Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: david@zap-clean on January 08, 2013, 05:41:24 pm
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Does anyone have a tip on how to best dry out a rug after cleaning it?
I've cleaned a few recently that have needed total immersion (hosepipe).
I roll out the access water, then extract, and then I'll clean it in the normal way (HWE).
The end result seems reasonably dry, but it's taking 24hrs with an air mover to get it anythink like dry enough to return to the customer.
And, a 6ft polyprop is still dripping wet at the very edge after 24hrs (it's hung up).
Is there a secret?
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Don't immersion clean..... ;D
I just vac them both sides..pre spray..agitate with powerbrush
and depending on size but mostly extract using handtool.
I try to do them in situ in Winter and use them adjustable
height scaffold thingies where you lay the boards on top in
Summer.
Father and Brother are both builders so always a couple lying
about.
John
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Dri-Eaz turbo channel from Restormate - will cut your dry times.
Nigel
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Dog puck & wee = immersion cleaning AFAIK.
I use a turbo drier....
I need to more water out before the turbo drying process - that's what I'm hoping someone can help me with.
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Get yourself a centrifuge.
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Drying will only take place if the atmospheric conditions will allow it. The biggest determining factor is heat. Cold air will not absorb moisture no matter how many airmovers you use as the molecules of the air are tightly packed together.
Optimum temperature for drying is around 20c however even then the air can only absorb so much moisture and once saturated no further drying will occur. So the warm moist air needs to be ventialted out and replaced with fresh or dried using dehumidiifiers.
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Ok you need a water claw and a turbo channel
Nigel
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The windows are open - but I do live in soggy Macclesfield.
What's a water claw Nigel (got a turbo channel - never used it)?
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Spending extra time on extraction including using a water claw will help but if the air is cold in a garage or somewhere then heating is the best option.
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Foe every additional 10 degrees of heat the air can absorb 100% more moisture.
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Leave it for another 24hrs it’s nearly there!!!!!!
immersion (hosepipe). Is a Mungo jerry time if you ant got the gear
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Be carefull, immersion and polyprop, you may end up with a postage stamp sized rug one day! ;D
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What I use is a dehumidifies and air mover to dry then out and if it cold an oil filled rad as well.
They hang on a piece of 6inch drainage pipe.
Don’t tend to do many rugs this time of the year because of drying them.
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This is exactly why i don't take rugs away anymore. " Dehumidifies, air movers, oil filled rads, Hwe machine, hosepipe's, hope you are not on a meter and i hope you guys are charging an arm and leg for it because it costing a lot more than you think. Then their is the fuel to factor in and your time picking it up cleaning it, drying it and taking it back, think i could of done 2 houses at least by the time you've faffed about
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This is exactly why i don't take rugs away anymore. " Dehumidifies, air movers, oil filled rads, Hwe machine, hosepipe's, hope you are not on a meter and i hope you guys are charging an arm and leg for it because it costing a lot more than you think. Then their is the fuel to factor in and your time picking it up cleaning it, drying it and taking it back, think i could of done 2 houses at least by the time you've faffed about
Yep! First question: "Do you know the value of your rug?"
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Yes £15.99 from Argoose !!! :P
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Ive built a smaller drying room within my workshop made from 8x4 sheets of insulation board 2 inchs thick. Use a 3kw heater, small fan and dehu. Drys in a few hours for normal cleaning.
As others have mentioned you need heat, air movement and extraction (dehu) to dry this time of year.
As also mentioned sometimes I love cleaning rugs and other times I hate them.
Mark