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Title: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 31, 2012, 07:56:19 pm
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did these this morning.

 62 chairs non stop. pre-spray. scrub & extract. took 2hrs 35 mins from pulling into the carpark to driving off. So  I would guess each chair took about 2 mins to clean

i wouldn't suggest you could work at that rate all day but you could do 100 after that you would need to slow down a bit
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 31, 2012, 07:58:55 pm
oohh before you ask....... £3 a chair
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Paul Moss on January 31, 2012, 08:00:04 pm
Mike what did you charge  per chair
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Colin Day on January 31, 2012, 08:04:07 pm
Now thats what you call... Splash and Dash..... ;D

Me and my lad did 400 last year for a school, my back was in bits....

Worth it though, when the cheque arrived.... :)
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 31, 2012, 08:08:30 pm
Colin how long did the 400 take with a 2 man team?
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Colin Day on January 31, 2012, 08:10:32 pm
Colin how long did the 400 take with a 2 man team?

We did them in batches of 10, I'm half sure it was taking us just under half an hour... My lad's 12 and between you and me, he slowed me down... ;D
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Jim_77 on January 31, 2012, 08:12:21 pm
Colin,

How much per chair?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Colin Day on January 31, 2012, 08:14:52 pm
Colin,

How much per chair?  ;D ;D

Not telling...... ;)
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 31, 2012, 08:42:06 pm
Me and my daughter (aged 8 at the time) did 100 in my local church hall last year in approx same time so you're slacking  :o some chairs even got a 2nd clean!

Btw I got 3.50 a chair so very simular in price, bought. Daughter moshi monsters sticker 75p do you think I was being too generous?

Shaun
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: John Milnes on January 31, 2012, 08:47:04 pm
Something here reminds me of the four Yorkshire men ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeXMKygwSco&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on January 31, 2012, 08:59:29 pm
Yes 2 minutes a chair does sound about right. Especially if you work as a two man team.

Apart from the awkward angle for working and the sheer monotiny of it is the logistics of moving lots of chairs to and fro. I've usually got 1 line of chairs prepped and then whilst clean/rinsing them I disagreeistant preps the next row behind me. Then when I clean/rinse the second row he removes the first out of the way and preps a third row where the first row stood. You do ssem to need a fair bit of space to achieve this and you always seem to find stray chairs getting in the way.

Rog
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Paul Heath on January 31, 2012, 09:37:44 pm
just out of Interest what tool did you use.....was it a sapphire....as Jim rates them... ;D
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 31, 2012, 10:07:24 pm
I used a butler 4inch upholstery tool, a bit like the prochem T/M upholstery tool with the hidahose
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: mark_roberts on February 01, 2012, 12:26:02 am
Two of us did 128 similar chairs last year.  Took 5 hours.  And we didnt hang about.

Its the detailing of the sides and backs on an orange chair is the slow part.  Maybe darker colour easier.

Use a 5inch cfr tool but open to new tool suggestions.

Mark
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mr Dvae on February 01, 2012, 08:42:00 am
i find prepping is the most important part, rinsing afterwards takes seconds.


Dave
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Paul Clapham on February 01, 2012, 01:28:16 pm
Mike , Did you use a TM or Portable machine to do this job ?


Paul.

Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Mike Halliday on February 01, 2012, 02:36:11 pm
Truck mounted them,

I even lined them up and sprayed 12 at a time with the hydra force, a bit messy and it can sometimes over wet the fabric if you are not careful but a lot quicker.

Then a freshwater rinse, I did these in the morning and they were dry by 5pm so the slimming world ladies could use them
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Helen on February 01, 2012, 03:11:01 pm

 I did these in the morning and they were dry by 5pm so the slimming world ladies could use them

Even if they weren't completely dry, think how you helped these slimmers by keeping them on their feet for exercise ;D
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Helen on February 01, 2012, 03:12:42 pm
Me and my daughter (aged 8 at the time) did 100 in my local church hall last year in approx same time so you're slacking  :o some chairs even got a 2nd clean!

Btw I got 3.50 a chair so very simular in price, bought. Daughter moshi monsters sticker 75p do you think I was being too generous?

Shaun

I hope you sent her up 2 chimneys aswell before you bought the stickers ;D ;D
All this child-labour around, I thought it was a no, no ;D
Hmmm, number 27 has 3 under 13's................now there's an idea ;D ;D
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Ian Gourlay on February 01, 2012, 03:19:55 pm
Mike did you do them on your own, I thought you were a two man team
Title: Re: chair cleaning-timings
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on February 01, 2012, 05:47:15 pm
Yes chimney's are swept before any playtime.

I was thinking back at the 100 chairs I/we cleaned and there was very liittle detailing around the edges like those chairs and it does make a difference.

Shaun