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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: david@zap-clean on October 08, 2012, 05:17:51 pm

Title: Tricks of the trade
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 08, 2012, 05:17:51 pm: I don't have many tricks of the trade up my sleeve (yet), but this one impresses my customers:

http://youtu.be/bheW2rSuQFM (http://youtu.be/bheW2rSuQFM)

It's just a nice thing to chat about as you leave a (hopefully happy) customer.

I'm posting this in the hope some of you can share similar...
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 08, 2012, 05:33:13 pm: Never ever ever even if you've had 10 of them turn down a drink you never know when you'll get your next one and it could be a long day.

Shaun
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: JandS on October 08, 2012, 05:59:28 pm: I've even discreetly tipped them out if I
don't really want one. Never ever refuse one though.
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Paul Moss on October 08, 2012, 06:23:01 pm: Naaaa ;D
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: AshWhite on October 08, 2012, 06:25:26 pm: I'd like to see that on a polyprop..
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Paul Moss on October 08, 2012, 06:28:11 pm: I would like to see it on wool but with out the Trick photography :D
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: *Hector* on October 08, 2012, 06:33:39 pm: Here is a tip....

Book in work at a good price..... Get £5 deposit per room at the time of booking, with the balance to be transfered into your bank as soon as the job is completed.....
Get a local splash and dash merchant who charges £5 per room to go and do the job.... Pay splash and dash man at the end of the day...

keep net profit....

;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Simon Gerrard on October 08, 2012, 07:12:07 pm: Quote from: *Hector* on October 08, 2012, 06:33:39 pm
Here is a tip....

Book in work at a good price..... Get £5 deposit per room at the time of booking, with the balance to be transfered into your bank as soon as the job is completed.....
Get a local splash and dash merchant who charges £5 per room to go and do the job.... Pay splash and dash man at the end of the day...

keep net profit....

;D ;D ;D

Oh dear, another barmy Hectothought ;D
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: *Hector* on October 08, 2012, 07:28:42 pm: ;D
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: wynne jones on October 08, 2012, 09:15:03 pm: I think that ice cube trick is down the same way David Blain made the Statue of Liberty disappear.
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Paul Moss on October 09, 2012, 07:42:26 am: Its an easy trick to do. They just take the video of the carpet before they place the block under the leg to make the indentation, then edit it as if it was after the ice has relaxed the carpet back.

Heat and cold can help change the memory, and recover the shape/lay back on fabric and carpet in some situations, but heavy indentations in carpets (and mainly underlay) will take many months to recover its memory back, if ever at all.
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 09, 2012, 08:18:11 am: Don't spoil it for the children ;)
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: garry22 on October 09, 2012, 11:34:32 am: David, in your "11 point" video, what were the round sliders that you placed under the furniture legs? You made it look easy.
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 09, 2012, 11:41:18 am: Quote from: garry22 on October 09, 2012, 11:34:32 am
David, in your "11 point" video, what were the round sliders that you placed under the furniture legs? You made it look easy.

Carpet sliders:

http://www.cleansmartsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/carpet_cleaning_essentials.html (http://www.cleansmartsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/carpet_cleaning_essentials.html)
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: garry22 on October 09, 2012, 12:10:59 pm: Thanks David
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Adrian Marsh on October 09, 2012, 03:20:56 pm: Carpet sliders; even cheaper at Restormate. £12 + vat (4 large / 4 small)
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Neil Jones on October 09, 2012, 05:31:36 pm: Even cheaper on ebay, £4.99 for two big two small
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: david@zap-clean on October 09, 2012, 08:50:25 pm: The brown round sliders are better than the rectangular white/blue ones (IMHO).
I've got 16, which seems enough.
Title: Re: Tricks of the trade
Post by: Lewis Newby on October 09, 2012, 10:30:30 pm: just got 4 large and 4 small delivered for under £5 on ebay

lew