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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on September 29, 2013, 10:36:39 am

Title: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 29, 2013, 10:36:39 am

Anyone looked into making their own bonnets?

I use folded cotton towels and they really get dirty even after bonneting with normal bonnets, I'm sure they remove more dirt than manmade fibre bonnets

I've been looking for a company that sells old, used hotel towels and then getting a seamstress to stitch them into a circle

The Argo company in the USA used to sell a square machine that use. Towels to bonnet clean carpets

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Billy Russell on September 29, 2013, 10:52:28 am

Heres Paul Moss wearing his homemade bonnets!!  :D :D :D

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1380448300_Bonnet.jpg)

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on September 29, 2013, 12:46:40 pm

You can tell its mossy as he's contemplating whether to give it or take it with Ash.

Shaun

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: dan paton on September 29, 2013, 02:30:11 pm

Sounds like a good idea. Ask the local charity shops to keep you any white towels they get in

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Darran Pryce on September 29, 2013, 03:23:20 pm

Great Idea. 

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Carpet Dawg on September 29, 2013, 03:24:57 pm

How many cotton towels would you need to make a decent bonnet? My mum is a seamstress and could do this  easy.

I could send one to someone to see if it works?

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: dan paton on September 29, 2013, 03:39:54 pm

I just folded a hand towel in 2 and it measured 18 x 15 inches. no sewing machine but i'll stick a few stitches in it and try it 2moro  :)

Title: Re: Homemade bonnets
Post by: Barry Livingstone on September 29, 2013, 03:59:26 pm

 ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll it must be Sunday