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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lee_gundry on September 22, 2006, 05:53:09 pm

Title: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: lee_gundry on September 22, 2006, 05:53:09 pm
i am in the need to put a 3rd van on the road.

i have a lot of cleaning contracts which involves 200 plus chairs lots of bench seating etc.

rarther than put another tm on the road i as thinking of placing a upto date portable for these upholstery jobs.

i read that the new portables are now compeating with tm levels of vac power.
i once owned a spitfire 3.2 entry level tm & used this to duel clean suites chairs etc with no problems.

daily we would duel clean a suite & stairs carpet ,i must admit it was quite low on vac if 1 operator was to use a carpet wand while the other was cleaning using a upholstery tool.


has anyone tried duel cleaning upholstery with a upto date portable.

Lee G
Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: jewell on September 22, 2006, 09:01:40 pm
hi lee i used a mellenium alltec  split
hose and solution with y piece or used
seperate 100 psi pump at same time
for upholstery which was built into
machine .biggest bit of electric kit ive
seen or used.and it was spot on

Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: Glynn on September 22, 2006, 09:57:48 pm
Lee ,
I believe that the Hydramaster Maxx 470 is able to dual tool. Have you considered this as an option ?
Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on September 22, 2006, 10:01:56 pm
Glynn, I think Lee wants to leave cleaners in situ while he goes home for a sleep before he counts his cash.

Shaun
Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: John Kelly on September 22, 2006, 10:44:11 pm
Lee's already got 2 Hydramaster truckmounts on the road.
Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: Dennis on September 23, 2006, 11:38:18 am
Buy two portables, it's petty cash to you.  ;)
Title: Re: duel wanding with a portable
Post by: Kinver_Clean on September 23, 2006, 05:21:06 pm
I use two hand tools on an Advantage. A 1 1/2" tee from a sink drain and a pressure hose splitter. The ends of the tee that go in the tool hoses needs restricting by about 1/2 of the area to avoid total loss of suction. I use electrical tape in a criss cross pattern. If I used it a lot I would make a disc to fit in the ends. We have gone back 15 years and are now using ordinary edging tools for upholstery by spraying from 2-3" away from the fabric and then dry vaccing to remove the residue. A 3 pce can be cleaned effectively with 15-20 lts water with practice-- and it does work.