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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: b-clean services on June 22, 2012, 09:29:08 am

Title: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: b-clean services on June 22, 2012, 09:29:08 am: Does anyone use a spinner with a portable machine? If so what machine do you use and what psi is it? Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Mic
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: Jamie Pearson on June 22, 2012, 06:13:37 pm: I do. I have an Hydroforce Olympus modified with a 1200psi pump auto fill and dump.

Basically the same as the Alltec Elite 1200. We only really ever use it for cleaning on trashed sandstone, polished slate, porcelain and ceramics as I am not a fan of high pressure cleaning natural stone.

Most of the time it is just used for convenient rinsing. We would actually be better off with a floor wand rather than a spinner.

You can put something quite simple together using a £100 power washer and a 2/3 motor wet vac with auto pump out.
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: cleantech on June 23, 2012, 09:46:09 pm: how good is a spinner on the grout lines? I just use a grout brush, rotary and wet pickup. Is it worth buying an sx-12 or even sx-7 to link with a domestic electric pressure washer and wet pickup or portable. Or do you need a van mount or say alltec 1200 etc
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: Jamie Pearson on June 23, 2012, 10:32:07 pm: If you have the work for a spinner is fast. For example we use ours for poolside maintenance where we are cleaning on a on they basis. A quick run around with a watering can applying cleaner then a pass with the sx12 has the job done.

On most of our other work it's a rotary and wet vac. Remember these units are designed as an add on for truckmounted carpet cleaners to add Floorcare to their existing set up.
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: Kev Martin on June 25, 2012, 09:47:29 am: For hard floor cleaning you will go a long way to beat a decent rotary fitted with a tank and decent soft to medium brush and a 3000 watt tri motor wet vac.

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: sherco on June 25, 2012, 06:54:37 pm: Quote from: Kevin Martin on June 25, 2012, 09:47:29 am
For hard floor cleaning you will go a long way to beat a decent rotary fitted with a tank and decent soft to medium brush and a 3000 watt tri motor wet vac.

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd

Thats what i use. :)
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: peter rowan on July 05, 2012, 09:27:53 pm: We use a rotary but have the gekko for rinsing / neutralising and a 5 inch gekko with a single jet which can make a huge difference if the grout lines are proving really stubborn....
Title: Re: Sx-12 and a portable
Post by: Jamie Pearson on July 05, 2012, 09:37:44 pm: Hi Peter. Hope you are well.
Did you get my email the other day. ad some trouble replying to you.

Jamie.