Clean It Up

UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: stuart_clark on April 09, 2006, 09:09:10 pm

Title: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: stuart_clark on April 09, 2006, 09:09:10 pm

someone told me the other day that if i put a bar of ordinary soap into the recovery tank of my portible that it would disperse the foam ! I havn't tried it yet has anyone else herd of this one? would be a lot cheaper than defoamer if it worked !!!

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: Len Gribble on April 09, 2006, 09:24:12 pm

Stu

Don’t have a lot of problems with foaming may get on some ones wick, ;D yes it works I prefer cold tar soap, like the smell.

Len

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: craigp on April 09, 2006, 09:45:34 pm

or spray or pour some solvents in has a good defoaming effect.

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: Dave Parry on April 09, 2006, 10:04:09 pm

I used to hang a bar of soap in a net bag that come with some washing powder in the recovery tank. Saved having to find it after use, also stopped it blocking the outlet. Best supply is a asian cheapie shop. about 3 bars for a quid.

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on April 10, 2006, 12:05:32 am

A rabies jab is supposed to be quite effective at stopping foaming ::)

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: Fintan_Coll on April 10, 2006, 12:05:46 am

Yes, heard that one. Never tried it , 5 litres of Anti- Foam is not the most expensive thing to buy.

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: carpetclean on April 10, 2006, 06:01:19 am

very good alan

Title: Re: Old wifes Tale ?
Post by: andrew chrysler on April 10, 2006, 10:54:47 am

In theory it should work with soap based detergents, but how about synthetic detergents?

In an emergency, if you run out of anti-foam, then yes, it's better than nothing, but we never run out of chemicals, do we ;)