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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: clarkson on September 20, 2011, 08:36:19 am

Title: hand tools
Post by: clarkson on September 20, 2011, 08:36:19 am

hi all
i only have two full size s wands in my arsenal, and a little plastic hand wand.

what tools would you reccomend are needed for the other sections of the business.

i have seen stair wands do you have these or just use a hand tool.

is there a hand tool that will do everything stairs,upholstery edges?

cheers for any input

john

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: AshWhite on September 20, 2011, 08:48:30 am

I've got a cfr hand tool for upholstery, and a 4" tool for stairs, which I'd like to upgrade to a more heavy duty 6" tool. I'm sure it was John Kelly who commented a few weeks back that you shouldn't mix your carpet and upholstery tools as nicks in the heads caused by gripper rods etc can cause tears in upholstery, which makes sense.

Ash

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: Robin Ray on September 20, 2011, 05:12:53 pm

I bought a low moisture internal spray hand tool for upholstery a while back and its really good. I would like a saphire hand tool or a crf or kleenrite tool, but I can't have everything, not yet anyway. ;D

Next buy will be a stair tool, maybe with a swivel head. I think this will speed things up alot and be a bit kinder on the back.

Rob

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: oliver collins on September 20, 2011, 05:14:48 pm

Hi

I had i swival head one complete waste of time sent it back

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: Jim_77 on September 20, 2011, 05:20:43 pm

Don't get me started on upholstery tools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: Billy Russell on September 20, 2011, 05:27:51 pm

Jim, When i saw you posted on this topic i thought the same thing as you just typed!!! Christ sake don't get him started!!!!!!  ;D

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: wynne jones on September 20, 2011, 05:42:42 pm

The kleenrite tool is just lovely to use, you could clean suites all day with that and leaves them dry. Also look at CFR. 

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: clarkson on September 20, 2011, 06:28:50 pm

Quote from: Jim Neal on September 20, 2011, 05:20:43 pm

Don't get me started on upholstery tools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi
withholding useful information!! Derek will throw you out of TAACA for not being supportive ;D

cheers for input guys.

will look at cfr i think.

john

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: james roffey on September 20, 2011, 08:29:23 pm

The Saphire upholstery tool is amazing i hate upholstery but with this tool its so much easier, i had a Kleenrite and hated the thing. with the Saphire you can do the edge of furniture and have no overspray the best money i ever spent.

  

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: Jim_77 on September 20, 2011, 10:24:52 pm

John, I could cut and paste my comments from another forum but several other members of that forum would go into meltdown having to read it all again ;D

Maybe I'll email you!

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: Simon Gerrard on September 20, 2011, 10:25:54 pm

Please don't get Jim started on upholstery tools, he's driven us mad of Truckmounters harping on about it. :'(

Title: Re: hand tools
Post by: peter maybury on September 20, 2011, 10:50:21 pm

I have been using the swivel head carpet stair tool for 5 years now and is one of the best pieces of equipment I have bought, so quick!!!!.
Take some getting used to but great.
 Also have 2 prochem upholstery tools and a hydramaster drimaster tool all are good pieces of equipment. The drimaster is my personal favorite but have heard from good sources that the scientific is even better. Found the cfr tool a lot heavier than what I have so do not rate. The prochem tool is the best I have seen on the market for doing piping on upholstery. Also have some external jet tools which rarely get used.

Peter
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