Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Aaron stanton on April 09, 2015, 09:01:45 am
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Hi looking for some advice on a good setup for commercial work for a new carpet cleaning company. There are lots of options out there so thought I would get the opinion from some of you experienced guys.
Cheers
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Hi Aaron,
Not sure if I am misreading your post , Do you mean lots of options for commercial work? or lots of options of equipment?
If equipment , then T/m is a must ,portys wont hack the larger jobs,,,,,,,,,, oh dear ;) seriously t/m will cope with most, a quality machine for agitation, ie. multiwash or rotowash is my choice , and as a large percentage of commercial are l/p I would suggest a decent machine for encapsulation, Cimex been my choice , others will do the job but an average buffer will not be as effective or time saving as a specialised encap machine.
Or you could go down the route of muck spreading with bonnets, has its place but very limited .
Geoff
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Think Hector might have something to say with regards to that "muck spreading" malarkey!
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Hi Geoff,
Cheers for your comment and advice, yeah sorry I did mean equipment. I like the look of the cimex machine and have seen this mentioned a few times as the top machine out there for large commercial jobs. Do you know much about or ever used the craftex therma-dry machines?
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A craftex thermo dry is just a cheap version of the Dry Fusion machine, if you want to do encapsulation, just buy yourself a decent second hand slow speed rotary and a good sprayer, no need to splash out on a Cimex until you've had a bit more experience
Stuart
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Hi Aaron
I went for a thermadry without really doing my research and wish I would have bought a cimex as price not too disimiliar. Just a tip for you..build into your budget all the extras like chemical, wringer buckets. Pads, bonnets etc and that will soon as up. Thermadry doesn't do too bad a job but wonder sometimes if it could be better. Encap set up more versatile and probably cheaper than thermadry.
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An Encap set up is minuscule..
Upright vacuum sebo or kirby
15" or 17"Slow speed rotary ... I manage to pick one up for £80 a while back... great machine (but £250- £600 is more likely depending on how much you want to spend.)
Pads/Bonnets £20ish each you need a quite a few but i rinse mine and spin them in a portable spinner so I find about 5 enough
Encap chem.. loads of choice £20 - £30
And that's it
Having said that if i was doing a lot of commercial work I would defiantly get a cimex.
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Cheers Robin that probably sounds my best option and will suit my budget. Any makes of rotary you recommend in particular?
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I have had a Numatic and it was really good, I have an old Taski/Jeyes ranger seem to be well built and I also have a new Truvox which again is well built. There is also Victor which the Thermadry is based on. John Kelly at restoremate has some deals on new Numatic's i believe, and there is also ebay for secondhand gear.