Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Frank pole on October 02, 2014, 10:08:26 am
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I've got nasty commercial coming up (carpet tiles ) and the facility manager has specified LM only!
I was going with - Pre spray followed by white pad and then soil sorb pad - but I've heard a few raving about the zebra pads?
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My preference is red pads! Even use them on voids
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I didn't like them myself I found them a little too aggressive on the pile in places. My personal favorite way is to agitate in using a shampoo brush then go over with a bonnet. But if you want to give them ago I have a couple I would sell you.
However quick and visually effective encap is on carpet tile etc.. i still feel like I'm only doing half a job, especially times when i extract and see what I would have left behind.
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Robin! have you ever bonneted after you extracted? It’s an eye opener ;D
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Len - forgive my ignorance, what's voids?
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End of let I presume
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Neil you presumed correctly! Empty dwellings
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does anyone use the drive board which has brush on edges and space in the middle for a bonnet? - the yanks use these
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sounds interesting got a picture of one? don't think Victor, Truvox, nuematic, dry fusion or Thermadry System do them? but we are 10 years behind the yanks in this field :'(
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I dont have pic but someone on here will probably have one! I saw them on youtube - I think!
I was thinking of sacrificing one off my brush drive boards - shouldn't be to hard to do, basically cut away the centre to leave 3 inches of bristle all round the edge and plant a bonnet in the middle, I think if the bristle is cut short enough is should grip the bonnet just fine! :)
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Don’t mind experimenting ;) but cutting up a drive board ???
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come on Len! where's your sense of adventure? ;D
over the last 25 years ive retired many scrubber driers, but always kept hold of drive plates/brushes
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I don’t retire anything just sell it along! Don’t like clutter!
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similar to this but with more brush area!
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1412285627_download (1).jpg)
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Yes Len I often bonnet after extracting and it does make a bit of dirt on the bonnet, But just bonneting without extracting make me feel as if I have only done half the job. Especially as when I have extracted after bonneting the carpet is often much brighter and the water is often black. I know encap and bonneting can give good visual results and is quite often the only way on the larger commercial jobs but its still doesnt feel right leaving all that crud there.
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Amtech sell them
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does anyone use the drive board which has brush on edges and space in the middle for a bonnet? - the yanks use these
Yes. Been running these for a while now with either Fiberplus pads in the centre or micro beast scrub pads.
They work amazingly well.
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Amtech sell them
Being a Malish agent I can do them for any machine (except victor)
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Yes Len I often bonnet after extracting and it does make a bit of dirt on the bonnet, But just bonneting without extracting make me feel as if I have only done half the job. Especially as when I have extracted after bonneting the carpet is often much brighter and the water is often black. I know encap and bonneting can give good visual results and is quite often the only way on the larger commercial jobs but its still doesnt feel right leaving all that crud there.
Remember the soil isnt removed until the carpet is dry in these situations.
Also as great as Encap is its not always the answer.
Some carpets still need the works to bring them back although we find with machines like the Cimex doing the work extraction is required on less and less often reserved just for traffic lanes, entry points etc where we have really heavy soiling. Even then its still mainly dry soil getting pulled out.
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Jamie , other than the colour what's the difference between the greenspeed pads and the micro beast ?
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They have an internal membrane which allows for tank feeding on rotary machines without showerfeed.
You punch a few holes in the bonnet then you can feed it through and get a more even distribution of solution.
It also helps on machine like the Orbot to keep the pad flat.
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Jamie ive got a numatic .Can you do them for this machine and how much are they .Any picture s
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I've been using buff scotch pads all this year £15 a box last forever and better agitation than any bonnet when cleaning the encap way
stuart
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Jamie ive got a numatic .Can you do them for this machine and how much are they .Any picture s
http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/774/micro_beast_microfibre_scrub_pad_bonnet (http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/774/micro_beast_microfibre_scrub_pad_bonnet)