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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Timmy Boy on June 19, 2006, 04:55:04 pm

Title: Pick n mix
Post by: Timmy Boy on June 19, 2006, 04:55:04 pm

Hi all
Do you guys stick with one supplier for your chemicals or do you choose some from one and some from others. I have been trying to get consistant cleaning results by just using prochem products but I find that their stain kits let them down (eg could not get blackcurrant out of a 80/20). I have heard good things about chemspec products, any good?.
Regards
Tim

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: carpetclean on June 19, 2006, 04:58:26 pm

i have prochem hydromaster solutions craftex woodbridge to name but a few

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: andy roberts on June 19, 2006, 05:38:21 pm

Peter,

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i have prochem hydromaster solutions craftex woodbridge to name but a few 

It might be an obvious question to the more experience cleaners, but may I ask you why its nessecery to use so many different chemicals from different suppliers? Is it quality, price or something else?

Regards,  Andy

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: Liahona on June 19, 2006, 06:01:35 pm

I use on the whole mostly one supplier but do have many others to chose from if I needed too. In my case it doesnt

 have anything to do with the price. If it did I would pay a fortune for the chemical that just cleaned everything. Sadly

 we know it doesnt exist. Timmy Boy, dont feel too bad mate as to a degree nothing is going to take out a


blackcurrant stain...... Best, Dave.

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: stevegunn on June 19, 2006, 06:31:34 pm

Andy as I have found its no good having all your eggs in one basket,things change price or quality of service it pays to have more than one supplier.

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: steve cardy on June 19, 2006, 06:35:58 pm

I like to cherry pick different chemicals for different manufactures because i find that certain chemicals in certain ranges work better than using every thing from one manufacture.

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: Kev Loomes on June 19, 2006, 06:58:46 pm

Steve has got it in a nutshell. You've got to try different manufacturers as some work better than others ;D

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: John Kelly on June 19, 2006, 08:38:46 pm

Also what works for some doesn't work for others. Its strange but some people will swear by a product and someone else will say its crap.

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: andy roberts on June 19, 2006, 08:50:36 pm

Speaking to different manufacturers over the past few weeks, they all say "but you musn't use any other chemicals in there apart from ours cos you'll possibly cause damage to your machine". Yeah right! Good sales pitch.

Just to add, if anyone didn't read my post about Ashbys, they still haven't phoned, emailed, sent a brochure or anything in about 3 weeks of me contacting them (was interested in Ninja). They lost my sale, whats up with them? Aren't they hungry for business? They going down or what? (answers on a post card please)   ;D

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: stevegunn on June 19, 2006, 08:58:56 pm

Your lucky I contacted Ashbys about a ninja had at least two calls a week to see if I wanted one, they hounded me ::)

Title: Re: Pick n mix
Post by: Liahona on June 19, 2006, 10:05:27 pm

I must admit I am dissappointed with Ashby's too as I still await info that i asked for weeks ago both in

writing, on an e-mail and also by phone. They lost out on what could have been thousands for them,

oh well!! Best, Dave. P.S. I was also surprised they didnt have any answers to what I thought were

basic questions just while I was on the phone.....