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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: benny d on August 06, 2013, 05:49:21 pm

Title: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: benny d on August 06, 2013, 05:49:21 pm

I have always used HWE with a portys.

Last week I did a big job in a very large shop floor which was carpet tiles. They were filthy, but I did what I could with the porty. Emptying the water it was like oil, so I got tonnes of dirt out. They were very happy with it and want to book again for next spring-Phew!

My point is, is there a better system to clean carpet tiles as I was not 100% happy with it. Usually in a domestic the carpets look almost as good as new, but this was not the case in the shop. Still visible darker areas on the traffic lanes etc.

I have another quote next week for a tennis club carpet tiles, so I was wondering what is considered the best method for this type of flooring, or have I done the best job possible on this type of carpet?

Tnx.

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: derek west on August 06, 2013, 06:03:03 pm

dry bonnet afterwards should do the trick.

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: Paul Moss on August 06, 2013, 06:55:37 pm

E ncap  ;D

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: garry22 on August 06, 2013, 07:28:15 pm

Since I've had the Cimex, I've been slowly putting myself out of business.

Carpet tiles are staying cleaner for longer. Bug-ger.

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: gwrightson on August 06, 2013, 08:39:20 pm

Benny,

The chances are the traffic lanes will dry much better that they look when damp.

My suggestion to you would be, try and persuade them to have it cleaned before spring, stressing the importance of a maintance clean  , and as already stated , encap ,with a cimex if possible., by far the best results on low profile carpet tiles.

Geoff

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: benny d on August 06, 2013, 09:30:37 pm

Thanks Geoff
I will look into that system.
Which is a good machine to buy?

http://www.truvox.com/Products/Rotaries

Ben

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: gwrightson on August 06, 2013, 10:12:24 pm

http://www.truvox.com/Products/Three_Brush/Cyclone_Range


this  will serve you well, or look for a good  used machine,


geoff

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: Paul Moss on August 06, 2013, 11:23:30 pm

Quote from: gwrightson on August 06, 2013, 10:12:24 pm

http://www.truvox.com/Products/Three_Brush/Cyclone_Range


this  will serve you well, or look for a good  used machine,


geoff

Thats what you need, give Jamie Pearson a ring, im sure e had a deal onone not so long ago.

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: Jamie Pearson on August 07, 2013, 01:11:20 pm

They are all gone Paul.

Only new ones at the moment.

Used/ex-demo dont come up all that often.

The Cimex machine is 80 years old this year!

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: Jamie Pearson on August 07, 2013, 01:11:43 pm

Quote from: garry22 on August 06, 2013, 07:28:15 pm

Since I've had the Cimex, I've been slowly putting myself out of business.

Carpet tiles are staying cleaner for longer. Bug-ger.

Its all about the planned maintenance.

Title: Re: Best way to clean dirty carpet tiles?
Post by: gwrightson on August 07, 2013, 03:20:41 pm

I have just got back from a meeting with a facilities manager,

I cleaned all the function rooms etc in a hotel they purchased and they turned into "a pretty classy student acommodation"  i cleaned them using h/w/e   and now just talked them into having a mainenace clean every 3 months using encap.     
Sell the long time benifits and quite often they will go for it .

Geoff