pureclean works every time.

I only resort to Powerburst on really grotty carpets. Fortunately with my client base, they are few and far between.
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Simon Gerrard on August 24, 2011, 09:29:59 pm
I've ordered some spm and soluboost so will give it a ray to see if it measures up to Pure Clean, which is going to take some beating.

Simon
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: David Ware on August 24, 2011, 09:53:54 pm
A reason that some people get a better results with some cleaning agents than others could be the quality of water varies greatly from different parts of the country. I have not had a need to try either of these products as I get good results from the range that I use.
David
Title: Re: SPM v Pure Clean?
Post by: Simon Gerrard on August 26, 2011, 10:24:50 am
Got my SPM deliver yesterday so used it on a childrens home we were doing with quite dirty carpets. It did a great job, on a par with Pure Clean - good stuff.

Simon